Alec Lochore and the Art of Building an Olympic Cross-Country Course
When Alec Lochore first walked the grounds of Santa Anita Park as a prospective Olympic venue, he wasn’t imagining himself as the designer of the 2028 Olympic cross-country course. “I’d been to the venue before,” Lochore said. “I understood the challenges the course designer was going to face, bu...
Moving Forward Together: An Update on USEA Online Services
In August of 2025, we introduced HorseConnect as a new membership platform with the goal of improving your experience and modernizing how members interact with USEA. Since its launch, many of you have taken the time to share thoughtful, candid feedback about the system.
Thinking Big Picture with RevitaVet USEA Young Rider of the Year Meg Pellegrini
For Meg Pellegrini, 2024 was a year of transition. She’d started to train with Olympian Will Coleman and his wife, Katie Coleman, as she was eyeing the upper levels of the sport and admits she was struggling at the Intermediate level. But by the end of the year, a top-10 finish at the CCI3*-L at ...
AK Dragoo Photography Selected as Official Photographer of the 2026 USEA American Eventing Championships
The United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA) received several highly qualified bids for the role of Official Photographer at the 2026 USEA American Eventing Championships (AEC) presented by Nutrena Feeds. Careful consideration for the overall competitor experience was taken into account wh...
In Memoriam: Sandra McDonald (1962-2026)
The USEA is saddened to hear of the passing of our 2022 Ironmaster Award recipient Sandra McDonald (Aiken, South Carolina). She was 63.
Leslie Law and Lesley Grant-Law: Same Names, Same Love for Eventing
Leslie Law’s life forever changed in 2004. As a member of the British eventing team, Leslie won the individual gold medal and team silver at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics aboard Shear L’Eau. That fall, he met Canadian eventer Lesley Grant when he traveled to Toronto, where he participated in a ...
USEA Office Closure for the Holidays
The USEA office will close at 5:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, and will reopen again on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. The USEA staff will return emails and phone calls when the office re-opens on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 or at their earliest convenience.
2025 Marks a Banner Year for ShowConnect
2025 marked another incredible year of growth for ShowConnect, the innovative event management system for equestrian events powered by the United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA). The USEA IT Department dedicated countless hours to not only hosting 36 events throughout the year, but also ...
USEA Office Closed for Thanksgiving
The USEA Office will be closing at 12:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 27, and will be closed Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday. The USEA staff will return to the office on Monday, December 2.
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