Fence-By-Fence: The 2026 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event Cross-Country Course Preview
Derek di Grazia been the cross-country course designer at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event since 2011, and this year, as always, he's put together a masterful track for the feature CCI5*-L division. In addition, di Grazia has designed the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S track since the division w...
Explore New USEA Apparel at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event
The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is excited to unveil a fresh lineup of official merchandise at the 2026 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, offering eventing fans the perfect opportunity to represent our sport in style. From high-performance apparel to everyday essentials, this year’...
Fast Facts: 2026 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event
Every spring, the Kentucky Horse Park becomes the center of the eventing world. The Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, one of just a handful of CCI5*-L competitions globally, draws the sport’s top horse-and-rider combinations to test their skill, partnership, and grit at the highest level.
Select Event Group Advances Plans to Organize High-Level Eventing at Fair Hill
Building on the Fair Hill Foundation’s recent announcement confirming the continuation of high-level eventing at Fair Hill in 2026, Select Event Group announced today that it has assumed the role of lead organizer, bringing together the operational leadership, partners, and community alignment re...
Ocala International Festival of Eventing Wrap Up
It was the best saved for last on Saturday at the Ocala International Festival of Eventing at Florida Horse Park, with cross-country concluding two days of competition in the CCI4*-S. This top-level division also served as a US Equestrian Open of Eventing qualifier event for the $200,000 Final at...
US Equestrian Allocates $100,000 to Safety Vest Study
US Equestrian is pleased to announce that the Federation has committed $100,000 over two years toward an ongoing, international research effort into equestrian safety vests. The decision was made at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors in February.
Equine Injury at Ocala International
It is with deep sadness that the team at the Ocala International shares the passing of Troisade, owned and ridden by Samantha Thomas. Troisade took a misstep between fences during cross-country and was immediately attended to by multiple veterinarians. He was vanned to Peterson & Smith Equine Hos...
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Advances Critical Research to Address Equine Sudden Death
Sudden deaths in horses remain one of the most complex and least understood challenges in equine medicine. Often occurring without warning in otherwise healthy animals, these rare but devastating events can take place during or immediately after exercise—leaving veterinarians, trainers, and owner...
Every Rider Starts Somewhere: A Lifetime of Eventing at Spring Run Farm
Susan Perellis and her Spring Run Farm in Prospect, Kentucky, have been a staple in USEA’s Area VIII since she began teaching in the early 1970s. Over the decades, Perellis has poured her energy into Spring Run, transforming her family’s former cattle farm into a five-barn eventing facility where...

























