The VAP Series: Cross-Country Starter
There are few places at an event quite like the cross-country start box. Excitement, nerves, anticipation, and adrenaline all meet in one small space, and the cross-country starter is there to make sure each competitor begins their round accurately, safely, and with confidence.
The VAP Series: Cross-Country Starter
There are few places at an event quite like the cross-country start box. Excitement, nerves, anticipation, and adrenaline all meet in one small space, and the cross-country starter is there to make sure each competitor begins their round accurately, safely, and with confidence.
The VAP Series: Dressage Bit Check
Before the first horse heads down the centerline and the first dressage score is awarded, one group of volunteers helps ensure every competitor enters the ring on a level playing field: the dressage bit checkers.
Celebrating the Heart of Eventing with a Mid-Year Volunteer Update
The 2026 eventing season has reached the halfway point, and the sports strongest supporters, its volunteers, have been out in full force already. As of June 25, 38,049 hours have been recorded through EventingVolunteers.com at 147 events across th...
The VAP Series: Cross-Country Finish Timers
Every second counts in eventing, and no one knows that better than the Cross-Country Finish Timer. As part of the USEA Volunteer Achievement Program (VAP), the Cross-Country Finish Timer badge recognizes volunteers who have demonstrated competency in one of the most important positions on cross-c...
Moriah Orms and the Power of Patience
A few weeks ago at the Tryon International Horse Trials (Mill Spring, North Carolina), Moriah Orms headed out on Clayton Fredericks’ influential CCI4*-L cross-country course knowing it would demand accuracy and confidence. Riding Shanaclough Quality Clover—her 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse geldin...
Tips From Your Event Organizer: The Importance of Volunteers with Loch Moy Farm’s Carolyn Mackintosh
Eventing couldn’t exist without volunteers, and according to Loch Moy Farm’s owner and organizer Carolyn Mackintosh, there’s a very simple answer to attracting and retaining them at her events—take an interest in the people.
The VAP Series – Dressage Scribes
The USEA Volunteer Achievement Program (VAP) was created by the Volunteer Committee in 2025 to recognize the sport’s volunteers for their education, experience, responsibility, and commitment in dif...
Borton Comes Full Circle at The Event at TerraNova CCI1*-S
It was a full-circle moment for Addison Borton when she competed in the CCI1*-S at The Event at TerraNova, held March 26-29 in Myakka City, Florida. Just 11 years old, Borton rode Way Too Marvelous BSR to fourth-place finish in her first international event—three years after her first ever USEA-r...
