

USEA is delighted to announce that USEA Ride Share service has been revamped and is back online! Need a ride to an event? Got to get a sale horse to its new owners? The USEA encourages its members to utilize the USEA ride share program in order to help eventers save a few bucks on gas during our tough economy.
The people who live in and around Woodside, Calif., know horses.
Woodside is just a 30-minute drive south of San Francisco, but the locals have long been keen participants in and supporters of eventing and dressage, hunters and jumpers, polo and trail ring, and more. So, whether they’re riders, volunteers, sponsors or fans, the local community will be out in force at the Woodside Spring Horse Trials, on May 25-27.
The USEA is excited to be welcoming back Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian Herbal Supplements and remedies manufacturer, as a sponsor of the 2012 Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships Presented By Bit of Britain.
Do you have the desire to become an International Rider? Opportunity is knocking! The deadline for the Rebecca Farm Travel Portion of the 2012 Rebecca Broussard International Developing Rider Grant is coming up. Completing the one page application is the first step in being considered for the Travel grant to the Event at Rebecca Farm CIC3*. Deadline for your application is June 1, 2012
The USEA is happy to welcome back The Chronicle of the Horse as a Silver Level Sponsor of the 2012 Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships Presented By Bit of Britain. The USEA is delighted to once again be partnering with the Chronicle to provide the most comprehensive coverage of eventing possible.
The FEI launches the FEI Awards 2012 and invites the international equestrian community to contribute to this annual celebration of outstanding talent.
For the fourth consecutive year, the search is on for five individuals who have demonstrated remarkable ability and commitment in the following categories:
The singular goal that Phillip Dutton has been working for all season is now officially accomplished; he and Mystery Whisper are now qualified for this summer’s Olympic Games. And as a cherry on top of that accomplishment they also handily won this weekend’s CCI3* at Jersey Fresh in Allentown, New Jersey.
Boyd Martin and Crackerjack, a nine-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Aberjack x Satan’s Slave), led wire-to-wire in the Jersey Fresh CCI2* and a double clear show jump round today just solidified their win.
“Winning any three-day event is a huge high for me,” said Boyd. “The sort of focus for what I do with these horses is to peak at a CCI three-day event whether it be a one-star, two-star, or three-star. It is satisfying to have the horses peak at this big event and do well in all three phases.”
All four divisions at the Jersey Fresh Three-Day Event started their morning jogging for the ground jury during the second veterinary inspection. All of the horse presented in the CCI3* and CIC3* divisions passed without problem and there were no overnight withdrawals, so 14 horses will show jump in the CCI3* and 18 in the CIC3*.
The Jersey Fresh CCI3* was a solid 10 minutes long and completing the John Williams designed cross-country course is definitely a feat of which to be proud. Fifteen pairs started today’s course in Allentown, New Jersey and 14 successfully crossed the finish line, 10 with no jump faults and an impressive five finishing inside the time. The top six places remained unchanged with Phillip Dutton and James and Arden Wildasin’s Mystery Whisper leading the charge.
The U.S. Eventing Team better be careful because the U.S. Dressage Team might be tempted to scoop up Phillip Dutton and Mystery Whisper for this summer’s Olympic Games. The pair once again blew away the competition scoring a 32.6 for a seven point lead over second placed Karen O’Connor and Veronica. The judge at E, Ulrich Schmitz, even awarded Mystery Whisper a 79.6% which Jo Young at C following suit with a 78.8% and Susan White at M with a 76.4%.
