USEF NEWS
Fall 2022 is championship season for a world of equestrian sport, with seven disciplines deciding world titles this year at the FEI World Championships, which will take place from August to October at three venues in Denmark and Italy. But you don’t have to be a world-traveler to keep up with the U.S teams in dressage, para dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, jumping, and vaulting. Check out the World Championships portal at usef.org for athlete bios, scores, and event coverage. The usef.org website is your gateway to team coverage. Visit usef.org/events/2022-world-championships-herning and usef.org/events/2022-world-championships-pratoni to keep up with U.S. athletes and horses.
2022-2024 USEF/ NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Finals Venues Announced US Equestrian is pleased to announce the host locations for the 2022-2024 USEF/National Collegiate Equestrian Association Junior Hunter Seat Medal Finals for the East, Central, and West regions. This program seeks to introduce riders to the NCEA’s format of hunter/jumping seat equitation collegiate riding and is an expansion of the NCEA’s existing Junior Hunt Seat Medal program. USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Finals–Central: Showplace Fall Classic (Roscoe, Ill.), Sept. 10, 2022 USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Finals–East: Pennsylvania National Horse Show (Harrisburg, Pa.), Oct. 22, 2022 USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Finals–West: National Sunshine Series II (Thermal, Calif.), Nov. 12, 2022 US Equestrian President Tom O’Mara appointed a task force to review bid applications and provide a recommendation for host sites. The task force considered many factors, including the facility, scheduling, competition environment, and migration of exhibitors. Each host venue was ultimately selected because they presented the best options for those factors. For questions regarding the USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal program, contact hunterdept@usef.org.
Competition Calendar Aug. 6-14 Herning, Denmark Dressage, para dressage, jumping, and vaulting
Sept. 22-25 Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy Driving
Sept. 15-18 Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy Eventing
Oct. 22 Isola della Scala, Italy Endurance
Paige Sherman, riding Clint, won the inaugural USEF/NCEA Junior Hunter Seat Medal Final – East in Saugerties, N.Y.
Correction: In the summer issue, an article on page 20 entitled “Athletes Selected to U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team” misidentified the hometown of athlete Sophie Ouellette. She is from Springvale, Maine, not Springvale, Mass. We apologize for the error.
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PHOTOS: ANDREA EVANS/US EQUESTRIAN, ©ESI PHOTOGRAPHY
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