2019 USEF Driving National Championships and World Class Jumping at Live Oak International

Thursday, February 21, 2019 | Mary Phelps

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The only international combined driving and show jumping tournament in the U.S. returns to Live Oak Stud, March 7-10, 2019. Live Oak International, now in its 28th year, attracts equestrian athletes and horses from more than 20 countries to Ocala each year to compete at the world class event.

US Gold Medal Driving World Champions 2018
US Driving World Champions 2018; Cheter Weber, Musdee Miller, and Jimmy Fairclough ©Mary Phelps 2018

This year, Live Oak International will host the USEF Combined Driving National Championships for the Advanced Four-in-Hand Horse and Advanced Pair Horse, as well as offer classes at the Intermediate level.

Driving begins with Dressage on Thursday and Friday, continues with the Marathon on Saturday, and concludes with the Cones phase on Sunday, March 10.

Co-president Chester Weber, will be chasing his 16th Four-In-Hand national title, against an impressive number of entries competing with Four-In-Hand Horses. Women drivers Misdee Wrigley-Miller, Lisa Stroud, will be vying for a spot on the US Team to compete in in Breda, the Netherlands at the FEI World Driving Championships for Four-In Hands August 31-September 4.

In 2018 US Four-In-Hand Drivers Chester Weber, Misdee Wrigley-Miller and James Fairclough won the Gold Medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon.