The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) held a Board of Directors meeting Monday, Nov. 13. During the meeting, the Directors heard updates from around the sport and made several important decisions that directly impact USEF members and their horses.

The board approved the $37.2mm balanced budget for 2024 projecting continued modest growth in the membership and competition fees based on prior trends and a $1mm increased contribution by USET Foundation to help fund the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

The board also approved investments in two strategic initiatives. The first initiative is the development of a USEF universal competition entry system designed to benefit all members, competition organizers, competition office staff, USEF, and equestrian sport.

The entry system benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Providing a seamless and efficient user experience.
• Reducing competition office workloads by automating several processes including eligibility verification.
• Ability to effectively interface with third-party show management software.
• Increasing accuracy of entry information and records.
• Shortening submission and verification timelines for results.
• Supporting USEF risk management initiatives, including secure, cloud-based storage of entry blanks, participant waivers, and equine health documents.

Project development will involve user input, research, and testing including show staff.

Second Initiative

The second strategic initiative focuses on data analytics in partnership with EquiRatings, an international leader in equestrian data mining and metrics. This project will help to ensure the safety and well-being of our members and their equine partners and increase sustainability and strengthen the social license of equestrian sport through improved data capture and analysis. EquiRatings will develop a USEF-owned data platform that will assist in monitoring equine and human safety and welfare, creating fan and member engagement, analyzing competitor participation trends and migration patterns as well as equine and human performance, and much more.

EquiRatings will develop a USEF-owned data platform that will assist in monitoring equine and human safety and welfare, creating fan and member engagement, analyzing competitor participation trends and migration patterns as well as equine and human performance, and much more.