Tryon CDE

Mill Spring, N.C. – It was a great week of competition at the Katydid Combined Driving Event at the Tryon International Equestrian Center. Bad weather on Saturday resulted in a schedule change with all dressage tests taking place on Thursday and the...

The Inaugural Katydid CDE at TIEC presented by Main Street Insurance debuted at Tryon International Equestrian Center and Resort (TIEC) after a 2020 cancellation, welcoming a robust number of entries for the CAI 2* and national competition alongside the USEF Advanced Pony and Intermediate Combined Driving National Championships.

Held on the course that was built for the FEI World Equestrian Games 2018, this event will attract some of the country's top drivers and horses eager to test their skills on the challenging course designed by FEI Course designer Marc Johnson.

This was a critical competition for the top US Single Horse Drivers who were vying for a spot on the US team for the FEI World Driving Championships for Single Horses to be held in Pau France, October 21-25. With a COVID cloud of uncertainty, all drivers rallied at the first USEF competition since they squared off at Live Oak in March.

Intending to come to the Tryon CDE for a learning experience, Reuterskiold shared that she “wasn’t expecting to walk away with a win. I came to learn; it was a big trip to haul halfway across the country.

A former volunteer for both the Driving Test Event and the World Games in 2018, Rhinehart was familiar with the venue already, but now was able to drive and win two years later.

Both Kim and husband Bill Allen picked up Championship titles at the Tryon CDE, with Bill competing in the Championship Intermediate Single Horse Class.

Mill Spring, NC – September 20, 2020 – The ProElite Tryon CDE concluded with the Cones phase at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC), wrapping up three days of competition and the ADS North American Preliminary & Intermediate Championships...

The ProElite Tryon CDE sets the standard for world class driving in the United States.

Both Dressage and Cones phases will be held in a sand fiber mixture footing arena and the marathon course winds through a former golf course (the White Oak Cross-Country Course also utilized at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018). There will be a controlled warm-up for the marathon with a warm-up obstacle. Permanent stabling will be utilized and there will be plenty of space to spread out competitors in keeping with USEF and ADS COVID-19 Action Plans.