US Dressage Festival of Champions

The US Equestrian Board of Directors has approved August 24-29 as the dates for the 2021 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. The event will once again be held at HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center.

Pairing Endel Ots with a dressage horse is like getting John Travolta for a dance partner: Whether it’s Uma Thurman or Olivia Newton John, he’ll have them moving like a million bucks on that dance floor. Which is exactly how Ots rode Sonnenberg’s...

The Dressage Foundation has announced that Jennifer Williams is the recipient of its 2020 Patsy Albers Award, established in 2012 in special remembrance of Patsy. The $2,500 award provides financial support for continuing education and training to a...

Jennifer Schrader-Williams Holds on for the Win in USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship The USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship concluded on Sunday with the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle...

Fifteen youth riders entered arena to display their equitation in the 14-18 division of the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Final. The young athletes rode in front of the judges, performing rail work and a pattern to demonstrate their skills.

The Developing Grand Prix horses closed out competition in the Young and Developing Horse Arena on Sunday afternoon. Twelve entries completed the Markel/USEF Developing Horse Grand Prix Test, and in the end, one owner/rider took home both the National Champion and Reserve National Champion titles from the division.

The final day of the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions closed out a successful week of competition. With restrictions on spectators on the grounds and mandates in effect for mask-wearing and social distancing, the scene at HITS Chicago at Lamplight...

Closing out Saturday’s competition, 15 combinations in the Markel/USEF Developing Horse Prix St. Georges Dressage National Championship completed the USEF Developing Horse Prix St. Georges Test before a panel of three judges.

The Markel/USEF Young Horse Four-Year-Old Dressage National Championship division closed out today with 15 exceptional youngsters having a second go at the USEF Four-Year-Old Test in front of the four-judge panel. Alice Tarjan (Oldwick, N.J.) rode...

Twelve combinations began their quest for the USEF Children Dressage National Championship with the FEI Children Team Test. The FEI Children Tests have judges on the short side focusing on technical marks, while judges on the long side focus on the quality marks.