FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elite Athletes Head to Tryon for Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship CPEDI3 Riders will also compete in the CPEDI2*, CPEDI1*, and the 2020 Para Dressage Emerging Athlete Competition sponsored by USPEA Paralympian and World Equestrian Games at... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE About The United States Para-Equestrian Association United States Para-Equestrian Association Mission Statement To Help Develop, Promote, Support, and Sustain all USA Para Equestrian Athletes for Regional, ... Read More
PARA DRESSAGE VIRTUAL EMERGING NATIONAL JUDGING PROGRAM Bringing the National Judges to you! USPEA is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 virtual, Para Dressage Judging Program. To kick off the pilot program, one FEI Para 3* International Judge, Adrienne Pot, has graciously agreed to view your videos and provide official score sheets for each test entered. The Para Dressage Virtual judging program is the first step in tackling the huge geographical challenge in the US. It takes ongoing monitori... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Adequan® U.S. Para-Dressage Team and U.S. Athletes Dominate in Florida Roxanne Trunnell (USA) and Sydney Collier (USA) earn Championships Photos and press by: Lindsay Y. McCall Wellington, FL – February 5, 2020 – Twenty two horse and rider combinations competed at the 2020 Adequan Global Dr... Read More
Hope Hand Awarded The Pegasus Medal of Honor By: Lindsay Y. McCall Wellington, Florida – January 23, 2020 – On January 10, 2020, equestrians gathered at the U.S. Equestrian Federation Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida. Top athletes, owners, horses, and supporters were honored for their dedication to the equestrian sport. Hope Hand (Newtown Square, Penn.) was awarded the Pegasus Medal of Honor that evening in front of a large and grateful crowd. Hand was commended on her in... Read More
Adequan® U.S. Para-Dressage Team Dominates at Paralympic Qualifier in Florida Article and photographs by Lindsay Y. McCall Wellington, FL – January 15, 2020 – Adequan® U.S. Para-Dressage Team rode into the new decade dominating the 2020 Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3* and CPEDI1*. This first show of the Paralympic calendar year took place January 8-11, in Wellington, Florida, at the beautiful grounds of the Global Dressage Festival. The Adequan® U.S. Para-Dre... Read More
Grants Awarded to Two Para-Equestrian Dressage Riders Article courtesy of The Dressage Foundation January 8, 2020 – The Dressage Foundation is pleased to announce that $1,000 grants from its Para-Equestrian Dressage Fund have been awarded to Meghan Benge (SC) and Erika Wager (NY). Meghan began riding when she was six years old and has trained in hunters, para-driving (she was the 2008 Para Driving World Championships gold medalist), and now para-dressage. She has been ... Read More
Cynthia Screnci’s Journey from Jumpers to USA Para-Dressage Aritcle and photos by: Lindsay Y. McCall Wellington, FL – December 11, 2019 – The love for horses has no boundaries. That is what makes the Para-Equestrian discipline so important. It gives riders with physical disabilities (whether they were born with them, occurred over time, or were the result of an injury), a place to compete with the highest goal of becoming a Paralympian and showing at the Paralympi... Read More
Wheatland Farm and Marie Vonderheyden Named as Finalists for FEI Awards 2019 by US Equestrian Communications Department | Sep 25, 2019, 2:33 PM EST Lausanne, Switzerland – The Fédération Équestre International (FEI) has released the list of finalists for the FEI Awards 2019, which includes United States Equestrian Federation/U.S. Para-Equestrian Association Para-Dressage Center of Excellence Wheatland Farm in the FEI Solidarity category and U.S. para-dressage rider Marie Vonderheyden in t... Read More
