U.S. Para Dressage Team Chef d’Equipe and Technical Advisor Michel Assouline talked about the plan behind the team’s unprecedented success at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
Winner of the USEF’s inaugural Heart Horse Award, sponsored by Neue Schule USA, was Kilcarna French Fancy, a.k.a. “Arnie”, a 2008 Irish Sport Horse gelding from Great Oak Equine Assisted Programs in Aiken, S.C.
Hunter rider Nick Haness (left) walked away with USEF National Equestrian of the Year honors presented by USEF President Tom O’Mara.
Eventer Liz Halliday (shown here riding Shanroe Cooley in the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI4*-S) won USEF International Equestrian of the Year.
Winner of the USEF National Horse of the Year was McQueen, a 10-year-old KWPN hunter gelding ridden by Lanie Walkenbach and Nick Haness and owned by Walkenbach (shown holding trophy).
Winner of the USEF International Horse of the Year was Caracole de la Roque, a 12-year-old Selle Français mare owned by Signe Ostby and ridden for the U.S. Jumping Team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by Karl Cook.