Olympic combination Mélody Johner and Toubleu de Rueire topped an all-female podium on home turf at CHI Geneva’s Indoor Cross. Dutch Olympian Janneke Boonzaaijer and Acsi Champ de Tailleur and Belgian Olympian Lara De Liedekerke-Meier and Kiarado d’Arville claimed the other podium spots.
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With the USEA Annual Meeting and Convention in the rearview, we’ll dedicate this section to relevant news from the weekend:
Molly Pellegrini is the USEA President Elect, the US Eventing Association confirmed over the weekend. Molly first took on the role of active horse show mom, but her years of servitude on countless boards made her an excellent candidate to support the sport at the grassroots level, and she soon found herself working alongside Meg’s Pony Club, serving on the USEA Area VI Board, and eventually becoming a member of the USEA Board of Governors. Read more about Molly here.
Catch up on some key updates from the USEA Board of Governors meeting held at the Annual Meeting and Convention in Seattle this weekend. Among the updates: some Board of Governors personnel changes were made, different models for future Annual Meetings will be examined by a newly-formed Task Force, next year’s Convention will take place in New Orleans, and much more. See more in this easy to follow breakdown of the meeting.
Upcoming rule changes for 2025 were discussed at the Rule Change Forum in Seattle this weekend. A few changes that pertain to eventing include a potential to allow horses and riders to wear biometric sensors for safety purposes, a definition of faults to align with the FEI’s regulation on reattempting frangible devices, and others. Read a summary here.
Tik Maynard, a 4* rider and winner of the 2024 Road to the Horse Colt Starting Championship, gave a moving address as the keynote speaker at the Convention. He reflected on the Road to the Horse competition and how he applies the lessons learned to his eventing, how he encourages others to find their “superpower”, and more. Read a recap of his speech here.
Video Break
Watch Kirsty Chabert and Classic VI take on a slightly different type of competition: