The United States Equestrian Team (USET) refers to the American national teams in Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines of horse sport.
US Equestrian
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF or US Equestrian) is the national Sport governing body, governing body for most Equestrianism, equestrian sports in the United States. It began on January 20, 1917, as the Association of American Ho ...
, the governing body of horse sport in the United States, selects, trains and funds the teams. The Olympic discipline teams are: the Land Rover US Eventing Team, the Dutta Corp. US Dressage Team and the NetJets US Jumping Team. The United States also fields teams in para-dressage, combined driving, endurance, reining and vaulting. USET has a history of Olympic success, with fifty-two medals - eleven gold, twenty-one silver and twenty bronze across the three Olympic disciplines.
History
In 2001, USA Equestrian and the United States Equestrian Team developed a new organization: the United States Equestrian Federation, now known as US Equestrian.
US Equestrian now controls the national equestrian teams.
The most decorated American Olympic equestrians are
Michael Plumb, with six medals (two gold and four silver), and
Earl Foster Thomson with five (two gold and three silver).
References
External links
The USET Homepage
1950 establishments in New Jersey
Equestrian
Equestrian sports in the United States
{{US-sport-team-stub