Today the United States Eventing Association announced the athletes selected for the annual Emerging Athlete U21 Program. This program is open to those who are members of the Young Rider Program and are aged 21 and under while actively competing at Training level or above. In the 2025 listing, five athletes from Area 1 were selected to participate across both the East I Clinic coached by Bec Braitling, and the East II Clinic coached by Rebecca Brown.
Headed to Morven Park International Equestrian Center in Leesburg, VA in June will be Madison Haney, Audrey Littlefield, Eliza Quigley, and Annabelle Sprague. All of these riders have been selected for an EA21 clinic in prior years of which three, Littlefield, Quigley, and Sprague have previously been selected for the National Camp coached by David O’Connor in 2024 for Sprague and earlier this year in 2025 for Quigley and Littlefield. Lyman Ordway has been named 1st alternate for the East I Clinic.
The following month, Taylor Wing will make her EA21 debut at Stable View in Aiken, SC, and Juliana Aulbach, has been named 2nd alternate for the East II Clinic.
The official press release from USEA can be found here: USEA Names Athletes for 2025 EA21 Programs.
We look forward to watching these rider’s journeys and congratulations to all for this huge achievement!
About the USEA Emerging Athlete U21 Program (EA21)
The purpose of the USEA Emerging Athletes U21 Program (EA21) is to identify and provide consistent quality instruction to the next generation of elite event riders. The aim is to create a pipeline for potential team riders by identifying and developing young talent, improving horsemanship and riding skills, and training and improving skills and consistency.
The USEA Emerging Athletes U21 Program was launched in 2022 with a model of five summertime regional clinics taught by carefully selected USEA Eventing Coaches Program (ECP) coaches, leading to a winter national camp consisting of selected Young Riders from the regional clinics. Athletes who are 21 years or younger, are current members of their USEA Young Rider Area program, and are established at the Training Level or higher, are eligible to apply for the EA21 program. Click here to learn more about the USEA EA21 Program.
