Tag: Para Equestrian Grades

Results of the FEI study to establish a research-backed system of evaluating riders for para-dressage competition; Reprinted from USDF Connection Nov/Dec '25

In this new series, we highlight the USEF's Para-Equestrian Dressage Centers of Excellence. Today we look at Carlisle Academy!

US athletes win two more golds and a bronze on the final triumphant day of the 2024 Paris Paralympics

By Kim MacMillan: Promising new partnership is qualified for their grade’s freestyle final

By Kim MacMillan; Photos by Sarah E. Miller/MacMillan Photography: Rebecca Hart’s first Paralympic individual medal is Grade III gold; first-timer Fiona Howard takes Grade II individual gold; Roxanne Trunnell wins Grade I individual silver

Meet Team USA of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games: Rebecca Hart & Floratina, Fiona Howard & Diamond Dunes, Kate Shoemaker & Vianne, and Roxanne Trunnell & Fan Tastico H!

Spend enough time in the dressage world and you’ll hear “she’s a Grade II Para Equestrian”, or “he’s riding the Grade V Introductory Test A”. But what do these grades mean? Let’s look at how the FEI and USEF (who has adopted the FEI Para Equestrian Classification Rules and Para Equestrian Manual for Classifiers as the National Policies and Procedures for Classification at the National level) breaks down the Para Equestrian grading system.