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Kat Fuqua and Christian Simonson are Golden on Saturday at the 2024 FEI North American Youth Championships
by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian | Aug 3, 2024, 10:00 PM
Traverse City, Mich. – Top dressage continued on Saturday at the 2024 Discover Dressage/FEI North American Youth Dressage Championship presented by USDF. The Young Riders completed their individual tests in the morning and the U25 closed out the day, performing their musical freestyles in an evening session at Flintfields Horse Park.
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Chronical of the Horse ..May 27, 2023
Fuqua Keeps Up Her Winning Ways At Devon
WORDS BY Kimberly Loushin Earlier this week Kat Fuqua wasn’t sure she was even going to attend the Devon Horse Show. The 15-year-old, who also competes in dressage, will be heading to Germany on Monday for the Young Rider tour, so she thought about skipping Devon.
“We were going to not stress ourselves out, and stay home, pack, be prepared,” she said, “but you can’t miss Devon.”….
Chronical of the Horse ..May 12, 2023
Behind The Stall Door With: Consent
WORDS BY Kimberly Loushin ‘ If he was human, junior hunter Consent would be a good-vibes-only dude,’ his owner Kat Fuqua said.
“I think ‘Kent’ would probably own a sandwich shop or something somewhere on the beach,” she said. “I think that would definitely be Kent. Just a really genuine, nice person.”….
HorseTalk.co.nz ..October 13, 2018
Famous Pony Series "Billy & Blaze".. to make movie debut…Young riders on the set of Billy and Blaze; at far left is Kat Fuqua and her pony Ladybug, and “Billy” — Henry Lesko– is pictured second right with Banbury Cross Abu.
Harrisburg’s ABC 27 ..October 11, 2018
ABC 27 Sports Rising Star JR Kat Fuqua
INTERVIEW BY Allie Berube For Junior Hunter Champion Kat Fuqua is the sport’s rising star.. Kat Fuqua’s young riding career highlighted at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show.. watch!
Day Two of 2018 USEF Pony Finals Presented By Collecting Gaits Farm Crowns Champions in Large Regular Hunter Pony and Small Green Hunter Pony Championships; Small Regular Hunter Pony Gets Underway
by US Equestrian Communications Department | Aug 8, 2018, 9:08 PM
Fuqua and Brighton Sweep the Large Regular Hunter Pony Championship Presented by Charles Ancona to Win First Title of 2018 USEF Pony Finals Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm. With a national champion title on the line and 146 other ponies to beat, Kat Fuqua (Atlanta, Ga.) and Brighton, her nine-year-old Deutches Reitpony gelding, sat at the top of the leaderboard headed into this afternoon’s Over Fences phase for the Large Regular Hunter Pony Championship presented by Charles Ancona. Scoring a 261.00 for the top spot, Fuqua and Brighton swept all three phases to win the overall Large Regular Hunter Pony national championship with a score of 1063.65 at the 2018 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm (Pony Finals).
Brighton Shines At USEF Pony Finals PUBLISHED August 8, 2018 WORDS BY Ann Glavan
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 8 Kat Fuqua has been coming to USEF Pony Finals for five years, and for five years she’s been chasing that elusive tricolor championship ribbon. She’s given it her best, and she’s been close before, but this year she finally did it. Out of 147 regular large ponies, Fuqua’s Brighton was best—best in the model, the hack, and wrapping it up with a blue ribbon in the over fences class to take the overall championship.
“I haven’t even taken it all in yet; I’m so excited,” said Fuqua, 11. “I have never won before, and it’s only my second year even getting a ribbon, so I’m really, really thrilled.”
Chronical of the Horse ..August 13, 2018 Pony Palooza
WORDS BY Kimbery Loushin For the past week the equestrian world’s smallest participants took over the Kentucky Horse Park for the USEF Pony Finals. The competitors are varied, from the nation’s leading child riders on top ponies vying for blue ribbons, to children on their first ponies simply hoping for a good experience.
EuroDressage .. August 25, 2024 Kat Fuqua pats Dreamgirl at the 2024 CDIO Aachen Photo © Astrid Appels
U.S. Young Riders Gain Experience on the World Stage During 2024 Euro Tour For American youth dressage athletes who aspire to represent the U.S. on senior teams in the future, gaining experience competing overseas is still an essential part of preparation.
Every year, a small group of up-and-coming young dressage athletes and their horses are selected to travel to Hagen, Germany, for the Future Champions CDIOY competition where they compete against their peers from around the world.
