For a quarter-century, if you evented in the mid-Atlantic, there’s a good chance Brian and Penny Ross had a hand in your season. As Virginia Horse Center Eventing returns to Lexington, VA for its end-of-season FEI competition this week (October 29–November 1), the event is pausing to honor the couple who built it into a destination.
The Rosses ran the Virginia Horse Trials for 25 years, starting in 1989. During that time, Virginia Horse Center became a fixture on the mid-Atlantic calendar, and its end-of-season FEI event became a goal for many East Coast riders to mark on their schedules. They will be celebrated at the VHC Eventing Competitors Party, presented by CornerStone Bank, on Friday, October 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Anderson Coliseum Mezzanine.
Competition for VHC Eventing begins on Thursday with the First Horse Inspection for the CCI2*-L and CCI1*-L, with dressage and show jumping commencing on Friday. For more information, visit the Horse Center’s new and updated website here.
Major International Results This Weekend
Les 5 Étoiles de Pau CCI5* (France): [Website] [Scores/a>] [Pau TV Live Stream Replays] [EN’s Coverage]
U.S. Results This Weekend
Waredaca Classic Three-Day Event & H.T. (MD): [Website] [Scores]
YEH West Coast Championships & Last Chance Qualifier (CA): [Website] [Scores]
Bouckaert Equestrian International (GA): [Website] [Scores]
Windermere Run H.T. (MO): [Website] [Scores]
Hitching Post Farm H.T. (SC): [Website] [Scores]
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Viodor and James Alliston, this year’s 2026 USEA YEH West Coast 5-year-old champions. Photo by Atalya Boytner Photography.
Continuing the tone set by the USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) East Coast Championships and dual-winner Caroline Pamukcu, James Alliston swept the top spots in both the USEA YEH West Coast 4-year-old and 5-year-old divisions at Twin Rivers Ranch in Paso Robles, CA this weekend.
“Whether you win it or not, [the YEH program] is wonderful to do and know someone’s opinion, that they like your horse as much as you do,” he said. “I’d never done the 4-Year-Olds before. I’d always done the 5-Year-Olds.”
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We’re pretty here for the Florida Horse Park Halloween celebration:
