US Equestrian is pleased to announce the dates and locations for the 2025 USEF Combined Driving National Championships. For 2025, the national championships across all levels and all divisions will be held at two competitions.

The 2025 USEF Combined Driving National Championship for Ponies will take place April 22-17, 2025, at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, N.C. This will include classes for single, pair, and four-in-hand ponies and VSEs from training through advanced levels.

The 2025 USEF Combined Driving National Championships for horses and para driving will take place Sept. 18-22, 2025, at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina. This championship features single, pair, and four-in-hand horses at training through advanced levels and all levels of para driving.

After an action-packed weekend of competitors vying for the top spot at the Katydid CDE (Combined Driving Event) at Tryon International, Raymond Helmuth (Cambridge, IA) and his own Kendro (Globetrotter x Genderose) were crowned champions of the 3* Single Horse division and earned the USEF Combined Driving National Championship for Advanced Single Horses. Placing first across the board in all three phases, Helmuth and Kendro finished out the weekend with 128.35 points. Leslie Berndl (Lexington, KY) and Impressive (First Class x Olizandra), her 2013 Dutch Warmblood gelding, claimed second in the group with 150.31 points. Collecting 158.36 points to take third was Jennifer Thompson (Lodi, WI) and Lexus (Grote Wonder x Werina), her 2016 Dutch Harness Horse gelding.

the Katydid CDE presented by Pavillon at Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort (Tryon International) saw strong entry numbers for its third season at the venue, culminating in Cones competition in Tryon Stadium on Sunday morning.