In 1994 the USET decided to combine the USET Medal Program with the USET Showjumping Talent Search Program. This name change better reflects the focus of the program by asking developing riders to meet a more difficult set of standards than required in other competitions, thus helping them to prepare for berths on future USET Show Jumping squads. That same year 2000 USET Olympic Show Jumping rider Lauren Hough won the East Coast division, a testament to the success of such a decision.

On a brilliant autumn weekend, October 7 & 8, at the USET Headquarters, 62 riders, the largest division in years, competed in the difficult and challenging format developed by judges Ronnie Beard and Francie Steinwedell-Carvin. The competition consists of three phases, the flat phase, Gymnastics and Show Jumping. The top four riders are then selected for Phase IV, modeled after the Show Jumping World Championships, where competitors first ride their own horses, then each of the others' mounts in turn over the same course.