June Zone 3 Update
Thank you for being a Zone 3 member! This month register to participate in the HQC Stable Challenge with friends from your barn, get involved in our sport's governance by nominating someone for the USHJA Board of Directors, see what is coming up in our zone and more! Don't forget to share your stories with us!
HQC Stable Challenge, presented by The Plaid Horse, is open!
It's time for the 2018 USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Stable Challenge, presented by The Plaid Horse! Here's how to test your horsemanship knowledge with this fun team competition:

  1. Get friends together at your barn (adults can participate too!)
  2. Take the online Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Practice Quiz before July 15
  3. Earn bonus points (if you're under 21 years old) by registering for the official Horsemanship Quiz Challenge and competing the Level One quiz and if your score is high enough the Level Two quiz
  4. Wait to see if your trainer's team got the highest score! One team from each zone will receive a prize package!
Pictured are last year's Zone 3 winners! Photo provided by Susan Deal.
Last chance to apply for the Zone 3 College Scholarship!
Apply by July 1
Apply by Oct. 1
Good luck to Zone 3 Hunter and Jumper Championships riders!
USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter Championships, presented by SmartPak
The 2018 USHJA Children’s and Adult Amateur Hunter Championships, presented by SmartPak, kick off this week at Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia, with Zones 3 and 4 participating. Read more. Congratulations to the following Zone 3 members who are competing:
Zone 3 Adult Amateurs
  • Shannon Casey, Marshall, Va. 
  • Shelby Edson, Chevy Chase, Md. 
  • Sable Fetty, Pylesville, Md. 
  • Morgan Geelhaar, Eldersburg, Md.  
  • Coleman Murray, Greensboro, N.C. 
  • Susan Reynolds, Advance, N.C. 
  • Laura Scalzi, Clarksburg, Md. 
Zone 3 Children
  • Charlotte Andersen, Germantown, Md. 
  • Ellison Beaver, High Point, N.C. 
  • Sophie Blondel, Rockville, Md.  
  • Elizabeth Hough, Potomac, Md.  
  • Madelyn Jadick, Wilmington, N.C. 
  • Courtney Morton, Clarksburg, Md. 
  • Elizabeth Ragsdale, Jamestown, N.C. 
  • Katie Triantos, McLean, Va.  
USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Jumper Team Championships
The 2018 USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Jumper Team Championships are coming up July 3-8 at Tryon Summer 6 in Mill Spring N.C. Congratulations to the following Zone 3 members who are participating:
Zone 3 Children
  • Maya Aryal, Fairfax, Va.
  • Haley Barnes, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Calista Bell, East New Market, Md.
  • Taylor Brinsfield, White Hall, Md.
  • Heloise Germain, Owings Mills, Md.
  • Nolan Thompson, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Ryleigh Threatt, Mooresville, N.C.
  • Julia Ziffer, Darnestown, Md.

Zone 3 Adult Amatuers
  • Ellen Allred, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Annie Friedman, Washington, D.C.
  • Diana Harris, Creedmoor, N.C.
  • Juliette Landis, Daniels, W.V.
  • Tess Lee, Potomac, Md.
  • Jessica Matelis, Washington, D.C.
  • Avery Morgan, Waxhaw, N.C.
  • Rebecca Smith, Zion Crossroads, Va.
  • Maya Stolle, Davidson, N.C.
  • Caroline Williamson, Asheville, N.C.
Zone 3 1.20/1.25 Juniors
  • Beverly Alcock, Philomont, Va.
  • Nancy Alcock, Philomont, Va.
  • Fallyn Belcastro, Mechanicsville, Va.
  • Thea Bitar, McLean, Va.
  • Taylor Herzog, Williamsburg, Va.
  • Kacey Murphy, Aldie, Va.
  • Addison Reed, Mechanicsville, Va.

Zone 3 1.20/1.25 Amateurs
  • Rebecca Bergman, Durham, N.C.
  • Jenna Buchan, Williamsburg, Va.
  • Kathleen Fritz, Waxhaw, N.C.
  • Kara Jones, Cornelius, N.C.
  • Hannah Neall, Arnold, Md.
  • Angela Pollex, Troutman, N.C.

Zone 3 1.30/1.35 Juniors
  • Jocelyn Albaugh, Mc Lean, Va.
  • Abby Grabowski, Alexandria, Va.
  • Hanna Toering, Waterford, Va.

Zone 3 1.30/1.35 Amateurs
  • Katlynn Butler, Mechanicsville, Va.
  • Kristin Glover, Richmond, Va.
  • Judy Sutton, Maggie Valley, N.C.
  • Sarah Turner, Charlottesville, Va.
USHJA Board election nominations are open until August 15!
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is pleased to open nominations for six Board of Directors positions—Secretary, Treasurer and four at-large directors. USHJA Senior Active and Associate members may nominate candidates for these open positions through their USHJA member account until August 15.
 
Members are allowed to nominate a single individual for multiple positions, and they may nominate themselves for any available position.
 
View comprehensive information about the 2018 election here.
Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized?
Click here to nominate someone for an annual award!
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Congratulations to our Zone 3 EAP participants!
Congratulations to Zone 3 members who participated in a 2018 Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Session so far this year:

  • Dawson Amick, 17, Marvin, N.C.

  • Cary Hundley, 21, Ellicott City, Md.

Stay tuned to see who else from Zone 3 is participating in a Regional Training Session this summer.
Click here for more information about the Championships
Sydney Spevak is a Gochman Family Grant Recipient!
The USHJA Foundation is pleased to award the 2018 Gochman Family Grant to Olivia Elmore of McDonough, Georgia; Ryder Richardson of Parker, Colorado; and Sydney Spevak of Henrico, Virginia. The grant will provide these three young equestrians with the experience of a lifetime at the 2018 USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gaits Farm, which will be held Aug. 7-12, 2018.

"I have always dreamed of attending Pony Finals, though never thought that my dream would become reality," said Sydney Spevak who made competing at Pony Finals a goal when she was seven years old. "This is truly a fairytale ending to my junior years, and I cannot express how grateful and excited I am for this incredible opportunity."
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