Zone 4 Adult Amateur gold medalists. Photo credit Megan Lacy/USHJA Archives.

Zone 4 Children's gold medalists. Photo credit Megan Lacy/USHJA Archives.

Congratulations to Zone 4 members who participated in the USHJA Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter South Regional Championships, presented by SmartPak, in Conyers, Georgia, June 21-25.

In the Adult Amateur Team Championship, Zone 4 members  Wendy Rice, Margaret Weaver, and Emily Mitzel took home the gold medal. Zone 4 team Caroline Carr, Kimberly Middlebrooks, Samantha Kramig, Heather Conder, took home the silver medal.

	Sara White earned Children's Individual gold. Photo credit: Alison Hartwell Photography

In the Children's Team Championship, Zone 4 swept the medals with Sara White, Victoria Herran, and Katie Kittrell, earning the gold medal. Madison Hill, Katherine Habeeb and Addison Benio took home the silver medal and Kat Fuqua, Alexandra Kozel, and Campbell Key brought home the bronze medal. Special thanks to Zone 4 Chef d'Equipe David Pellegrini for leading riders at the Championships. Read more about the Team Championships here.

Congratulations to Zone 4 members who earned medals in the Individual Championships including Children's gold medalist Sara White, silver medalist Alexandra Kozel and bronze medalist Campbell Key. Margaret Weaver earned the Adult Amateur Individual silver medal and Emily Mitzel took home bronze.  Read more about the Individual Championships here.

1. True or false? The Hunter/Jumper industry considers a horse to be at least 14.1 hands tall. 

2. Which of the following body parts is NOT found on the horse's front leg?

a. Knee

b. Stifle

c. Elbow

d. Forearm

3. True or false? A horse's diet should ideally consist primarily of roughage. 

To find out the answers, scroll to the bottom of this eNews! If horsemanship knowledge is important to you, check out the Horsemanship Quiz Challenge, presented by  The Plaid Horse !  HQC is a fun online quiz members 21 and younger can take for a chance to attend HQC Nationals and win prizes and scholarships to Lake Erie College.  Register here . 

Congratulations to Zone 4 athletes who were selected to participate in late summer Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions!

Virginia Horse Center EAP Session,  June 27-July 1 with Jim Wofford and Anne Thornbury Millie Herndon, 16, Montgomery, Ala.  Helena Vasconcelos, 15, Davie, Fla.  Mount Holyoke College EAP Session, July 5-9 with Julie Winkel and Colleen Reed Sabrina Searles, 20, Winter Garden, Fla.  Stay tuned to see who gets selected to participate in the  EAP National Training Session , which will be November 9-12 at the George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center at Lake Erie College in Ohio.  Click here  for more information about EAP.

Athletes at the Virginia Horse Center Session. Photo credit: Tricia Booker/USHJA Archives Athletes at the Mount Holyoke Session. Photo credit: Kristin Rover/USHJA Archives