Click here to view proposed rules and submit your feedback. 

	Photo credit: Tricia Booker/USHJA Archives

The USHJA is pleased to raise the maximum age of athletes eligible for the USHJA Emerging Athletes Program from 21 to 25 years old in 2018! 

Riders 25 and under who meet the eligibility requirements will be able to apply to participate in a Regional Training Sessions next year. 

Ten locations have been set to host Regional Training Sessions including Centenary College Equestrian Center in Long Valley, New Jersey and Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center  in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Click here for the full list.

Stay tuned for a list of dates and clinicians. Applications for the program will open early next year! For more information about EAP, click here. 

Congratulations to Matt Tracy , 12, of Pennington, New Jersey, who will be representing Zone 2 at Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Nationals, presented by The Plaid Horse, November 10-12 at the George M Humphrey Equestrian Center at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. 

Click here to read all about who else was selected for Nationals! For more information about Horsemanship Quiz Challenge, click here. 

	Kendra at the EAP Session at Cazenovia College. Photo credit: Alina Brazzil/USHJA Archives

Congratulations to Kendra Duggleby, 17, of Cleveland, New York, on receiving the Zone 2 Jim Rice Memorial Award, which is given each year to recognize the accomplishments of a Zone 2 member who was selected for the EAP National Training Session. 

The Zone 2 Hunter Committee developed the Jim Rice Memorial Award in 2013 to honor Rice, of Huntington, N.Y. Rice was a professional rider, trainer and show manager and coached numerous students to top honors in zone and national equitation finals. His farm also began a therapeutic riding school, the Red Barn Riding Partners program.

"I am blown away and feel so blessed to receive this honor of an award," Duggleby said.

Duggleby, who attended the EAP Regional Training Session at Cazenovia College in New York, will attend the National Training Session Nov. 9-12 at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. Click here for more information about the Jim Rice Memorial Award. 

The 2018 competition year is right around the corner and USHJA membership applications are open! 

Exciting changes this year include: 

• Memberships running for an entire year, regardless of when members renew
• An opportunity to sign up for auto-renewal so members don't have to worry about remembering to renew each year
• New exclusive member benefits 

	Emerging Jumper Riders were recognized after the USHJA Zones 1 & 2 Jumper Team Championships. Photo credit: Jump Media LLC/USHJA Archives

The USHJA is pleased to announce the dates and locations for the first two USHJA Gold Star Clinics for Gold Star Emerging Jumper Riders and Coaches, which will be held on the East Coast with lead clinicians Richard Spooner and Anne Kursinski and on the West Coast with Richard Spooner and Rich Fellers. 

• East Coast Clinic: Dec. 27-30 at Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. 
• West Coast Clinic: Jan. 18-21 at HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, Calif. 

The clinics will offer horsemanship, stable management, mounted instruction and more from top clinicians such as such as Richard Spooner, Anne Kursinski, Rich Fellers, Diane Carney, Kirsten Coe, Tonya Johnston, DiAnn Langer, Bill Leggett, Colleen Reed, Steve Stephens, Hardin Towell and Dr. Geoff Vernon .

The riders received their Gold Star titles and invitations for earning individual medals at the USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships this year. 

In addition to Gold Star Jumper Riders, any member who competed in the USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships, the FEI Children's Rider Nations Cup™ at Langley, or the Children's section of the FEI North American Children, Junior, and Young Rider Championships for Jumping may  apply for a wildcard spot  to attend one of these clinics! 

Read more about the clinics, and stay tuned for dates and locations for the 2018 USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships!

Click the graphics below to see where you stand in year-end Zone 2 Horse of the Year and Zone 2 Stirrup Cup awards programs.  If you have any points corrections, they must be received by  corrections@usef.org  by 11:59 p.m. EST December 15.

To view national USEF Horse of the Year standings, click here. 

Take a minute to review the 2018 Zone 2 Specifications! Zone specifications can change from year to year and are unique to each zone, so be sure you are up to date on the most recent specifications for our zone. 

George Morris Clinic

Available for TCP Credit

Nov. 10-12

The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center

Buffalo, N.Y.

More info

Bernie Traurig Clinic

Dec. 1-3

Ketcham Farm at Cream Ridge

Allentown, N.J.

Click here to view other upcoming clinics in the Directory of Clinics. If you have a clinic you'd like to be included in the directory, click here for more information.

Don't miss out on exciting upcoming USHJA programs, events and opportunities: 

Date	Event	Additional Information
Oct. 31	Deadline to apply for the Trainer Certification Program Grant	Click to apply
Nov. 3	Deadline to comment on proposed rule changes	Click for more info
Nov. 9-12	EAP National Training Session, Painesville, Ohio	Click for more info
Nov. 10-12	Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Nationals, presented by The Plaid Horse, Painesville, Ohio	Click for more info
Nov. 10-12	George Morris Clinic, Buffalo, N.Y.	Click for more info
Dec. 10-14	USHJA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas	Click for more info

Click here  for the Zone 2 calendar of events.