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Good Luck to Our Zone 1 HOTY Championship Competitors!
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September 13-17
Qualifying criteria: HOTY Championship classes are open to all competitors who meet the minimum eligibility requirements outlined here.
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Just Days Left to Participate in the 2017 Horsemanship Quiz Challenge!
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Don't miss the chance to participate in 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. Participants must take the Level One and Level Two quizzes no later than
September 1 to be eligible to attend
HQC Nationals!
Can you answer these practice questions?
1. What substance is applied to shoes in the winter to provide added traction?
a. Pam
b. Borium
c. Hoof oil
d. Furazone
2. How many beats are in a canter?
3. True or false? Good quality hay can meet all of a horse's nutritional needs?
To find out the answers, scroll to the bottom of this eNews!
Click here to register for HQC.
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Congratulations to USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship Competitors!
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| Geoffrey Hesslink and Cadoretto. Photo credit: Louise Taylor/USHJA Archives |
Congratulations to Zone 1 riders and horse owners on participating in the USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship August 17-19 at The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, including Geoffrey Hesslink riding his own Cadoretto, who was Reserve Champion overall!
Click here to read more. Hesslink also received the First Time Rider Award, presented by
Perfect Products.
The following Zone 1 members made the top 12 in their section at the Championship:
Overall:
| Place |
Horse |
Owner |
Rider |
| 2 |
Cadoretto
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Geoffrey Hesslink
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Geoffrey Hesslink
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Section B:
| Place |
Horse |
Owner |
Rider |
| 1 |
Cadoretto
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Geoffrey Hesslink
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Geoffrey Hesslink
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| 12 |
Capstone
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Ann W. Sharpe
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Sarah Tyndall |
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Time Is Running Out: Nominate Someone Deserving Today!
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Click here to nominate someone for one of these awards!
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Zone 1 Members Compete at USEF Pony Finals
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- Day 1: Campbell and Brighton Lead in Large Regular Hunter Pony Championship presented by Triple Crown, Walker and Captain Crunch on Top in Small Green Hunter Pony Championship...Read more
- Day 2: Childs Play Hot Topic Earns Win in the Large Regular Hunter Pony Championship; Captain Crunch Claims Small Green Hunter Pony Championship Title...Read more
- Day 3: Ten Clear in Individual Phase I of USEF Pony Jumper National Championships...Read more
- Day 4:
- Ashley Lamers and In A Dream Take Top Honors in Small Regular Hunter Pony Championship...Read more
- Small Wonder Takes Large Green Hunter Pony Championship and Overall Grand Champion Green Hunter Pony Title; Butterscotch Named Overall Grand Reserve Champion Green Hunter Pony...Read more
- Day 5:
- Zone 10 Claims Gold in USEF Pony Jumper National Championships...Read more
- News Flash Named Grand Champion at 2017 USEF Hunter Pony Championship...Read more
- Tabitha Okitsu and Spoot De La Jourlais Sweep Three Phases to Earn Individual Gold in USEF National Pony Jumper Championship...Read more
- Day 6: Hays Claims Gold in Marshall & Sterling/USEF Pony Medal Final to Complete 2017 USEF Pony Finals...Read more
Email us photos and tell us about your Pony Finals experience for a chance to be featured on our zone's
Facebook page!
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Zone 1 Members Participate in Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship
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S & L Lion King owned by S & L Farms and ridden by Patricia Griffith. Photo credit: Tricia Booker/USHJA Archives
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Congratulations to Zone 1 riders and horse owners whose horses participated in the Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship August 15-17 at The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
The following earned placings in the Championship Round:
| Place |
Horse |
Owner |
Rider |
| 4 |
S & L Lion King
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S & L Farms
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Patricia Griffith
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| 10 |
Sinatra
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Tina Allen
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Brooke Baldwin-De Grazia
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| 12 |
Sahara
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Callie Seaman
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Patricia Griffith
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| 27 |
Clairvoyant
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Wendy Janesky
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Christina Serio |
To view full results from the Championship
click here.
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Congratulations to the Zone 1 Academic Grant Recipients!
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Congratulations to
Kathleen Bolduc
of Peabody, Massachusetts, and
Marley Jordan
, of Epping, New Hampshire, who both received $1,750 Academic Grants thanks to the USHJA Zone 1 Committee!
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Zone 1 Team Earns Silver Medal at USEF Pony Jumper Championships
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USEF Pony Jumper Championships Team Medalists. Photo credit: Louise Taylor/USHJA Archives
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Congratulations to Zone 1's
Kiley Ahn (Johnston, R.I.) and Rootbeer Float, Katharine Dade (Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H.) and National Treasure, and Lydia Philbrick (Henniker, N. H.) and Raisin a Ruckus, who were part of the Zones 1/3 silver medal team at the USEF Pony Jumper Championships! Click here to read more.
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Congratulations to our Stable Challenge Winner!
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Stable Challenge winners receive an exciting prize pack from USHJA Sponsors!
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Congratulations to Zone 1's
Mitch and Kathy Steege and Red Acre Farm, winners of the 2017 HQC Stable Challenge, presented by
The Plaid Horse!
Members in all 12 USHJA Zones put their horsemanship knowledge to the test during the 30-day HQC Stable Challenge and the top scoring trainer from each zone, will be receiving prize packages for their barns!
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Upcoming Clinic in Zone 1
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Presented by Zone 1
Nov. 12-13
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass.
Click here to view other upcoming clinics in the USHJA Directory of Clinics.
Do you have an upcoming clinic you'd like to have listed in the directory?
Click here for more information.
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Important Dates and Deadlines
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Don't miss out on exciting upcoming USHJA programs, events and opportunities:
| Date |
Event |
Additional Information |
| Sept. 1 |
Deadline to nominate someone for the USHJA Youth Leadership Award and the USEF Youth Sportsman's Award |
Click for more info |
| Sept. 13-17 |
Zone 1 HOTY Hunter Championship, West Springfield, Mass. |
Click for more info |
| Sept. 21-24 |
USHJA Zones 1 & 2 Jumper Team Championships, Princeton, N.J. |
Click for more info |
| Oct. 5 |
Deadline to nominate someone for the Vital Horse Show Staff Award |
Click here for the nomination form |
| Oct. 31 |
Deadline to apply for the Trainer Certification Program Grant |
Click to apply |
| 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. 12-13 |
TCP Julie Winkel Clinic, South Hadley, Mass. |
Click for more info |
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1. b. Borium
2. Three
3. True
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