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Just Announced: USHJA Emerging Jumper Rider Program; Applications Reopen for Zone Jumper Team Championships
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Today, USHJA announced a new program to identify the next generation of international Show Jumping talent in the United States. The
USHJA Emerging Jumper Rider Program will allow the United States to identify and provide education and guidance to riders competing at the 1.10m-1.35m levels, as well as to their trainers and parents.
The Emerging Jumper Rider Program uses the new
USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships, which are offered at 1.10/1.15m, 1.20/1.25m and 1.30/1.35m, to identify Jumper riders who have the skill and desire to excel in the sport, while educating these riders to become well-rounded horsemen on their path to excellence.
To allow for maximum participation in the first year of this exciting opportunity, the USHJA has reopened the application period and extended the 20 point minimum requirement for the USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships for our zone. USHJA will accept riders on until all spots are filled or 45 days prior to their zone's Championships, whichever occurs first. All riders who applied and met the criteria at the time of the original application closing deadline of May 1 will be invited to the Championships.
Note our new deadline and
APPLY!! This is your chance to get identified by sport leadership!
Click here to read more about the program.
National Sunshine Series II
November 10-12, 2017
Thermal, California
Application Deadline and Points Lock: September 26
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Congratulations IEA Nationals Participants
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Burkwood Farm at IEA Nationals. Photo credit: Erin Keating/USHJA Archives
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Congratulations to
Burkwood Farm
and Zone 9 members who participated in the 2017
Interscholastic Equestrian Association
Hunt Seat National Finals April 21-23 at Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia.
Click here
to view results from IEA Nationals.
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Can You Answer These Questions?
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1. True or false: The average horse takes about 50 breaths per minute?
2. Sweating and laying down at unusual times and disinterest in eating are all symptoms of which equine-related illness?
a. Colic
b. Founder
c. Laminitis
d. Equine Protozoal Myelitis
3. Who was the youngest member of the United States 2012 Olympic Show Jumping Team?
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.
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Have You Heard about the
USHJA 3'3" Jumping Seat Medal Finals?
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Photo credit: Louise Taylor/USHJA Archives. |
Riders who earn more than 10 points in a Jumping Seat Medal are eligible for the
USHJA 3'3" Jumping Seat Medal Finals
. Finals will be hosted on either coast, and qualified riders may choose either location.
The 2017 Finals are a test to determine members' interest in a 3'3" equitation final that aims to help riders gain experience in a three-phase format (gymnastics, flat, jumping) similar to that of the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Program. Specifications can be found here.
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Jumping Seat Medal Finals EAST
September 29-30
Prince George Equestrian Center
Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Jumping Seat Medal Finals WEST
International Jumping Festival-Belnheim
September 22-23
Blenheim Equisports
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
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The USHJA 3'3" Jumping Seat Medal provides Junior exhibitors with the opportunity to develop their equitation skills over a Jumper-style course. Year-end awards will be awarded to the top 12 riders in both the newly formed Eastern and Western Leagues.
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Equicore Offers Special Discount for Members
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Equicore Online
, the world's first platform dedicated to making horse identification simple, is now available!
USHJA members are eligible for
3 months FREE when you sign up by June 22!
That's a 25% discount
exclusive to USHJA members
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Benefits of Equicore Online include:
- Search horses internationally by microchip number for immediate identification
- Combined national and international results across countries and disciplines in one record per horse
- Ability to search by keyword across competition results
- Over 1.6 Million horses with more on the way
Follow Equicore Online on social media to stay up to date on new features, including exclusive features for USHJA member:
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The HQC Stable Challenge Begins June 15!
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Last year's prize package included a slew of great products! USHJA Archives
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Mark your calendar and start studying, because the HQC Stable Challenge, presented by
The Plaid Horse, begins
June 15!
Last year,
Mary Rae Fuller's team from Prairie Fox Farms
won the prize package for Zone 9
. Who will be the winner this year?
Click here
for more info.
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Important Dates and Deadlines
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Don't miss out on exciting upcoming USHJA programs, events and opportunities:
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Additional Information |
| June 1 |
Final deadline to earn Certificates of Capability for FEI North American Junior / Young Rider Championships |
Click for more info |
| June 2 |
Enrollment fee increases to $750 for:
- Green Hunter Incentive Program
- International Hunter Derby Program
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Click here for Green Hunter Incentive Program
Click here for International Hunter Derby Program |
| June 9 |
Final deadline to submit Junior and Young Rider Certificates of Capability for FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships to USEF |
Click for more info |
| June 15 |
USHJA HQC Stable Challenge begins |
Click for more info |
| June 18 |
Deadline to earn Certificates of Capability for FEI North American Children's Championships |
Click for more info |
| June 19 |
Deadline to submit Certificates of Capability and applications for FEI North American Children's Championships |
Click for more info |
| July 18-23 |
USHJA Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter West Regional Championships, Oregon High Desert Classic I, Bend, Ore. |
Click for more info |
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We Want to Hear from You!
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The Zone 9 newsletter provides us a great opportunity to hear from our members! If you have a success story, photos or other accomplishments you'd like to share, please send them here for possible inclusion in Zone 9 eNews or on the Zone 9 Facebook page.
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1. False
2. a. Colic
3. Reed Kessler
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