January Zone 3 Update
Thank you for being a Zone 3 member! Mark your calendar for 2019 championships, catch up on the latest sport news and see what is coming up in our zone!
Dates and locations announced for 2019 Zone HOTY and Eq Championships
The dates and locations for 2019 Zone HOTY, Stirrup Cup and Equitation championships have been announced!

L.M. “Sandy” Gerald USHJA Zone 3 Equitation Championship
July 25-28
Rose Mount Farm Summer
Spotsylvania, Va.

Zone 3 Horse of the Year Championship
October 18-20
WIHS Regional Horse Show
Upper Marlboro, Md.
Applications open for USHJA Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter Championships!
Applications are now open for the USHJA Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter Championships, presented by SmartPak!

The Championships for Zone 3 will be June 5-9 at Tryon Spring 6 in Mill Spring, North Carolina.

The qualifying period is April 22, 2018 - April 6, 2019. Click below to apply by April 6 to have your points count toward qualifying this year!
 
Applications open for USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships!
Applications are now open for the USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Jumper Team Championships!
 
The Championships will be held at Tryon Summer, Mill Spring, N.C., July 10-14, 2019 !
 
The qualifying period is July 9, 2018-May 26, 2019 . Click below to apply by May 26 to have your points count toward qualifying this year!
 
USHJA Gold Star Clinic - East recap!
From December 27-30, 2018, a group of 2018 USHJA Zone Team Championships Individual Medalists and select wild card recipients expanded their equestrian horizons in a unique educational opportunity by participating in the USHJA Gold Star Clinic-East Coast at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. 

After three days of mounted and unmounted instruction from top clinicians covering a variety topics including stable management, horse health, breeding, press relations, flatwork, gymnastics, the clinic culminated on day four with seven teams competing in a Nations Cup format. Read more!
The following Zone 3 members participated:
  • Maya Aryal, Fairfax, Va.
  • Katlynn Butler, Mechanicsville, Va.
  • Greer Campbell, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Cathleen Driscoll, Elk Mills, Md.
  • Addison Reed, Mechanicsville, Va.
Don't miss these great opportunities!
Applications are open for the USHJA Foundation Gochman Grant for USEF Pony Finals presented by Collecting Gates Farm and the $25,000 Hamel Family Scholarship for Further Education. Read more.
Enroll in Green Hunter Incentive and International Hunter Derby Programs for just $350
More Green for Green Hunters: More than $2.6 million paid out!
Three ways to earn great prize money for your 3', 3'3", 3'6" or 3'9" Green Hunter:
  1. Enter a USHJA Green Incentive Stake class at a competition near you
  2. Participate in one of five Regional Championships (South Championship, NCHJA Annual Horse Show, June 26–30, 2019, Raleigh, North Carolina)
  3. Participate in the Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championship
 
Horses must be enrolled to participate and recorded with the USEF and registered with the USHJA. Enrollment fee is $350 through Feb. 1 and increases to $550 on Feb. 2. For more information visit ushja.org/greenincentive .
 
2019 Derby Goals: More than $12.7 million paid out!
If you have the Championships on your list of goals for this competition year, enroll today and save! Enroll in the USHJA International Hunter Derby Program to be eligible for inclusion on regional and national money won tracking lists and to participate in the 2019 Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship.
 
Enrollment fee is $350 through Feb. 1, and increases to $550 on Feb. 2. Horses must be recorded with the USEF and registered with the USHJA to participate. For information, visit ushja.org/IHD .
Bernie Traurig Clinic in North Carolina
Don't miss the upcoming Bernie Traurig Clinic in Vass, N.C., March 15-17, 2019. The clinic will feature 2 days of sections from 2'6"-3'6" with privates available on Friday. Stalls are available and a dinner Saturday night for $385.

For any questions please call Tiffany Tetter 215-262-7677 or tiffanytetter@aol.com.
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