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July Zone 4 Update

Thank you for being a Zone 4 member! Check out Championships results, see who attended late summer EAP sessions, nominate someone for an award and more.

Congratulations to Members who Participated in Late Summer EAP Regional Training Sessions!

Congratulations to our Zone 4 members who participated in the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program late summer Regional Training Sessions!

Tryon International Equestrian Center Session (happening this week):

EAP Participants: Lauren Alsborg, Addison Diaz, Emma Engel, Isabel Ernst, Sara McDermott, Caroline Monaghan, Laura Neely, Grace Roberts, Mary-Grace Segars, Paige Vangeison, Madeline Vorhies and Annie Vorhies.
3' Section Participants: Derek Holt, Emma Hyde, Mckenna Riley, Lauren Thomas and Delaney Williams

HITS Balmoral Park Session

EAP Participant: Claire Huskey

Visit the USHJA Facebook page for more photos.

Learn more about EAP

Zone 4 Members Bring Home Medals from USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Jumper Team Championships

Congratulations to our Zone 4 members who competed in the USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Jumper Team Championships at Tryon International Equestrian Center this month. Special congratulations to our Zone 4 team and individual medalists:

1.10/1.15m Children's Jumper Team Championships

Gold: Ana Ramos, Naomi Hartman, Caterina Sinibaldi and Avery Moore
Silver: Ansley Wright, Molly Hennemann, Lindsay Sheldon and Sarah Steadman
Bronze: Marley Parker, Delaney McDowell, Maggie Huffman and Ella Domenicone

1.10/1.15m AA Team Championships

Bronze: Amy Hebert, Madison Orr, Anna Brett Hyde, Tinita Hughes

1.20/1.25m Amateur Team Championships

Gold: Ashley Ann McGehee, Caroline Monaghan and Mackenzie McGehee
Silver: Susan Fried was part of the combined team

1.20/1.25m Jr. Team Championships

Gold: Lucy Reich, Madison Jones, Celia Cram and Anissa Jessee
Silver: Natalie Pedley, Grace Jordan and Anna Marie Mayes

1.30/1.35m Jr./Am. Team Championships

Silver: Danielle Amico was part of the combined team
Bronze: Carly Dvorkin, Laurel Blakemore, Hallie Rush and Roberto Teran

Special thanks to Zone 4 Chefs d'Equipe Kim Land, Shawn Russell and Megan Thiel for leading teams! Read more about the team competition.

Zone 4 individual medalists:

1.10/1.15m Children's Individual Final

Gold: Ana Ramos

Silver: Ella Domenicone

Bronze: Maggie Huffman

1.10/1.15m AA Individual Final

Silver: Eileen O'Leary

Bronze: Tinita Hughes

1.20/1.25m Junior Individual Final

Silver: Natalie Pedley

Bronze: Madison Jones

1.20/1.25m Amateur Individual Final

Gold: Mackenzie McGehee

Silver: Ashley Ann McGehee

1.30/1.35m Jr./Am. Individual Final

Silver: Roberto Teran

Read more about the individual competition.

Entries Open for the AON/USHJA National Championships

Entries are now open for the AON/USHJA National Championships, which will be returning to The Las Vegas National CSI3*-W Novermber 11-17. Click here to read more!

Qualifying information

Enter by September 13

Try a Zone 4 Handy Hunter Challenge!

Handy Hunter Challenges test skills riders and their horses might use during an enjoyable day of foxhunting combining the elements of flat and over-fences classes. They are offered at a variety of shows across our zone, and we have two Championships at the end of the year!

Handy Hunter Challenges coming up:

Sept. 5-8, Fox Lea Farm September, Children's and Adult Amateur Handy Hunter and Children's Handy Hunter Pony, Venice, Fla.
Sept. 19-22, Jacksonville Fall Festival, Children's and Adult Amateur Handy Hunter and Children's Handy Hunter Pony, Jacksonville, Fla.

View the full calendar here

Good Luck to Riders Competing at the 2019 Adequan/FEI North American Youth Championships

Good luck to our riders who are competing at the 2019 Adequan/FEI North American Youth Championships presented by Gotham North, July 30-August 4 at Old Salem Farm in New York.

Catch all the action on USEF Network. Click here for more information.

Zone 4 Members Compete in Inaugural USHJA Platinum Jumper Championships

Congratulations to our Zone 4 riders who participated in the inaugural USHJA Platinum Jumper Championships at Tryon International Equestrian Center this month.

Team medalists included:

Gold: Marquee Cincotta, Ashley Pace, Jesse Smith and Lauren Balcomb
Bronze: Brittni Raflowitz, Faith Davis and Nicole Loochtan

Special thanks to our Zone 4 Chefs d'Equipe Kim Land, Shawn Russell and Megan Thiel for leading teams. Read more about the team competition.

Individual medalists included:

Gold: Lauren Balcomb
Silver: Jesse Smith

Read more about the individual competition.

Congratulations to our HQC Stable Challenge Winner

Congratulations to Amy Center and Cavallo Farms, winners of the 2019 Horsemanship Quz Stable Challenge in Zone 4.

The Stable Challenge is designed to engage a trainer's entire barn as a team. At least three students per trainer had to complete the USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Practice Quiz between June 15 and July 15.

Each of the high scoring trainers will be receiving a USHJA backpack with a brush, hoofpick, and TCP manual; a helmet from Charles Owen; a one-year membership to Equestriancoach.com; a $200 Parlanti gift certificate; a grooming bucket with supplies from Shapley's; a $100 FITS Breeches and a $100 gift card from State Line Tack.

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Good Luck to Riders Headed to USEF Pony Finals

USEF Pony Finals, presented by Collecting Gaits Farm are just around the corner and will be held August 6-11 at The Kentucky Horse Park.

Good luck to our riders participating, including our Zone 4 riders who will be competing in the USEF Pony Jumper Championships.

USHJA will again host educational clinics during Pony Finals. Click here for more info.

Catch all the action on USEF Network.

Sport History: Fun Facts from the USHJA Wheeler Museum!

Getting to Know EAP Clinician Cynthia Hankins

Cynthia Hankins, one of this summer’s clinicians at the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions, is widely recognized for winning the AHSA Medal finals in 1977 and for her national and international success with jumpers. Did you know that Cynthia’s winning record in the show ring started at a much earlier age? Cynthia took top prize in Leadline at Devon two times, at ages three and four. Her first Medal class win came at age 12 on a 13.2 1/2 hand pony, and she qualified for the Medal and ASPCA Maclay finals that year, finishing fifth in the Maclay. Cynthia’s story was featured in ”Equitation: A Foundation for Life” at the USHJA Wheeler Museum.

Photo courtesy of Cynthia Hankins.

Learn more about the USHJA Wheeler Museum

USHJA Affiliate Member Organization News

Horse Show Ventures

The Pensacola Hunter Jumper Association, founded in 1973, has transitioned board leadership and horse show production to Georgia-based horse show company, Horse Show Ventures, LLC.

The long term plan for the organization is to focus on local equestrian needs while connecting with national organizations, such as the United States Hunter Jumper Association and the United States Equestrian Federation to offer educational benefits, classes and awards to local equestrians and foster community engagement and support.