April Zone 2 Update
Thank you for being a Zone 2 member! Comment on 2020 Zone Specifications, learn about team opportunities this year and more.
Let your voice be heard! Comment on 2020 Zone Specifications!
Last chance to apply for an EAP Regional Training Session
Applications are still open for the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program late summer sessions!
Congratulations to Devon Shaw!
Zone 2's Devon Shaw, of Columbus, N.J., attended the USHJA Gold Star Clinic-Central April 16-20 at World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio.
 
Participants learned from lead clinician Richard Spooner and many other experts in the field at the clinic. Read more.

Want a chance to participate in a Gold Star Clinic next year? Learn more here, and be sure to apply to participate in the USHJA Zones 1 & 2 Jumper Team Championships!
Your team needs you! Competitive team opportunities for 2019
July 30-Aug. 4
Old Salem Farm
North Salem, N.Y.
*Qualifying ends June 2, Applications and certificates of capability due June 11
Aug. 21-25
Princeton Show Jumping August
Princeton, N.J.
*Qualifying ends and applications close July 8
Aug. 28-Sept. 1
HITS-on-the-Hudson VII
Saugerties, N.Y.
*Qualifying ends and applications due June 29
Aug. 5-11
USEF Pony Finals
Lexington, Ky.
*Qualifying ends and applications close June 1
October 10-12
Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Harrisburg, Pa.
*Qualifying ends Aug. 31, certificates of capability 
due Sept. 9
Good luck to members competing at IEA and IHSA Nationals!
Congratulations and good luck to our members competing at IEA and IHSA Nationals coming up! 

Interscholastic Equestrian Association National Finals will be April 26-28 at PA State Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pa. Catch the action on USEF Network

The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championships will be May 2-5 at New York State Fairground Expo Center in Syracuse, N.Y. Click here for more info.
Test your knowledge with the Horsemanship Quiz Challenge
The USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge awards over $6,000 in grants and prizes with another $16,000 in prizes available through the 30-day HQC Stable Challenge! Don't miss your chance to put your horsemanship knowledge to the test!

Open to USHJA members (at any paid membership level) 21 and younger as of Dec. 1, 2018, the quiz offers participants a chance to qualify for the in-person HQC Nationals.

The program is free and runs from February 1 to September 1. 
QUICK QUIZ: Try Your Horsemanship Knowledge! Scroll to the bottom of eNews to find the answer!
How many feet are in a six-stride line?
48
59
84
95
Congratulations to our Zone 2 Horse of the Year Champions!
Special thanks to The Chronicle of the Horse for sharing their coverage of 2018 Zone HOTY winners. For more information about the Zone HOTY Awards program and to view standings, click here.
Sponsor the Zone 2 Horse of the Year Hunter Championship!
The tradition continues this fall as some of our zone's best junior and amateur
hunter riders and horses make their way to Harrisburg’s Farm Show Complex on Sunday, October 20, 2019 to compete in the USHJA Zone 2 Horse of The
Year Hunter Championship.

Find out how you can be part of this exciting event as a sponsor! Check out the sponsorship packet and contact Liz McFadden, our Zone 2 sponsorship coordinator, with your questions or interest.
Sport History: Fun facts from the USHJA Wheeler Museum!
The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program follows a tradition of successfully mentoring young riders under the guidance of legendary riders.

In 1984, a USET developing riders training session taught by Italian Olympian Piero d’Inzeo (center) featured future national and international grand prix stars (from left) Debbi Connor, Anne Kursinski, Leslie Burr Howard, Norman Dello Joio, Joan Scharffenberger, Eric Hasbrouck, Melanie Smith Taylor, Jeffery Welles, Katherine Burdsall, Hugh Mutch, and Louis Jacobs. These training sessions were held a few times a year, with riders chosen from regional selection trials overseen by USET coach Bertalan de Némethy.
Photo credit: USET
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HQC Quick Quiz answer: 84 feet
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