June Zone 8 Update
Thank you for being a Zone 8 member! See who participated in early summer EAP Regional Training Sessions, compete in the HQC Stable Challenge with your friends, nominate someone for an award and more.
Congratulations to Members who Participated in Early Summer EAP Regional Training Sessions!
Congratulations to our Zone 8 member Candice Christopher, of Parker, Colorado, who participated in the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program early summer Regional Training Session 3' section at Great Southwest Equestrian Center, and Sophie Kane of Tyrone, Colorado, who participated in EAP at the Virginia Horse Center session.

Stay tuned to see who participates in late summer sessions, and check out the USHJA Facebook page to see more photos.
Horsemanship Quiz Stable Challenge Open Until July 15
USHJA invites equestrians of all ages to put their horsemanship knowledge to the test in the 2019 USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Stable Challenge!

The 30-day online quiz challenge is open to juniors and amateurs and brings barns together as teams to test their horsemanship knowledge for a chance to win great prizes.

The Stable Challenge requires at least three students per trainer to complete the online USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Practice Quiz between June 15 and July 15 for their barn to be eligible to win.

Kristin Jacob and Blue Star Farms are leading so far in Zone 8!
Quick Quiz: The diet of a horse should consist of primarily roughage.
True
False
Do you Know Someone Who Deserves to be Recognized?
Nominations are open for 2019 annual awards, which recognize significant accomplishments of members.

The following awards have a nomination deadline of July 31:

The USHJA Youth Leadership Award and the USEF Youth Sportsman's Award have a deadline of September 1.

The Vital Horse Show Staff Award nominations are due October 5.
Sport History: Fun Facts from the USHJA Wheeler Museum
As the USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Stable Challenge gets underway as a chance to put your horsemanship knowledge to the test, here’s a look back to  The American Horse Show,  a 1958 manual by Margaret Self with a description of jumps typical of the time. 

How many jumps like these have you seen lately? 

The more we recall the practices of the past, the more we can see how the hunter/jumper sport has changed . . . and how many traditions carry on.
Mark Your Calendar for the Zone 8 Stirrup Cup Championship
The Zone 8 Stirrup Cup Championship will be September 27-29 at New Mexico Hunter Jumper Association Fall Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Zone 8 Clinics
Mark your calendar for clinics coming up in our zone this year!

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HQC Quick Quiz answer: True
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