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September Zone 2 Update

Thank you for being a Zone 2 member! See who is attending EAP Nationals, learn about USHJA Annual Meeting, see what events are coming up and more.

Zone 2 Members Shine at USHJA Zones 1 & 2 Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter Championships, presented by SmartPak

Congratulations to our members who competed in the USHJA Zones 1 & 2 Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter Championships, presented by SmartPak, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York!

Special congratulations to our Zone 2 medalists:

Team Championships:

Gold: Linda Corvari, Danielle Flavin, Emily Weis and Kaitlin Hofer
Silver: Corinne Macaulay, Madelyn Sano and Missy Palmisciano
Bronze: Isabelle Mesiarik was part of the combined team

Special thanks to Chef d'Equipe Elizabeth Perry-Merbler for leading teams. Read more about the team competition.

Individual Championships:

Gold: Linda Corvari
Silver: Laurie Barna
Bronze: Corinne Macaulay

Read more about the individual competition.

Congratulations to Zone 2 Members Selected for EAP Nationals

Zone 2's Julianna Empie, Alyssa Simin, Evelyn Smith and Alicia Weismann were selected to ride in the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session! Mara Picciochi was selected as a stable manager; Christina Samouhos was selected as an alternate rider and alternate stable manager; and Rachel Vandemark and Alexandria Willard were selected as an alternate stable managers.

Congratulations to these members! Read more about the National Training Session.

Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Nationals will also be held at the same time as EAP Nationals. Stay tuned to see who will be attending!

Save the Date for the USHJA Annual Meeting, presented by World Equestrian Center

Save the date for the 2019 USHJA Annual Meeting, presented by World Equestrian Center, which will be December 8-12 at Denver Hilton City Center in Denver, Colorado.

USHJA has reserved a block of rooms and negotiated discounts on air travel and rental cars for the event. Click here for more information! For sponsorship opportunities contact Jill Insko.

If you are interested in attending and are 25 or younger, consider applying for the USHJA Alvin Topping Governance Grant. Learn more.

Zone 2 Championships Dates and Results

The Zone 2 Horse of the Year Jumper Championship was September 12-15 at Devon Fall Classic Horse Show in Devon, Pennsylvania. Click here for results.

The Zone 2 Equitation Championship was August 29-September 1 at Quentin Fall Classic in Littlestown, Pennsylvania! Click here for results.

The Zone 2 Horse of the Year Hunter Championship will be held October 20 at PA State Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Good luck to our members competing!

More Information about Zone 2 Championships

Good Luck to Members Competing at the World Championship Hunter Rider Finals

The World Championship Hunter Rider Finals are just around the corner at The Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, September 30-October 6.

Congratulations to our members who qualified and good luck!

Click here for more information about WCHR. Catch all the action here.

USHJA Affiliate Member Organization News

Check out recent news from some of our USHJA Affiliate Member Organizations below. Interested in becoming an affiliate? Click here for more information.

ANRC National Equitation Championships

The ANRC National Equitation Championships are an invitational competition for collegiate, junior, adult amateur, and ANRC alumni teams that pay an annual ANRC team membership fee. There is no need to qualify. Everyone is welcome to join us for the 2020 championships April 9-11, 2020. Membership opens September 1, 2019.

The championship for each group is held on the same weekend and judged separately. In each championship, teams may compete in a 3′ National Division or a 2’6″ Novice Division. Participants may compete on a school-owned horse, a leased horse, or a privately-owned horse.

Click here to read more. Click here for the prize list. Photo credit: Susan Zube

IEA Announces 2019-2020 Youth Board Members

The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) announced the elected members of the 2019-2020 IEA Youth Board. The Youth Board was created by the IEA’s Education Committee in 2016 and is governed by Adult Advisors Shara Prieskorn (IEA Membership Office Coordinator), Simon Towns (Zone Captain), and Sue Wentzel (IEA National Steward), as well as two IEA Alumni - Hannah Bentz and Aubrey Braham.

The IEA Youth Board is structured with one student representative from each of the ten Hunt Seat Zones. Willow Vince, a Junior from New York, N.Y., who rides with Empire State Equestrian Team and Matt Tracy, a Sophomore from Pennington, NJ who rides with Briarwood Farm Equestrian Team are the representatives from Zone 2. Read more.

Sport History: Fun Facts from the USHJA Wheeler Museum!

Did you know?

As the saying goes, “form follows function.” Correct equitation comes from safe and effective riding in the hunt field. Check out Bill Scheibel’s great form over a natural brush and rail in this equitation class held on the outside course at the 1971 Millbrook Horse Show.

PC: Budd Studio from “Through the Lens”