Thank you for being a Zone 8 member! See who is attending EAP Nationals, learn about USHJA Annual Meeting, see what events are coming up and more.
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USHJA Annual Meeting, presented by World Equestrian Center, is Coming to Zone 8!
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Save the date for the 2019 USHJA Annual Meeting, presented by
World Equestrian Center, which will be in our zone 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.
You won't want to miss the educational opportunities and presentations at Annual Meeting this year.
If you are interested in attending and are 25 or younger, consider applying for the USHJA Alvin Topping Governance Grant.
Learn more.
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Congratulations to Katie Pelzel on Being Selected for the EAP National Training Session!
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Congratulations to Zone 8's Katie Pelzel, who was selected to ride in the
Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session, which will be November 7-10 at the University of Findlay.
Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Nationals will also be held during EAP Nationals. Stay tuned to see who will be attending!
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Mark Your Calendar for Zone 8 Championships
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Good luck to members competing in the Zone 8 Stirrup Cup Championship
September 27-29 at
HIPICO Santa Fe Fall Fling in New Mexico. Stay tuned for results.
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Good Luck to Members Attending WCHR Finals!
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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.
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USHJA Affiliate Member Organization News
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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
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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.
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. Kenzie Riddell, a Senior from Scottsdale, AZ who rides with Scottsdale Equestrian Team is the representative for Zone 8.
Read more.
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Mark your calendar for clinics coming up in our zone this year!
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Sport History: Fun Facts from the USHJA Wheeler Museum
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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”
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Upcoming Events and Deadlines
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December
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USHJA Sponsors & Partners
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Photos by: Terisé Cole, Susan Stickle, Tricia Booker, Jump Media, EqSol, Louise Taylor, Megan Lacy
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