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September Zone 1 Update

Thank you for being a Zone 1 member! See who is attending EAP Nationals, learn about USHJA Annual Meeting, see what events are coming up and more.

Congratulations to members who competed in the 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! Special congratulations to Kaitlyn Leahy and Sherrill Woessner, who were part of the combined bronze medal team!

Special thanks to Chef d'Equipe Sarah Weaver for leading teams at the championships.

Click here to read more about the team championship.

Click here to read more about the individual championship.

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.

Congratulations to Jonathan Porteous!

Congratulations to Zone 1's Jonathan Porteous, who was selected as an alternate rider and a stable manager for the 2019 Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session, which will be November 7-10 at the University of Findlay in Ohio.

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

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

The World Championship Hunter Rider Finals are 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. Anna Kelly, a Junior from Marshfield, Massachusetts, who rides with Cranberry Acres is the representative from Zone 1. 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”