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August Zone 8 Update
Thank you for being a Zone 8 member! August was packed with championships and events, and we want to congratulate our members for their accomplishments this month. Don't forget to get your entries in for the AON/USHJA National Championships!
Enter the AON/USHJA National Championships by Sept. 14!
Riders qualify for the Championships based on Zone points, but only those who enter by Sept. 14 will be considered for qualifying. Learn more and enter by clicking above.
And the Zone 8 Stable Challenge winner is...
Congratulations to Lucy Alabaster and her team from Sweetwater Stables, winners of the 2018 HQC Stable Challenge, presented by The Plaid Horse!

The highest scoring trainer from each zone receives an award package for their barn including a helmet from Charles Owen, a one-year membership to Equestriancoach.com, a $200 Parlanti gift certificate, a pair of Pro Performance horse boots from Professional's Choice, a gift from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, a grooming bucket with supplies from Shapley's, gifts from The Plaid Horse, a gift from Stable Secretary and a USHJA branded backpack, brush, hoof pick, tumbler and TCP manual.
Zone 8 HOTY and Stirrup Cup championships are coming up!
The Zone 8 Stirrup Cup Championship and the Zone 8 HOTY Championship are coming up!

Zone 8 Stirrup Cup Championship
Sept. 28-30
NMHJA Fall Festival, Albuquerque, N.M.

Zone 8 Horse of the Year Championship
Nov. 14-18
Arizona Season Finale, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Click here to view qualifying criteria and more information about these championships.
Last chance to participate in the Horsemanship Quiz Challenge!
Quick Quiz:
A correctly fitted saddle creates uniform sweat marks under the saddle with no dry patches.
True
False
Click here to participate in HQC by Sept. 1!
EAP athletes attend sessions in Colorado and Ohio
Congratulations to our members who participated in the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program at Regional Training Sessions held in Colorado and Ohio.

The following members participated in the sessions:

  • Sophia Corbett, 17, Englewood, Colo.
  • Nicole Davis, 16, Erie, Colo.
  • Jenna Groth, 25, Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Grace Leonard, 18, Denver, Colo.
  • Nicole Lyvere, 25, Lakewood, Colo.
  • Isabella Lombardo, 17, Evergreen, Colo.
  • Hanna Mankus, 17, Englewood, Colo.
  • Sara Nisbet, 15, Englewood, Colo.
  • Sabrina Ohlrogge, 14, Littleton, Colo.
  • Katie Pelzel, 17, Fort Lupton, Colo.
  • Elise Vandamme, 18, Bountiful, Utah

Click here to read more about the sessions.
Congratulations to members who participated in the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship
Congratulations to our members who participated in the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., August 16-18! 

The following horses, owned by members in our zone, placed in the top 12 in Championship:
  • Gelato, owned by Nicodemus Farms, ridden by Victoria Colvin, 12th place Section A

Check out the headlines from each day of the Championship: 

Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships
Congratulations to all of our Zone 8 members who participated in the 2018 Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships Aug. 14-16 at The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.
 
Check out the headlines from each day of the Championships:

CHJA / USHJA Zone 8 Clinic was a success!
The Colorado Hunter Jumper Association/USHJA Zone 8 Clinic with Robert Gage at Estes Park Fairgrounds was held Monday, July 23, between week one and week two of Copper Penny Horse Show!

Special thanks to members who attended and everyone who made the clinic happen. 

Click here to view more photos from the clinic.
Members participate in FEI North American Youth Show Jumping Championships in New York!
Congratulations to our Zone 8 members Tali Dejong and Delaney Flynn, who competed in the FEI North American Youth Show Jumping Championships presented by USHJA Aug. 1-5 at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, New York! Special thanks to Chef d'Equipe Rob Gage for leading riders.


Click here for complete results.
Congratulations to members who participated in USEF Pony Finals!
Congratulations to all of our members who participated in USEF Pony Finals, presented by Collecting Gaits Farm, Aug. 7-12 at The Kentucky Horse Park.

Catch up on everything that happened, and who earned champion titles, during Pony Finals:


To view complete results from Pony Finals, click here.
Sept. 1 is the deadline to nominate someone for a youth award
Click here to nominate someone for an annual award!
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