January Zone 2 Update

Thank you for being a Zone 2 member! Save the date for Zone Championships, see who attended Gold Star Clinics, enroll your horse for USHJA programs and more.

Zone 2 Members Participate in USHJA Gold Star Clinics

Congratulations to our Zone 2 members who participated in Gold Star Clinic East in Wellington, Florida, this month: Julianna Empie, Chester Springs, Pa. Kailey Fuchs, Sinking Spring, Pa. Olivia Holtz, Villanova, Pa. Katherine Pugliese, Malvern, Pa. Kendra Walmer, Reinholds, Pa. Read more about the clinics. Subscribe to EQ SportsNet and watch on demand coverage of the clinics here.

Save the Date for Zone 2 HOTY, Stirrup Cup and Equitation Championships Dates and locations for 2020 Zone HOTY, Stirrup Cup, Equitation and other championships have been announced! Mark your calendar: Equitation Championship, Aug. 27-30, Quentin Fall Classic, Littlestown, Pa.  Horse of the Year Jumper Championship, Sept. 10-13, Devon Fall Classic, Devon, Pa.  Stirrup Cup Championship, Sept. 26-27, Swan Lake Fall Regional I, Littlestown, Pa.  Horse of the Year Hunter Championship, Oct. 18, 2020, Harrisburg, Pa. Click here for more info

It's Time to Enroll Your Green Hunter or Derby Horse

It's time to enroll for two great USHJA programs; the Green Hunter Incentive Program and the International Hunter Derby program. Enrollment for both programs is $350 until February 1 then the price jumps to $550. Enroll your Green Hunter Enroll your Derby horse

Applications open for USHJA Platinum and Zone Jumper Team Championships

Applications are open for the USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships, open to juniors and amateurs at the 1.10/1.15m, 1.20/1.25m and 1.30/1.35m levels, and the USHJA Platinum Jumper Championships, open to juniors, amateurs and professionals at the 1.40/1.45m level. Both Zone Jumper Team Championships and Platinum Jumper Championships are part of the USHJA Emerging Jumper Rider Program.  The Championships for USHJA Zones 1 & 2 will be at HITS-on-the-Hudson V in Saugerties, NY, July 22-26, 2020 (Qualifying Period: September 24, 2019 - June 7, 2020).

Apply for Platinum Jumper Championships

Apply for Zone Jumper Team Championships

Grant and Scholarship Opportunities from USHJA Foundation

Applications are now open for the USHJA Foundation $25,000 Hamel Family Scholarship for Further Education and the Gochman Grant, which helps riders attend USEF Pony Finals each year. Apply for the Gochman Grant by March 13 Apply for the Hamel Scholarship by May 15

Tell Us What You Think

If you have participated in the Children's and Adult Amateur Hunter Championships in the past, or would consider participating in the future, please consider taking our short survey about the program!  Take the survey

Know Before You Show 2020

The USHJA is helping members Know Before You Show with a simple guide of rule changes taking effect for the new competition year. Click here to see the list. Click here for a comprehensive list of rule changes that were approved in 2019 for the 2020 competition year. View the entire 2020 USEF Rulebook here.

USHJA Affiliate Member Organization News

Renew Your Membership! Don't forget to renew your Affiliate Membership! Affiliate Member Organization memberships cost $100 and are valid through November 30 of the current competition year (December 1-November 30). Added benefits for 2020: 50 percent off USHJA Associate Memberships for your members, USHJA Affiliate Logo and Banner, return of the USHJA Affiliate Council and Regional Groups and Affiliate Year-End High Point Award! Find an Affiliate Check out local USHJA Affiliates near you here. Can't find your affiliate? Encourage them to join here.

Sport History: Fun Facts from the USHJA Wheeler Museum!

It’s All about the Basics The Gold Star Clinics this month focus on the foundations of hunter/jumper riding: the rider’s position, flatwork, and gymnastics to build the skills you and your horse need for riding courses.  USET Show Jumping Coach Bertalan de Némethy was a strong proponent of gymnastics, including cavalletti work, in the USET training sessions at Gladstone. USET Captain and Olympian Bill Steinkraus stresses the value of cavalletti (or simple poles on the ground) in his 1987 book Reflections on Riding and Jumping: Trotting a single rail, adding a second, then a third, then a double space to a rail (where later you can build a small fence) “enables you to practice the same move over and over until you groove it, and to work on pure technique. It also enables you to work on particular problems, and can be adapted to isolate almost any weakness.”   Caption: Bill Steinkraus practicing over a basic cavalletti grid. Photo by Alix Coleman.

Know Your Zone 2 Committee Members

Mark Leone, Chair Troy Hendricks, Vice Chair Wendy Chapot Nunn, Tresurer James Benedetto Katie Benson Naomi Blumenthal Michael Dowling Mary Drueding

Karin Immerman Kerry Kocher Claudine Liberatore Linda Mancini Tobey McWilliams Andrew Philbrick Cynthia Williams

Special thanks to these members who serve our zone! For more information about the committee and contact information, click here.

Recent News

US Equestrian Launches New Online Safe Sport Resource Center for Members USHJA Green Hunter Incentive and International Hunter Derby Programs Near $18 Million in Prize Money Paid Out U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Named a Best Place to Work in Kentucky

Upcoming Events and Deadlines February Feb. 15: $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Spectacular Hunt Gala, Palm Beach International Equestrian Center International Club, Fla. March March 13: Deadline to apply for the USHJA Foundation Gochman Grant for USEF Pony Finals

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Photos: Terisé Cole, Tori BIlas, Jump Media, ESI Photography, Tricia Booker, Rachel Sowinski and Louise Taylor.

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