Registration is now open for the 2021 U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting, presented by Equicore, which will be held virtually December 4-10.

Open to all equine enthusiasts, the seven-day virtual meeting will give participants front-row access to Hunter and Jumper sport governance, an update on the state of the association from USHJA President Mary Knowlton, and the prestigious Evening of Equestrians Awards celebration.

The Zone 3 Committee Meeting will be at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, December 4. View the schedule.

July 29-August 1, 2021

Rose Mount Summer

Spotsylvania, Va.

October 22-24, 2021

WIHS Regional Horse Show

Leesburg, Va.

Riley Hogan entered the Capital Challenge Horse Show’s Show Place Arena for the third and final Jumping Phase of the EMO Insurance/USHJA 3'3" Jumping Seat Medal Final - East sitting in second place overall. As she made her entrance, a crowd of people high in the stands stood watching, some hanging over the rail and others videoing with their cell phones. As it turned out, E. Sue Bopp, of title sponsor EMO Insurance, had talked Hogan’s family and friends into joining her at the show to watch their hometown Warrenton, Virginia, rider vie for the title.

“I was ecstatic; I mean, it was unreal. For my final round, I had a pretty precise plan of what I wanted to do,” said Hogan. “I thought that the horse just followed me the whole way through to the last part, and at the end, there was an inside turn and actually I took the double inside turn that was originally maybe part of the plan, but I wasn’t solid on it. When I turned, he introduced it right to me and just followed me the whole way through, and it just ended up going exactly how I wanted it to.”

Congratulations to our zone members who competed in WCHR Finals at the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Scott Stewart of Wellington, Florida, scored a record seventh win against the five other best hunter riders in the country. Stewart rode Catch Me, owned by Gochman Sport Horses LLC, for his first score in Wednesday’s WCHR Professional Challenge, then returned in the opening Playoff Round on Friday evening. Riding four other unfamiliar horses to scores above 90, Stewart captured the victory by more than five points.

Held throughout the week are nine WCHR Challenge classes in the following sections: Professional, Developing Professional, Amateur-Owner 3'6", Amateur-Owner 3'3", Adult Amateur, Junior 3'6", Junior 3'3", Children’s and Pony. These classes are open to the top-ranked riders nationally and regionally, as well as from the corresponding section at the Capital Challenge Horse Show. Congratulations to the following winners:

Learn everything you need to know about your new and improved USHJA Member Experience and Online Member Account with Member Experience webinars. Previous webinars are also available on demand here.

They may have been equitation final rookies, but Ella Witt and Stakkair looked like seasoned veterans as they climbed to the top of the 2021 USHJA 3’3” Hunter Seat Medal Final - East. Held at the New England Equitation Championships at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday, October 23, Witt, of Califon, New Jersey, rose from sixth to claim the win ahead of Haley Edwardson, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, in second and Carolyn Carpenter, of Darien, Connecticut, in third.

USHJA collaborates with USEF to provide these clinics to help individuals seeking to become USEF Licensed Officials complete the education requirement. Registration opens December 1.

USEF handles licensing of all equestrian officials; you may find more information about the licensing requirements and process here.