After much discussion, the Zone 2 Committee made the decision to cancel the 2020 Zone 2 of the Year Hunter Championship.

The committee made the decision with the health and safety of members as their top priority. They are looking forward to a successful championship in 2021.

Click here for the most up-to-date information about Zone 2 events.

The USHJA continues to plan educational webinars for members! Mark your calendar:

Congratulations to Madelyne Brymesser, 18, of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, who is one of the 2020 USHJA Hamel Family Scholarship for Further Education recipients!

Brymesser is pursuing her goal of becoming a dental hygienist.

“I am beyond grateful and feel so fortunate for the support of the Hamel family and the USHJA Foundation,” Brymesser said. “I am so proud and honored to be part of an organization that provides such a variety of opportunities to their members.”

The Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF/USHJA Hunter Breeding National Championships - East, presented by Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Oare, wrapped up August 22.

Best Young Horse went to Caberneigh (Cabardino N x Special Consideration), handed by Emily Anne Belin-McDonnell, owned by Kelsey Calabro (from Zone 2) and bred by Linda Mancini.

Cabalero (Cabalito x Allegria), handled by Charlie Brown and owned and bred by Elizabeth Capor, earned Reserve Best Young Horse and High Point Three-Year-Old.

Stay tuned to see who will be crowned the Overall Best Young Horse following the West iteration, now on September 18 as well as complete results. Click here to see more photos from the East championships.

September 1 is the deadline to participate in the Horsemanship Quiz Challenge!

Participants take two levels of online horsemanship quizzes to be eligible for selection to the HQC Nationals. Click here to register and participate before the deadline.

HQC Nationals will be virtual this year. Stay tuned for more information. Click here to learn more about HQC.

Saratoga Fall

September 10-13

Stillwater, NY

New England Equitation Championships

September 19

West Springfield, Massachusetts

Capital Challenge Equitation Show

World Equestrian Center

Wilmington, Ohio

Sept. 25-27, 2020

The show season continues to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While showing has resumed in many ares, horse shows also continue to be canceled or relocated.

The USHJA announced the cancellation of the AON/USHJA National Championships earlier this month. Read more about the announcement.

Find the most up-to-date information relate to COVID-19:

This year has been far from typical when it comes to horse showing and accomplishing goals, but we know our members have still celebrated milestones and earned achievements outside of the competition ring.

Did you know that Green Hunter classes, like many traditions in the hunter division, were originally related to foxhunting experience?

The 1941 rule book of the American Horse Shows Association (now US Equestrian) stated Green Hunter classes were “open to horses which have not been hunted with a recognized pack of hounds for more than one season, and which have not won a first ribbon at a recognized show in the Hunter Division prior to January 1st of the current year, except in classes requiring either no jumping or performance over jumps not to exceed three feet six inches” or in classes for “teams, pairs, local, junior, breeding or three-year-olds.”

Green Hunter Championships at this time were also super competitive, so quite an honor to win: They were awarded on the basis of ribbons won in “Maiden, Novice, Limit, Suitable, Green, classes for four-years-olds and under, Breeding classes for young horses and Handicap classes in which a horse jumps three feet six inches.”

Photo: “Jumping over an outside course in a green hunter class,” from Vladimir S. Littauer, Schooling Your Horse, 1951.

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