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July Zone 3 Update

Thank you for being a Zone 3 member! See who participated in late summer EAP Regional Training Sessions, find out who won the HQC Stable Challenge, view Championships results and more.

Zone 3 Members Earn Medals at USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Jumper Team Championships

Congratulations to our Zone 3 members who competed in the USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Jumper Team Championships at Tryon International Equestrian Center July 10-14. Special congratulations to our Zone 3 medalists:

1.10/1.15m Adult Amateur Team Championship

Gold: Laura Bishop, Juliette Landis, Megan Kutcher and Diana Harris
Silver: Charlotte Powers, Avery Morgan, Allison Sherwood and Alexis Mierzwa

1.20/1.25m Junior Team Championships

Bronze: Annie Rich, Haley Barnes and Maya Aryal

1.20/1.25m Amateur Team Championships

Silver: Janet Liu and Dorothy Stroh were part of the compbined team
Bronze: Taylor Harpman, Arianna Tucker and Dr. Lauren A. Zappitelli

1.30/1.35m Jr./Am. Team Championships:

Gold: Angela Pollex, Kara Jones, Emma Pell and Judy Sutton
Silver: Christina Webb and Katlynn Butler were part of the combined Zone 3 & 4 team

Special thanks to Chefs d'Equipe Sandra Ruiz, Gail Thompson and Brooke Kemper for leading teams! Read more about the team competition..

Congratulations to our Zone 3 individual medalists from the Championships:

1.10/1.15m Adult Amateur Individual Final

Gold: Diana Harris

1.20/1.25m Junior Individual Final

Gold: Addison Reed

1.20/1.25m Amateur Individual Final

Bronze: Taylor Harpman

1.30/1.35m Jr/Am Individual Final

Gold: Christina Webb
Bronze: Katlynn Butler

Read more about the individual competition..

Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF/USHJA Hunter Breeding National Championships-East are August 24

The Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF/USHJA Hunter Breeding National Championships are coming up August 24 at Virginia Young Horse Festival in Lexington, Virginia.

The Championships are open to yearlings, two-year olds, three-year olds and four-year olds of any breed that have a current USEF Horse Recording and are registered with the USHJA. Exhibitors do not need to qualify to participate.

Learn more

Entries Open for AON/USHJA National Championships!

Entries are now open for the AON/USHJA National Championships, which will be returning to The Las Vegas National CSI3*-W November 11-17. Click here to read more!

Qualifying information

Enter by September 13

Congratulations to Members who Participated in Late Summer EAP Regional Training Sessions!

Congratulations to our Zone 3 members who are participating in the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Session at Tryon International Equestrian Center.

EAP Participants: Dawson Amick, Mikala Huemmer and Emily Grace Swinson
3' Section Participants: Emma Hyde, Maryhunter Millet and Lauren Perhala

Read more about this session. Check back for photos on the USHJA Facebook page.

Kym K Smith/USHJA Young Hunter Pony Championships are Next Month!

The Kym K Smith/USHJA Young Hunter Pony Championships are coming up August 25 during the Virginia Young Horse Festival at Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia

Several sections will be offered for ponies 7 years old and younger.

Exhibitors do not need to qualify to participate.

Learn more

Congratulations to our HQC Stable Challenge Winner

Congratulations to Matt Payne and St. Timothy's School, winners of the 2019 Horsemanship Quiz Stable Challenge in Zone 3!

The Stable Challenge is designed to engage a trainer's entire barn as a team. At least three students per trainer had to complete the USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Practice Quiz between June 15 and July 15.

Each of the high scoring trainers will be receiving a USHJA backpack with a brush, hoofpick, and TCP manual; a helmet from Charles Owen; a one-year membership to Equestriancoach.com; a $200 Parlanti gift certificate; a grooming bucket with supplies from Shapley's; a $100 FITS Breeches and a $100 gift card from State Line Tack.

Inaugural Platinum Jumper Championships Held in Zone 3

Congratulations to our Zone 3 members who competed in the inaugural USHJA Zones 3 & 4 Platinum Jumper Championships at Tryon International Equestrian Center this month. Special congratulations to our Zone 3 medalists:

Shelly Zimmerli, Katlynn Butler and Sandra Zimmerli took home the bronze medal in the team competition. Katlynn Butler also earned the bronze medal in the individual competition. Way to go!

Special thanks to Zone 3 Chefs d'Equipe Sandra Ruiz, Gail Thompson and Brooke Kemper. Read more about the team competition. Read more about the individual competition.

Good Luck to Riders Competing at the 2019 Adequan/FEI North American Youth Championships

Good luck to our riders who are competing at the 2019 Adequan/FEI North American Youth Championships presented by Gotham North, July 30-August 4 at Old Salem Farm in New York.

Catch all the action on USEF Network. Click here for more information.

Madeline Schaefer Wins Hunterdon Cup Equitation Classic-East, presented by Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry College

The fifteenth USHJA Hunterdon Cup Equitation Classic – East, presented by Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry College, brought 101 riders to the Brandywine Valley Summer Series on July 8, 2019, all vying for the top honors. After three rounds, Madeline Schaefer claimed the competition aboard Correndo with a score of 266.5.

“I was pretty confident in the first round. Second round went okay, and I got to switch onto Hannah Hoch’s horse in the final round, which was a lot of fun. We were talking in the warm-up ring, telling each other about the horses, and she was like, ‘Honestly, he’s really easy and straight forward.’ That was really helpful to know and gave me confidence,” said Schaefer. “It’s a great honor [to win].”

USHJA Affiliate Member Organization News

The Best Little Big Horse Show in North Carolina

By Emily Grace Swinson

The NCHJA ( North Carolina Hunter Jumper Association) has just celebrated its 37th Annual Horse Show.

The horse show is held in Raleigh, North Carolina, where about 350 horses called the James B. Hunt Horse Complex home for the week. The “Annual Show” is an AA USEF Premiere rated show that features hunt seat, equitation, jumper and new this year, hunter breeding classes.

The NCHJA Annual Horse Show also hosted the $15,000 USHJA Green Hunter South Regional Championships for the second year in a row.

The schedule is built around recognizing the accomplishments of its members in the NCHJA Equitation Medal Finals; the NCHJA Pony Medal, the NCHJA Children’s Medal, the EJ Haun Medal and the Bryan Jones Medal. Click here to read more and see some of the big winners!

Do you Know Someone Who Deserves to be Recognized?

Will Simpson Clinic Coming Up at Rutledge Farm

Rutledge Farm will welcome Will Simpson for a two-day high-performance show jumping clinic August 31-September 1, and each day will offer three height groups, including 2'6'', 3'0, and 3'6'' to Grand Prix. Slots are available for six riders per group and are first come, first served. Auditors are welcomed, and tickets can be purchased any time leading up to the event. More information.

View the USHJA Directory of Clinics

Sport History: Fun Facts from the USHJA Wheeler Museum

Getting to Know EAP Clinician Cynthia Hankins

Cynthia Hankins, one of this summer’s clinicians at the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions, is widely recognized for winning the AHSA Medal finals in 1977 and for her national and international success with jumpers. Did you know that Cynthia’s winning record in the show ring started at a much earlier age? Cynthia took top prize in Leadline at Devon two times, at ages three and four. Her first Medal class win came at age 12 on a 13.2 1/2 hand pony, and she qualified for the Medal and ASPCA Maclay finals that year, finishing fifth in the Maclay. Cynthia’s story was featured in ”Equitation: A Foundation for Life” at the USHJA Wheeler Museum.

Photo courtesy of Cynthia Hankins.