CPI Horse Show & CPI Scholarship News
CPI Florida Applications Available Now Online
visit the CPI Florida page to submit your application today!!!
Space is limited and spots are filling up quickly!!!

January 13-15, 2017
Jim Brandon Equestrian Center
Palm Beach, Florida

CPI Texas Applications Available Now Online
visit the CPI Texas page to submit your application today!!!
For all applications received before midnight on December 15, 2016
your $30.00 Application Fee will be applied to your Entry Fee

March 10-12, 2017
Texas Rose Horse Park
Tyler, Texas

NEW THIS YEAR
CPI is accepting applications from 8th Graders
We have added a Walk - Trot - Canter Division
Friday Mounted Clinic is being Offered - Additional Fee Applies*
*Space is Limited and offered on a First Come, First Serve Basis*

Application Fee: $30.00
Entry Fee: $530.00
Walk - Trot - Canter Entry Fee: $430.00
Friday Mounted Clinic: $300.00
For all applications received before midnight on December 15, 2016 for CPI Texas your $30.00 Application Fee will be applied to your Entry Fee


Marriott Announced as the "OFFICIAL" Hotel of the
CPI Florida Horse Show
West Palm Beach Marriott
1001 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
 
Make your reservations on or before December 12, 2016 to receive the special
College Prep Invitational Horse Show rate.
 
Call 1-800-228-9290 to make your reservation or click on the following link to make your reservation online:
 


Residence Inn West Palm Beach Downtown/City Place
455 Hibiscus Street
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401

 
Make your reservations on or before December 14, 2016 to receive the special
College Prep Invitational Horse Show rate.
 
Call 1-800-321-2211 to make your reservation or click on the following link to make your reservation online:
 


 Naomi Blumenthal to Judge the CPI Texas Horse Show

Naomi is a Syracuse, NY-native and was an active horse show exhibitor before she turned her talents to management.  For the past 30 years she has managed top horse shows in the United States including fourteen USEF shows in Zone 2 with Hunter and Hunter Seat Equitation and / or Jumper Divisions as well as several other major USEF multi-breed shows and competitions recognized by the AQHA, PHBA, NRHA as well as the New York State Fair Horse Show.

In addition to being a USEF 'R' Steward and Hunter / Hunter Seat Equitation Judge, Naomi has a long history with the IHSA.  She served for 27 years as Varsity Coach for Cazenovia College, where she trained numerous National, Zone, and Regional Champions and a National Reserve Champion team. She is currently the Executive Treasurer of the IHSA and has served the organization in several capacities for more than 30 years.
 
Naomi has served as the chair of the USEF Show Secretary's Committee since it's inception.  She has worked on the Zone 2 Hunter Finals every year since it's inception.  She is the current President Elect of the National PHA and Chairman of the Syracuse Chapter of the PHA. She has served as director and secretary of the NY State Horse Council and has participated as a member of the Affiliates Committee of the USHJA representing the IHSA and the PHA.

CPI Names Chris Mitchell as Hire A Coach available at
CPI Texas Horse Show

Mitchell joined Randolph College in July of 2012 after a very successful 13-year tenure at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Since taking over at Randolph he has had three riders qualify for IHSA Nationals and in 2014 coache d one National Champion.
 
In his 13 years at Cornell, he led many riders to regional and zone championships. His teams claimed 27 collegiate horse show team crowns, including four Ivy League titles. Mitchell led his team to a brand new level during the fall of 2011, guiding the group to six invitational titles in eight competitions, already matching a school record for victories in a season (six show titles in 2003-04). Mitchell's teams won a pair of shows (Skidmore, Hartwick) en route to a regional reserve champion showing in 2009-10. His 2010-11 team won its first-ever regular season regional championship after claiming four team blue ribbons during the season.
 
Mitchell had previously been an instructor and trainer at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough, N.Y., and was the barn manager and trainer for Lion Hill Farm in Easton, Conn., from 1996-98. During that time, he also served as an equestrian instructor for Sacred Heart University and was an assistant coach and instructor at Pace University. He coached one of his riders to a national championship in walk-trot equitation at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competition and had other riders place among the top 10 nationally in the novice flat, novice fences, intermediate fences and open levels.
 
Mitchell was a member of the NCAA steering committee for equestrian and is also a member of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), and a board member of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). He is a graduate of Longwood University in Farmville, Va., with a degree in business administration and marketing.

The CPI Horse Show requires participants be coached by a trainer during the horse show competition. If a student's trainer is not available to coach the participant, the CPI provides experienced coaching services for a fee of $80 per participant. Each participant will be coached in the flat class and the over fences class by a CPI trainer.

To sign up for the Hire A Coach program click here

CPI is excited to announce Andrew Ryback as the "OFFICIAL" photographer of the 2017 CPI Florida and CPI Texas Horse Shows
 
 

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CPI Scholarship & Educational Fund Jr. Ambassador Program offers "Fund My Ride" Program for CPI Florida and CPI Texas

Through the CPI Scholarship and Educational Fund's, CPI Jr. Ambassador program, Ambassadors can raise money to cover their entry fee for the CPI Horse Show while fundraising for the CPI Scholarship & Educational Fund, using the "Fund My Ride" program.

How it works:
  1. Sign up for the CPI Jr. Ambassador Program below and select "Fund My Ride" on the application
  2. Create a fundraising page on our fundraising site and customize it with text and pictures on our fundraising site.
  3. Share away with friends and family via email and social media and let people know why you're raising money for such a worthy cause.
For more information, a complete list of all rules and to sign up for the CPI Scholarship & Educational Fund's Jr. Ambassador Program please visit our website by clicking here


CPI Scholarship & Educational Fund
Scholarship Opportunities & Deadlines

CPI Essay Scholarship Award
Entry Deadline:
CPI Florida Horse Show Participants: December 15, 2016
CPI Texas Horse Show Participants: February 11, 2017
Please visit our CPI Essay Scholarship Award page for a complete list of rules and submission information

CPI Written Horsemanship Test Award
Entry Deadline:
CPI Florida Available online till December15, 2016
CPI Texas Available online till February 18, 2017
 
Please visit our CPI Horsemanship Test Scholarship Award page for a complete list of rules and submission login and information.

CPI Photojournalistic Scholarship Award
Entry Deadline:
CPI Florida Horse Show Deadline: February 18, 2017
CPI Texas Horse Show Deadline: April 15, 2017
 
Please visit our CPI Photojournalistic Scholarship Award page for a complete list of rules and submission information.

CPI Champion of Service Award
Entry Deadline:
CPI Florida deadline is December 30, 2016
CPI Texas deadline is February 1, 2017
 
Please visit our CPI Champion of Service Scholarship Award page for a complete list of rules and submission information.