The USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Stable Challenge wrapped up July 15.

To participate, at least three junior and/or amateur students per trainer had to take the online Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Practice Quiz between June 15 and July 15. At the end of the 30-day challenge, the three top scores under each trainer were averaged to provide an overall score and the highest scoring trainer per zone is the winner.

The highest scoring trainer in each USHJA zone wins a unique trainer-inspired award package designed to benefit the entire barn, which includes a gift card from Nutrena, a Shapley's gift set, a one-year USHJA membership, a free 2022 Recognized Riding Academy membership and additional awards from USHJA sponsors. The highest scoring trainer overall will also receive an Essex Classics shirt.

Entries are open for the USHJA Hunter Team Challenge East. Don't miss the chance to participate in this fun team competition!

Aug. 4-8

New York Horse & Pony

HITS-on-the-Hudson

Saugerties, N.Y.

The 2021 USHJA Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic - East, presented by Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry College, was held at the Devon Horse Show Grounds on Monday, July 12. Here are the results:

Congratulations to the Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive East Champions:

Jennifer Bauersachs (Frenchtown, N.J.) riding Blink in the 3’/3’3” and Taylor Willever (Pen Argyl, Pa.) on Bocelli in the 3’6”/3’9”.

The Championships were held July 6-11 at Brandywine Summer Series II.

The Kym K. Smith/USHJA Young Hunter Pony Championships will return to the Virginia Young Horse Festival at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia, on August 29.

The Championships offer a variety of sections for ponies. New in 2021, an Adults on Ponies class open to Professional or Amateur riders has been added. Learn more.

The Virginia Young Horse Festival will also feature the Sallie B. Wheeler/USEF/USHJA Hunter Breeding Championships, presented by Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Oare – East Coast. Learn more.

The 2021 USHJA Zone Horse of the Year and Equitation Championships are underway.

The following championships and other special classes are set for Zone 2:

Congratulations to members who participated in the Zone 2 Equitation Championships! Click here for results.

Leah Marra, of Middletown, New Jersey, was the 2020 Outreach Champion of the 2'3 Equitation section.

The thing I liked the most about participating in the Outreach program is getting to hang out with and show with my barn friends.

I got involved with riding because my mom rode when she was a kid and still does. She felt like she learned so much from riding she wanted me to have the same opportunity. I started taking lessons when I was 6 and I have been riding ever since.

My favorite riding memory is definitely Halloween on horseback! Every year my barn has a Halloween party where we dress up and we dress up our horses and get to play riding games. This year I was a koala bear and my pony was the tree. It was so much fun!

The thing I like the most about the USHJA community is that everyone is so nice and helpful. We are all there for the same reason because we love riding!

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