🎃 October Zone 3 News

👀 Zone Recap

The Virginia Pony Breeders Association would like to congratulate our 2024 Year End Award Winners.

Pony Foal: Champion is Boston Run Pristine (owned by Cheryl Maye)

Yearling Colt/Gelding: Champion is Mystic McDreamy (Jillian Ehrenzeller) and Res. Champion is Farnley Trojan (Hetty Abeles)

Yearling Filly: Champion is Be Bop (Allison Wilkie)

Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding: Champion is Smooth Talker (Oliver Brown) and Res. Champion is a tie between Fendi (Harmony Sport Horses) and Bonus Points (Alicia Kline)

Two-Year-Old Filly: Champion is Free To Be Me (Ethan Maye)

Three-Year-Old: Champion is Shenandoah Caramel (Hetty Abeles), Res. Champion is Free Style (Harmony Sport Horses)

VPBA Young Ponies Under Saddle: Champion is Picturesque All In Stride (Picturesque Farm, LLC), Res. Champion is Speak Easy (Melinda Snyder)

Registered VA-Bred Performance Division: Champion is RC Isabella (Cheri Kirshner), Res. Champion is Meadow Fox Cadbury (Macey Kinley)

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USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Nationals Participants

Carrie Murray
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MZ Farms/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session Athletes

Josie Galvin
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