November Zone 3 News

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

December 5 - Zone 3 Annual Meeting via Zoom at 3 p.m. ET

December 6 - Affiliate Round Table Meeting via Zoom at 5 p.m. ET

December 12-15 - USHJA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, at Hyatt Regency Bellevue

December 15 - Bidding ends for the 2022 USHJA Foundation Annual Auction 

December 31 - Deadline to submit 2023 Gold Star Clinic Medalist Declaration and Wildcard Application

For a more detailed overview of the new Hunter/Jumper Channel System and how it works, click here.

Congratulations to the following riders on winning their division at the Marshall & Sterling Insurance/USHJA National Championships

🏆Kym Smith - USEF/USHJA 1.00m Low Adult Jumper Championship

🏆Tiffany Cambria - USHJA Green Hunter 3’6”/3’9”​ Championship

The USHJA Annual Meeting returns to an in-person event this year at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, December 12-15. Not able to join in person? No problem! Select meetings will be available to join virtually! The Zone Council will meet during Annual Meeting. 

Zone 3 Committee Annual Meeting 

Monday, December 5

3 p.m. ET via Zoom

Link to Join Zone 3 Zoom Meeting

Affiliate Round Table Meeting

Tuesday, December 6

5 p.m. ET via Zoom

(Link to come soon)

⭐ Upcoming Gold Star Clinics ⭐

Make sure to get your declarations and applications in for a 2023 USHJA Gold Star Clinic, there are limited spots available on each coast! Find additional details here!

Wildcard applications are open through December 31! Wildcard applications and the application fee may be submitted by Juniors, Amateurs or Professionals who have earned minimum qualifying points for the Markel/USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships and Markel/USHJA Platinum Jumper Championships.

Congratulations to Zone 3 rider, Michael Golinowski, on winning the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session!

"It feels absolutely incredible to have won EAP this year," Golinowski said. "To win the whole thing at Nationals is a really incredible feeling to know that so many people believe in you and see talent."

Golinowski, 22, of Burke, Virginia, has worked his way up through the program over the past five years. He participated in Regional Training Sessions in 2017 and 2018 and was selected as a stable manager for the 2017 National Training Session. 

Check Your HOTY and Outreach Points

The 2022 competition season is almost over! Click the button below to see where you stand in the Zone Horse of the Year Program. All point corrections must be received by customercare@usef.org by 11:59 p.m. ET on December 15.

The USHJA Outreach point deadline is December 15! Make sure to check your point standing!

Recent Results

Zone 3 Horse of the Year Championship

WIHS Regional Horse Show

Leesburg, Virginia

Posh

RRA: Grovespring Farm of Culpeper, Virgina 

Age: 29-year-old Morgan, 10 years giving lessons

Favorite Treat: Pretzels

If he were a famous person, he would be: Walter Mattau

Posh knows his job so well he can see a distance from 10 strides away and no matter what his child does he just stays steady. He has perfect manners, is safe, a good teacher and smooth for bareback. Posh is living his best life living with a retired Thoroughbred. His best trick is muzzle removal. 

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