July Zone 1 News 

📅Don't Miss Deadline

August 1 - J.T. Tallon Memorial Equitation Grant closes

🔊Tune in Tonight

🏆Upcoming Championships, Festival and Challenge

USHJA Hunter Team Challenge - Northeast

August 2-6

New York Horse & Pony
HITS-on-the-Hudson
Saugerties, New York

Standlee/USHJA National Hunter Derby Regional Championship - North

August 23-27

Princeton Summer Encore
Princeton, New Jersey 

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

August 26

Virginia Young Horse Festival 
Virginia Horse Center
Lexington, Virginia

Kym K Smith/USHJA Young Hunter Pony Championships - East

August 27

Virginia Young Horse Festival

Virginia Horse Center
Lexington, Virginia

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Click to see more 2022 Hunter Week highlights

🏆USHJA Annual Nomination-Based Awards

July 31 - Nominations due for:

• USHJA Amateur Sportsmanship Award
• Jane Marshall Dillon Award
• USHJA Lifetime Achievement Award
• Mrs. A.C. Randolph Owners Legacy Award
• William J. Moroney Visionary Award
• Licensed Official Emeritus Honorary Designation
• J. Arthur “Bucky” Reynolds, II Award of Merit

August 15 - Nominations due for:

• USHJA Vital Horse Show Staff Award
• USHJA Youth Leadership Award
• USHJA Nominee for the USEF National Youth Sportsman Award

Add Your Input to the American Horse Council's 2023 National Economic Impact Study!

The purpose of the census is to demonstrate the value of the equine industry in the national and state economies by analyzing the direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts of horse ownership, recreation, and equine-related services.

*Hotel room group code will be provided along with stall assignments once final show entries are made with the Blenheim show office. 

🎉Recent Results

Zone 1 USHJA Outreach Festival

NHHJA Summer Festival

Halifax, Massachusetts 

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 2' Equitation
🥇Finnigan and Nora Robbins
🥈Smoke Tree Maverick and Charlotte Henson

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 2' Hunter
🥇Westlife and Isabella Ciarmella
🥈Iceman and Olivia Piccone

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 2'3" Equitation 
🥇Bravo and Emma Thibault
🥇Keen Lad and Tori Crevier
🥈Simply Priceless and Adie Piersma
🥈Finnigan and Nora Robbins

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 2'3" Hunter 
🥇Betty Bom Botz and Grace Stevens
🥈Simply Priceless and Adie Piersma

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 2'6" Hunter
🥇Slim Shady and Danielle Franchi
🥈Bravo and Emma Thibault

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 2'6" Equitation
🥇Perserverance and Taylor Lacerte
🥈Finnigan and Nora Robbins

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival .70m Jumper

🥇Under The Influence and Isabella Sutherland
🥈Athena's Wisdom and Ellie Poulin

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival .75-.80m Jumpers

🥇Lots of Dots and Jillian Thibaudeau
🥈Cayenne and Claire Gadrow 

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 18" Equitation 
🥇Corfu LS La Silla and Skylar Gifford
🥈Wish Upon A Star and Blythe Low

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival 18" Hunter
🥇Ever So Slightly and Kinsley Hoagland
🥇Summer Sessions and Avaleen Aslan
🥈Bueno Banjo and Grayson Field
🥈Werbella and Anya Hankowski 

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival Walk Trot 
🥇Gold Mine and Paisley Moylan
🥈Boca's Tommy Terrific and Emily Keith

🏆USHJA Outreach Festival .60m Jumper 
🥇Athena's Wisdom and Ellie Poulin
🥈Under The Influence and Isabella Sutherland

USHJA 1.00/1.05m Child/Adult Zone Jumper Championships

HITS-on-the-Hudson V
Saugerties, New York

1.00/1.05m Children's/Adult Zone Jumper Team

🥉Hickstead

Alexa Massimin - Cen 

Zoe Grutkowski - Goteusi

Isabelle Grutkowski - Loxley

Krista Reynolds - King Gettigan

Check Your Points

⭐USHJA Recognized Riding Academy Spotlight

Avon Valley Show Stables

📍Avon, Connecticut

📞Contact Sarah Brzozowy at (860) 677-5260

✅IEA Team onsite 

✅Avon Valley Show Stables offers multiple educational opportunities including lessons, summer riding programs and showing opportunities. They also offer boarding and in-barn leases. 

Become a USHJA Affiliate Member

✅Join a local USHJA Affiliate Organization 

✅Compete in USHJA Outreach Series and Festivals 

✅Opportunity to be nominated for the USHJA Affiliate Championships in Las Vegas

Support Equestrian Safety Vest Research!

The USHJA has launched the Equestrian Safety Vest Research Campaign, pledging $100,000 towards a $450,000 fundraising goal to begin the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab’s research to improve air vests used by the equestrian community.

Give Back and Support Your Local Zone

Other USHJA News

• Medals Awarded in USHJA 1.00/1.05m Child/Adult Zone 7 and 8 Jumper Championship
• Medals Awarded in USHJA 1.00/1.05m Child/Adult Jumper Championships for Zones 5 and 6
• 2023 USHJA 1.00/1.05m Child/Adult Zone 3 and 4 Jumper Championship Crown Winners at Tryon
• Dates and Locations Announced for 2023 USHJA Instructor Credential Live Sessions
• Avery Glynn Wins 2023 USHJA Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic - West, Presented by Intermont Equestrian at Emory & Henry College
• South Region for Markel/USHJA Zone Jumper Team Championships and Markel/USHJA Platinum Jumper Championships Crown Winners for Zones 3, 4 and 7
• Nicole McMillion Notches Inaugural Win in USHJA Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic for Amateurs – West

Have questions? Please email membership@ushja.org.