July Zone 5 News 

📅Don't Miss Deadline

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

🔊Tune in Tonight

🏆Upcoming Championships, Festival and Challenge

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

Click to learn about Hunters

Click to see 2022 Hunter Week highlights

Click to see more 2022 Hunter Week highlights

🎫 You're Invited to Barn Night! 🎫

Come out with your barn to watch the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships!

🎉 Food, prizes and more fun!

📆 Saturday, August 19 from 5-8 p.m. ET

📍 Rolex Arena near the Bruce Davidson Statue

🏆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. 

Headed to Pony Finals?

🎉Recent Results

 USHJA 1.00/1.05m Child/Adult Zone Jumper Championships

HITS Summertime II
Wayne, Illinois

1.00/1.05m Child/Adult Zone Jumper Team
🥇Two-Cans
Tessa Harper - Expensive Ice 
Erica Levinsky - Cantares 
Jessica Pressler - Diamonte Diaro 

🥉Pink Fairy Armadillos
Ann Stalzer - Rearcross Quality Cruze
Sayako Takai - Game Time 
Katelyn Lantzer - Harmonie De La Cense 
Jocelyn Miller - Arty

1.00/1.05m Child/Adult Zone Jumper Individual 

🥇Julia Capozzi - MTM Chelsea 98
🥈Tessa Harper - Expensive Ice
🥉 Erica Levinsky - Cantares

Hunter Team Challenge - Central
Summertime III
Wayne, Illinois 

🥇Gold

Devan Matuschka - Aramba Jolie Versace 

Kendall George - Reveren Sargoun 

Brenton Oates - Bastian K

Mackenzy Guptil - Poetic Justice

🥈Silver

Alison Roper - Vadim

Samantha Gruen - Caberet LS

Eva Paskewich - Space Jam VL

🥉Bronze

Jaclyn Alberti - Q'Cille 

Ava Tzioufas - Jetalon

Ivy Lampert - Cassaway

Jordan Kuszynski - Boca's Lucky Charm

Check Your Points

⭐USHJA RRA Lesson Horse Honor Roll Spotlight

Cruisin' Around Rosie aka Rosie

📍Hathaway Hill of Lebanon, Ohio

⭐27-year-old Thoroughbred, 15 years giving lessons

🥕Favorite Treat: Carrots

😊If she were a famous person, she would be: Helen Mirren

✅Rosie is best at teaching beginners how to jump cross rails. She loves her job and is always happy and willing to teach. She never misses a day of work. 

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
• 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.