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Feb 03, 2025
2025 Interscholastic Eventing League Team Challenge Calendar Continues to Grow!
After a very successful inaugural year, the 2025 USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) Championship is quickly approaching. Grab your fellow barn mates, classmates, Pony Club members, and friends in grades 5th through 12th to create an IEL Club today. The best way for members to prepare for this exciting event is to participate in IEL Team Challenges held at venues across eight different USEA Areas throughout the year.
There are a total of 59 events in Areas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII that plan to host IEL Team Challenges in 2025. The program has added 21 new challenges across the country and to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the fun, register a new IEL Club by clicking here.
The USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) was created as an official program of the USEA in August 2020 with the mission to unite junior riders who are in the 5th through 12th grade and provide a supportive community through which students can continue to pursue their riding interests. The IEL Team Challenges, which IEL members can compete in with teams of 3 or 4 participants, are the first introduction to team competition for junior members. The program championship will be held at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina on May 2-4, now that Friday has been added to the competition schedule.
The IEL Championship will be hosted alongside the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship, allowing a unique opportunity for middle and high school aged members to meet and mingle with college athletes and their coaches to learn more about programs that they may be interested in attending in the future.
View the list of IEL Team Challenges below and start planning your competition season! Keep in mind that the calendar is a tentative list of events hosting IEL Team Challenges and is subject to change. New challenges can be added regularly, so members are encouraged to reach out to their favorite local events to invite them to apply to host an IEL Team Challenge. Please continue to check here for any updates throughout the year.
2025 IEL Team Challenges Calendar:
Stable View Aiken Opener H.T. (Area III) | January 18-19, 2025
Sporting Days Farm February H.T. I (Area III) | February 1-2, 2025
Ram Tap H.T. (Area VI) | February 14-16, 2025
Twin Rivers Winter H.T. (Area VI) | February 27 – March 2, 2025
Southern Pines H.T. I (Area III) | March 8-9, 2025
Galway Downs (Area VI) | March 27-30, 2025
Stable View Spring 2/3/4* and H.T. (Area III) | April 4-6, 2025
Twin Rivers Spring International (Area VI) | April 10-13, 2025
Spring Bay H.T. (Area VIII) | April 12-13, 2025
FENCE H.T. (Area III) | April 12-13, 2025
Longleaf Pine H.T. (Area III) | April 12-13, 2025
Poplar Place April H.T. (Area III) | April 12-13, 2025
Ocala International Festival of Eventing (Area III) | April 17-20, 2025
Full Moon Farm H.T. (Area II) | April 19-20, 2025
Meadowcreek Park - The Spring Social Event (Area V) | April 19-20, 2025
USEA Intercollegiate & Interscholastic Eventing Championships at Stable View (Area III) | May 2-4, 2025
Waredaca Farm H.T. (Area II) | May 3-4, 2025
Spokane Sport Horse Spring H.T. (Area VII) | May 15-18, 2025
Otter Creek Spring H.T. (Area IV) | May 16-18, 2025
Fair Hill International Recognized H.T (Area II) | May 17-18, 2025
Virginia Horse Center Eventing H.T. (Area II) | May 22-25, 2025
Woodside Spring H.T. (area VI) | May 23-25, 2025
Equestrians’ Institute H.T. (Area VII) | May 29 – June 1, 2025
IEA H.T. (Area VIII) | May 30 – June 1, 2025
Poplar Place June H.T. (Area III) | May 31 – June 1, 2025
MCTA H.T. at Shawan Downs (Area II) | May 31 – June 1, 2025
Ocala Summer H.T. (Area III) | May 31 – June 1, 2025
Apple Knoll Farm H.T. (Area I) | June 8, 2025
Shepherd Ranch Horse Trials (Area VI) | June 14-15,2025
Seneca Valley Pony Club H.T. (Area II) | June 14-15, 2025
Stable View Summer H.T. (Area III) | June 20-22, 2025
Midsouth Pony Club H.T. (Area VIII) | June 20-22, 2025
Fox River Valley Pony Club Horse Trials (Area IV) | June 21-22, 2025
Twin Rivers H.T. (Area VI) | June 26-29, 2025
Full Moon Farms H.T. (Area II) | June 29, 2025
The Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm (Area II) | July 12-13, 2025
Horse Park of New Jersey H.T. (Area II) | July 19-20, 2025
Shepherd Ranch Horse Trials (Area VI) | August 1-3, 2025
Hoosier Horse Trials (Area VIII) | August 1-3, 2025
Otter Creek Summer H.T. (Area IV) | August 8-10, 2025
Fair Hill International Recognized H.T. (Area II) | August 9-10, 2025
Waredaca Farm H.T. (Area II) | August 15-18, 2025
Kentucky Classique H.T. (Area VIII) | August 29-30, 2025
Seneca Valley Pony Club H.T. (Area II) | August 30-31, 2025
Five Points H.T. (Area III) | September 6-7, 2025
Otter Creek Fall H.T. (Area IV) | September 12-14, 2025
Marlborough H.T. (Area II) | September 13, 2025
Twin Rivers Fall International (Area VI) | September 18-21, 2025
Stable View Oktoberfest 2/3/4* and H.T. (Area III) | September 26-28, 2025
Jump Start H.T. (Area VIII) | September 26-28, 2025
The Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm (Area II) | October 3-5, 2025
Woodside Fall International (Area VI) | October 3-5, 2025
Apple Knoll Farm H.T. (Area I) | October 4, 2025
Poplar Place Farm October H.T. (Area III) | October 11-12, 2025
Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event (Area VIII) | October 15-19, 2025
Ram Tap National H.T. (Area VI) | October 17-19, 2025
Waredaca Classic Three Day & H.T. (Area II) | October 24-26, 2025
Galway Downs (Area VI) | October 29-November 2, 2025
Virginia Horse Center Eventing Fall (Area II) | November 7-9, 2025
Full Moon Farms H.T. (Area II) | November 8, 2024
Are you interested in hosting an IEL Team Challenge? Learn more about hosting a team challenge in the Organizers Guide here, and contact staff liaison Kaleigh Collett at [email protected] to sign up.
Don’t see an IEL Team Challenge near you? Please contact your local USEA Horse Trial organizers to express interest and ask if they are willing to host an IEL Team Challenge at their event.
Interscholastic team rosters are due to the USEA Senior Director of Membership Service, Jennifer Hardwick, at [email protected] by February 15, 2025. Please list all members of your IEL Club on this roster. As a reminder, IEL Club’s must register with the USEA annually, so if you have not renewed your application yet for the 2025 competition season, time is of the essence.
The USEA looks forward to seeing you at IEL Team Challenges and the second annual Interscholastic Eventing League Championship this year!
About the USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL)
In August 2020, the USEA Board of Governors approved the creation of the USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) as an official program of the USEA. The mission of IEL is to unite junior riders who are in the 5th—12th grade and provide a supportive community through which students can continue to pursue their riding interests. A group of junior members in the 5th—12th grade who share a common bond, such as the same barn, school, Pony Club, or other connection, can register with the USEA as an IEL Club. The second annual USEA Interscholastic Eventing Championship will be held alongside the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, on May 2-4, 2025. Click here to learn more about the Interscholastic Eventing League.
The USEA would like to thank Bates Saddles, Horse & Country, Kerrits, Nunn Finer, Sidelines, U.S. Equestrian, WeRideTogether, and World Equestrian Brands for sponsoring the USEA Interscholastic Eventing League.
Apr 26, 2025
Competitions
The 2025 K3DE Daily: Cross-Country Day
If you are wanting to get a good parking spot at the Kentucky Horse Park this morning, you better be on your way as early as possible! Cross-country day at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event is easily the busiest day the Kentucky Horse Park sees each year, so it's time to grab your coffee and go ensure you get the viewing spot you want for both the CCI4*-S and CCI5*-L divisions today.
Apr 25, 2025
Competitions
2025 K3DE Rider Talk: What Are They Saying About Cross-Country?
Riders in both the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S and the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L are sharing similar sentiments about this year's cross-country courses: course designer Derek di Grazia didn't play around this year. Here is what some of the riders across both divisions had to say about the tracks they will aim to conquer on Saturday.
Apr 25, 2025
Competitions
Off the Record Breaks Records in Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S at Defender Kentucky
Off The Record decided not to let Michael Jung be the only record-breaking entry at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event this week and delivered a career-best score in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S on Friday morning. He and Will Coleman delivered a test that received a score of 21.8, not only marking a personal best for the horse but also securing their position at the top of the leaderboard going into cross-country tomorrow.
Apr 25, 2025
Competitions
Soaked, but Not Shaken: Boyd Martin Flies the Flag for the U.S. at Defender Kentucky in Second
Boyd Martin and the 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding Commando 3 were the last pair to go in the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L field on Friday afternoon and were warmly greeted to the bluegrass with an impressive downpour that outshined anything the other horse and rider pairs had to combat throughout the day. But that didn’t stop this pair from putting their best foot forward and impressing the judges enough to earn them a score of 26.0, just 0.2 points ahead of second-place pair Tom McEwen (GBR) and Brookfield Quality.
