United States Eventing Association

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 5^th through 12^th 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.