Rally your teammates! The spring semester is here and the 2025 USEA Intercollegiate Team Challenge season has officially begun. As riders prepare for the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship on May 2-4 at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, many will be heading to their local Horse Trials to sharpen their skills and build team spirit ahead of this epic event.
Since its inception in 2014, the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Program has provided a platform for collegiate riders to stay actively involved in the sport while pursuing their education. Now, riders have more opportunities than ever to compete alongside their peers. The Intercollegiate Eventing Program has continued to grow across seven USEA Areas (II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII) and there are over 45 events that have offered to host an Intercollegiate Team Challenge in 2025.
Start planning your competition season with the list of Intercollegiate Team Challenges below. Keep in mind that the calendar is a tentative list of events hosting Intercollegiate Team Challenges, and it is subject to change. New challenges can be added regularly, so members and students are encouraged to reach out to their favorite local events to invite them to apply to host. Please continue to check here for any updates throughout the year.
2025 Intercollegiate Team Challenge 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
March Horse Trials at Majestic Oaks (Area III) | March 20-23, 2025
Stable View Spring 2/3/4* and H.T. (Area III) | April 4-6, 2025
Pine Hill Fall H.T. (Area II) | April 5, 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
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
Majestic Oaks Ocala H.T. (Area III) | May 10-11, 2025
Spokane Sport Horse Spring H.T. (Area VII) | May 15-18, 2025
Otter Creek Spring H.T. (Area IV) | May 16-18, 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
Shepherd Ranch H.T. (Area VI) | June 13-15, 2025
Seneca Valley Pony Club H.T. (Area II) | June 14-15, 2025
Stable View Summer H.T. (Area III) | June 20-22, 2025
Twin Rivers H.T. (Area VI) | June 26-29,2025
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
Kentucky Classique H.T. (AreaVIII) | 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
Flying Cross Farm H.T. (Area VIII) | September 12-14, 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
Woodside Fall International (Area VI) | October 3-5, 2025
Pine Hill Fall H.T. (Area II) | October 11, 2025
Poplar Place Farm October H.T. (Area III) | October 11-12, 2025
Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event (Area VIII) | October 15-19, 2025
Galway Downs (Area VI) | October 29-November 2, 2025
Virginia Horse Center Eventing Fall (Area II) | November 7-9, 2025
Horse Trails at Majestic Oaks (Area III) | November 8, 2025
Are you interested in hosting an Intercollegiate Team Challenge? Learn more about hosting a team challenge in the Organizers Guide linked here, and contact USEA Staff Liaison Kaleigh Collett at [email protected] to sign up.
Don’t see an Intercollegiate Team Challenge near you? Contact your local USEA Horse Trial organizers to express interest and ask if they are willing to host an Intercollegiate Team Challenge at their event.
Intercollegiate 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 intercollegiate team on this roster. Anyone interested in competing at the 2025 USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship must be included on a team roster to be eligible.
The countdown to the championship is on, and we can’t wait to see everyone at Stable View!
About the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Program
The USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Program was established in 2014 to provide a framework within which eventing teams and individual competitors could flourish at universities and colleges across the country. Many events across the country offer Intercollegiate Team Challenges where collegiate eventers can compete individually or in teams with their fellow students. In Intercollegiate Team Challenges, each rider’s score is multiplied by a coefficient appropriate for their level to account for differences in level difficulty, and then the individual scores are added together to determine the team score. The USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship is a capstone event for the program, which is held annually in the spring. The 2025 USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship will be held at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, on May 2-4. Click here to learn more about the Intercollegiate Eventing Program.
The USEA would like to thank Bates Saddles, Horse & Country, Kerrits, Nunn Finer, Sidelines, U.S. Equestrian, WeRideTogether, World Equestrian Brands and Young Rider for sponsoring the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Program.
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