Area IV riders flocked to the Sundance Farm Horse Trials in Plymouth, Wisconsin, this past weekend for the Area IV Championships. Featuring Championship divisions at the Preliminary, Modified, Training, Novice, and Beginner Novice levels, the Championships at Sundance Farm received much praise from all of those competing. Get to know each of the five 2023 Area IV Champions a little bit better below.
The United States Eventing Association’s (USEA) Area IV is comprised of the Heartland states of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. Area IV Chair Jill Wagenknecht says that eventing in the Area makes up the heart of what the sport of eventing represents: community, dedication, as well as having fun. Area IV will host 16 USEA-recognized events (including one USEA-recognized combined test) in 2023 during a concentrated season that begins with the Catalpa Corner May Madness Horse Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, on May 6 and concludes with the Windermere Run H.T in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 20-22.
Are you following along with the action from home this weekend? Or maybe you're competing at an event and need information fast. Either way, we’ve got you covered! Check out the USEA’s Weekend Quick Links for links to information including the prize list, ride times, live scores, and more for all the events running this weekend.
Sundance Farm in Plymouth, Wisconsin (Area IV) hosts their horse trials in late September of each year, offering Starter through Preliminary levels.
Sundance Farm is a 40 horse, 100-acre boarding and instruction facility in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Steve and Kelly Mahloch bought the original 60-acre dairy farm in 1990.
Sundance Farm is taking their success of their first Horse Trial in 2014 and building on it by offering Young Event Horse (YEH) and New Event Horse (NEH) classes in 2015.
It's always exciting to see new events taking root, and it's our pleasure to help get the word out. Sundance Farm in Plymouth, Wis., is supplying Area IV with another chance to compete in the fall season with their first USEA-recognized horse trials, set to run September 27-28. They offer levels Beginner Novice through Training, with a cross-country course built by Eric Bull.