Meet the 2025 Area IX Champions
The Area IX Championships were held across two events this year. On Aug. 15-17, The Event at Archer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, hosted the Preliminary and Modified championships. Then, from Sept. 26-28, Tomora Horse Trials in Greeley, Colorado, hosted Starter through Training level.
USEA Events A-Z: Tomora Horse Trials
The land on which the Tomora Training Center in Greeley, Colorado, was built was purchased by the Roach family in 1969, and three generations later it is still in the family being run by the dynamic duo sister-pair of Natalie Ellis and Nicole Roach-Reinsvold.
USEA Events A-Z: Redefined Equestrian Horse Trials
Daina Kaugars and her fiancé, James Kersey, have embraced the challenges of what goes into running a USEA-recognized horse trial on their farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. “I’ve always wanted to do it; that’s why we bought the farm [in 2017],” Kaugars. “We found this property and said, ‘Well, this ...
