The Eventing Committee and the Grand Prix Award committee wish to announce the success of this year's Preliminary division United States Pony Club Eastern Championship competition and USEF/USEA event held in Lexington, VA July 23 - July 26, 2009. We were delighted to have four strong teams of Preliminary riders.
All of these riders and stable managers are perfect examples of the Pony Club members for which this award was created according to the stated purpose of the Award.
We first wish to congratulate the members of the first place three rider team for their outstanding win at the championships. The team consists of:
Sophia Sacksen, overall 1st place finishing on her dressage score
Laura Crowl 2nd place
Kyle Smith 7th place.
Rachael Sacksen was the stable manager.
The four-man team won by 27 USPC points and by 31 USEA/USEF points.They had only one rail for the entire team in Show Jumping. Well done!
The Eventing Committee and the Grand Prix Award committee wish to name the highest placing member of the 2nd place USPC team to fill the available spot as she has earned a position on the Grand Prix trip to Ireland as well.
Congratulations go to Victoria Long! (overall 4th place USEA/USEF.)
Due to the generosity of some individuals, a separate scholarship is being offered to two other riders. The backers of the scholarship have offered this in the spirit of Pony Club and their enthusiasm for the success of the preliminary division. They wish to offer this same opportunity to the first alternate according to her scores on the USPC 2nd place team, Melissa Fox.
In addition, Melissa has been to Championships ten years in a row and nine of those were for Evening. Furthermore they wish to offer this opportunity to Katherine Sunderland, who is the overall 3rd placed USEA/USEF individual rider and the highest placed rider on the USPC third placed team. This scholarship is not part of the Grand Prix Award, but is being offered in addition to the Award for the year 2009.
Congratulations again we wish them all a great time in Ireland and look forward to hearing all about the trip.
Katie Graham
USPC Eventing Committee Chair
The second edition of the USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) Championship at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, will be underway in just three days! Along with the 154 Collegiate entries that will contest their national championship, 70 IEL entries representing 15 Clubs will form 18 teams to go head-to-head in this year's event on May 2-4.
It's officially time for the "Happiest Horse Trials in the World" this weekend! There will be 155 intercollegiate entries representing 16 schools joining forces to create 41 teams to compete in the 2025 USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship. Alongside the USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) Championships for the second year in a row, collegiate members will converge on Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina this Friday, May 2 through Sunday, May 4.
For Lily Dal Cin, college has been as much about grit and growth as it has been about horses and art. As a member of NC State’s intercollegiate eventing team, she’s weathered setbacks with her horses while continuing to ride, support her teammates, and pursue a demanding degree. Through it all, the team has been her anchor.
Even though this is his fifth time winning the CCI5*-L in Kentucky and the 12th five-star win of his career, Michael Jung still thinks luck plays a factor in every competition.
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