2009 Pacific Coast Championships Results

2009 East Championships Results

2009 USPC East Championships Scores

2009 USEA East Championships Scores

Grand Prix Award Winners

The Eventing Committee and the Grand Prix Award committee wish to announce the success of this year's Preliminary division USPC 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 four-man 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, 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! Congratulations!

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.

2008 Calvary Awards

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2008 Championships Results

North American Junior and Young Rider Championships
Junior Olympics
July 31 - Aug 2, 2008
Colorado Horse Park, Parker, Colorado

Entered in the Young Rider CCI** Division (15 US and 1 Canadian Riders)
Current USPC members
Tiana Coudray - Team Gold, Individual 4th & Winner of the USPC/Trish Gilbert Award
Kaitlyn McMorris - Team Silver, Individual 5th
Max McManamy - Team Gold, Individual 7th
Holly Hillenbrand - Individual 8th
Julie Norman - Team Silver
Conor Rollins - Team Bronze

Former USPC Members
Karen Shull - Team Silver, Individual Silver
Katie Ruppel - Team Bronze, Individual 9th
Erin Hoverson - Team Bronze, Individual 6th

Entered in the Junior CCI* Division (26 USA and 3 Canadian Riders)
Current USPC members
Callie Judy - Team Gold, Individual Gold
Jessa Lux - Team Gold, Individual 10th
Elinor MacPhail - Team Silver, Individual 11th
Molly Curtiss - Individual 14th
Emily Renfore - Individual 21st
Marial Eckert - Individual 22nd
Kaitlin Spurlock -  Individual 23rd

Former USPC Members
Olivia Upham - Individual 4th
Andrew Diemer - Team Silver, Individual 9th
Edith Lee - Individual 13th
Alexandra Martone - Individual 18th
Sarah Kamenski - Individual 24th

Benita Strini -  Winner of the Style Award, Individual 25th

Attention all Active Eventing Competitors, Officials and Organizers!

EC 5/19/08 Effective immediately

The USEF Executive Committee met on Monday, May 19, 2008 and approved the following rule changes for immediate implementation. These rule changes were submitted by the USEF Eventing Technical Committee with the support of the USEA Eventing Standards Task Force.
 

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY the first fall of a competitor, at obstacles, on the Cross-Country course will result in Elimination. 1) EV141.1 (b) Cross-Country Scoring b. Falls - (1) First fall of competitor 65 penalties Elimination (2) First fall of horse Mandatory retirement (3) Second fall of competitor Elimination
3) EV140.8 Cross-Country Obstacles 8.Obstacles constructed after December 1, 2008, for which approved frangible technology is appropriate, shall be constructed using this technology. Obstacles constructed prior to December 1, 2008 and for which the use of approved frangible technology is appropriate shall be retrofit using this technology prior to December 1, 2009. All open oxers at the Training level and above must be constructed using Approved Frangible technology. Information on the appropriate applications of Frangible Technology in cross-country fence construction is available in the USEA Cross-Country Obstacle Design Guidelines. Frangible Technology may be installed only by or under the supervision of Course Designers/course builders who have attended a USEA Seminar on Frangible fence construction.

USPC Eventing Committee Statement on Safety

As stated at the USPC Annual Meeting in 2008, the USPC Eventing Committee is committed to making sure that USPC is proactive about the safety concerns being reviewed by our National and International organizations, in the sport of Eventing.

As most of us are aware, there have been serious injuries and deaths in recognized competitions, primarily but not limited to the Preliminary level and up. Keeping this in mind, the USPC Eventing Committee intends to align the safety concerns for our young people with the steps being taken by National and International organizations to try and improve the safety of rider at all levels.

Currently, stricter qualifying rules have been put into place for moving-up in our sport and further rider qualification/licensing is being considered for all levels of riders in National and International Eventing. As an education body for young people and in order to keep their safety of prime importance, the USPC Eventing Committee will be re-evaluating its current qualification system.
 

2007 Calvary Awards

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Draft Cross Breeders and Owners Association 2007 Award Winner

For more information about the DCBOA award please visit the Opportunities Page. 

Congratulations to Kara Levin! 

The winner of the 2007 DCBOA in Beginner Novice from the Maryland Region riding Peterbilt.

Last modified: October 09, 2009