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Recent News:
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ENYDCTA HT entry status.
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Fitch's Corner is still accepting entries for all levels.
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Old Chatham needs your help with pre-show prep. Weather has been a huge hinderance in prep
plans...no shock there. If you have time on Sunday, July 5, 9am-5pm, please join us at the site.
We greatly appreaciate any assistance you can give us.
Also, the BBQ at the show is planned for Sat night. Don't forget to RSVP! Please email Erin at
irishelk@yahoo.com if you would like to attend. Riders
are free...guests just $15/person.
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Cosequin Stuart Horse Trials has extended its closing date to July 13th (Monday).
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Thanks so much to all the very generous Groton House competitors who supported the Young Riders
Program this past weekend! We raised $1080 (and lots of calluses) by cleaning 54 stalls(!)and
a couple of hundred more by selling horse treats and Young Riders logowear. We have a budget of
$15,000 to get our team of CCI* riders to the North American Junior and Young Riders Championships
in Kentucky July 22-26. So far, donations have totaled about $1000. We still have over $11,000 to
raise. Just $30 from each adult member of Area I would get us to our goal! Thank you for your help!
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Stoneleigh-Burnham HT is having a campfire and smores with Denny Emerson Friday night, telling stories of
his experiences in eventing and with horses. All are welcome, no need to be a competitor! It
will start at 7:30 rain or shine. It will be held outside by the dressage rings if the weather
cooporates and inside the lounge if it does not.
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Richard Lamb clinic at Valinor (Plymouth, MA) July 5 and 6 still has openings. Richard is ICP
level III certified. See the Clinics page for
details.
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Genesee Valley Hunt HT entry status.
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Beth Perkins XC clinic at Groton House, July 4-5 and 11-12, still has openings. See the
Clinics page for details.
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Just a reminder: Riga Meadow is holding the Area I BN Championships on July 19th and is still
accepting entries in all divisions. Closing date is June 30th.
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From the organizer at UNH: We are overwhelmed by the positive response to our inaugural summer
horse trials. Our one day event was completely filled (just over one hundred entries) by opening
day postmark and a draw off of day two. We currently have over sixty-five entries on wait list,
and additional entries keep arriving daily.
With this response, we will consider running two days in 2010. However, if you are on the
wait-list, we ask that you consider VOLUNTEERING for this year's event; volunteers receive VIP
Parking, free lunch, and $20 UNH Bucks to be used towards shows, schoolings or clinics held at
UNH. Please contact Chris Keim at ckeim@unh.edu for more info.
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The Young Riders Program needs your help in sending our Area I CCI* team to the Kentucky
Horse Park for the North American Junior and Young Riders Championships July 22-26. Donate now!
Every small amount helps! It’s easy.
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Stuart HT entry
status. Stuart is still accepting entries at all levels.
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The application deadline for the Young Riders Camp at GMHA August 10-12 has been extended to July
6. Help us get the word out! There are still plenty of spots for participants.
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Coggins correction for UNH HT (July 19): Coggins bled prior to JANUARY 19 are invalid, not
February as listed online.
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ICP workshops at Greenwood Farm in Sherborn, MA, still have room for participants and
auditors. These places must be filled in order to run the clinics, so please call or email
right away. See the Clinics for details.
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GMHA Junior Horsemanship Clinic, June 28 - July 8, still has openings for campers and instructors.
Thanks to a generous donation there is also scholarship money available. It’s a great camp in
South Woodstock, VT. Check it out at www.gmhainc.org
or feel free to contact Emily Kil with any questions at mlekil@hotmail.com.
Continuing News:
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Course Brook Farm HT has cancelled. Due to the economic challenges this year, the organizers
have decided to spend a bit more time adding to their course. They will run schooling shows this
summer and hope to run the sanctioned event in 2010.
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FOUND: Keys at UNH. "I have a set of keys that were turned in to me at the UNH Horse Trials.
They seem to have two sets of mailbox keys on them as well as a few house keys. If anyone seems
to have lost keys, get in touch with me at ckeim@unh.edu and I
will return them." Christina Keim, Organizer, UNH HT
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Novice Championship Qualification Dates have been revised: August 16, 2008 to July 4, 2009.
Any horse and/or rider who competed in the 2008 Novice Championship at Ethel Walker must obtain a
qualifying placement between October 13, 2008 and July 4, 2009 in order to compete in the 2009
Novice Championship.
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Thanks for contributing to the Jersey Fresh HT! Here's the Area I-sponsored XC fence:

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Ethel Walker School cancels USEA combined test for May 3 due to lack of entries. All entrants
will receive their original payments back within the next 7 days. To thank all those who entered,
Ethel Walker will be offering a cross-country schooling day during the months of June, July, or
August at a reduced rate. Details of these schooling days will be posted on the Ethel Walker
School site (www.ethelwalker.org) as well as here so please check these sites beginning in early
June. Ethel Walker looks forward to welcoming all competitors to their fall event.
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Ledyard Farm is offering scholarship opportunities to any rider 17 or older who may
be interested in exchanging clinic fees for help preparing for running the the Clinics. Contact
Betsy Holdsworth 505-660-1750 or Betsy36@cybermesa.com
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Reasoning behind why Groton House Farm will be holding only one
sanctioned event.
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GMHA is now accepting applications for our Competition and Working Student Scholarships.
These new programs are made possible by a 30,000 grant from the Chichester DuPont Foundation
toward the continuation and expansion of our youth programs, aimed at assisting junior
equestrians facing financial hardships. The Competition Scholarship Program will be awarded to
hard-working juniors in all disciplines who would like to compete or attend a clinic at GMHA, but
do not have the means. The Working Student Scholarship Program will offers juniors the
opportunity to work at GMHA during the busy summer season, learning valuable skills applicable to
future equestrian pursuits as well as educational and professional endeavors. For more info or
to download applications, please go to GMHA's
web site.
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From Adrienne Iorio, owner of Apple Knoll Farm: "In these tough economic times, Apple Knoll
Farm has made the difficult decision to not run our sanctioned horse trials for 2009. Instead, we
will be running a series of 3 unsanctioned horse trials (starter trials). These will be run over
the sanctioned x-country course. We will offer levels from pre-elementary thru to training. The
hope is that we can offer more sport at less of a cost in order to help the eventers in area 1
continue to thrive. We enjoy all the competitors, volunteers, and spectators who visit us at AKF.
We thank you for a great 2008 show season and hope for another great season in 2009. The plan is
to be back on line with our sanctioned event in 2010. For more information, please check out our
web site www.appleknoll.com. As always
thank you for your support."
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Tough economy compels eventers to be mindful of organizers' needs: "At this time, we believe
it is critical that all members of the USEA understand that the economic viability of competitions
is put at risk if competitors react to economic uncertainty by withholding entries until the
closing date. Organizers must commit themselves to stabling, officials, housing, rental cars,
staffing—a myriad of personnel and infrastructure details—well in advance of the closing date,
and when early entries drop precipitately off of prior years’ levels they have no way of
predicting how many horses and riders will actually show up ... we are asking all riders and
owners who plan on entering a competition to consider what the impact of delaying sending in that
entry might be. Please, if you are able, get your entry in early. Likewise, please contact the
organizers of events you have attended in the past, let them know what your plans are for 2009,
and—most important of all—volunteer to help them in any way you can as we work together to keep
our sport strong in 2009. Now is the time to pull together!" USEA Administrators
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The Area I Council has approved new criteria for Championship qualifications in Area I. The
adjustments were made to more closely mirror the criteria used for AECs and to allow a broader
window for qualification. Any questions, please contact Area Chairman Katherine Cooper at
chairman@area1usea.org.
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Spring Omnibus INCORRECTLY lists the GMHA Training Level Three-Day Event happening before the
August Horse Trials. Training Level Three-Day Event will be held on August 28-30, 2009.
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2009 Area I summary.
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Area I Email Blasts: The Area will continue to send out emails to all members when new
Optimum Minutes articles are published and for other time-sensitive news items. If you have not
received these email blasts over the past two weeks, it is most likely because you have not yet
renewed your dues for 2009 and are not yet on the current mailing list. If you have renewed
already for 2009, have not received the emails but would like to, please make sure that USEA has
your correct email address. Do this by going to useventing.com, click on USEA Services
Login (found at the upper right hand corner) and checking your profile to view and change your
email address.
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News from NH: Sadly, Kingsbury Hill Horse Trials organizer Lisa Campbell has announced they
they will no longer run their horse trials. For more information, see Lisa's letter to the
Kingsbury Hill
community. These events will be greatly missed. On a happier note, UNH will now run a third event
at BN - T on July 19. Thanks to UNH for taking on that gap in the calendar!
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Winter Homework/Brainteasers: The scoring system imposed by the USEF has changed - here
is an example which demonstrates new
scoring possibilities. Also, the difference between Coach and Trainer, for use on your entry form,
is defined. Finally,
medals are now being offered to the
lower levels.
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Photographers at events: Only official photographers are listed on the Area I site - these are
professionals who have secured permission from the hosting organizer to shoot at the event. For
liability and safety reasons, and other concerns, those who do not have permission from the event
to photograph are not listed. If you want to know who unofficially photographed at an event, you
need to contact the organizer directly.
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If you're seeking temporary boarding for/at an event, check out the Classifieds
section, where people are advertising nearby boarding.
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If you know an Area I location which offers XC jumps/courses on which to practice, please
email and we'll create a section on the site which
lists them.
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