USEA Area I 2018 awards will be based on points earned by a single rider and horse combination at no more than six of their top events in the calendar year. The awards categories for each level are: Senior Rider (followed by the appropriate level — Novice, Training, etc.): All riders, professional and amateurs alike,… Read More>
2018 Area I Year-end Awards Criteria
USEA Area I 2018 awards will be based on points earned by a single rider and horse combination at no more than six of their top events in the calendar year. The awards categories for each level are: Senior Rider (followed by the appropriate level — Novice, Training, etc.): All riders, professional and amateurs alike,… Read More>
USEA Grants
As you may be aware, the USEA offers various grants to defray some costs of competitive eventing. Some are for young riders, some for upper level riders, some for amateurs, etc. Descriptions and links are below, and can also be found here: https://useafoundation.org/grants/ The USEA Foundation is honored to administer a number of grants and… Read More>
GVRDC Horse Trials Update
Welcome Competitors to the GVRDC Horse Trials August 18, 19, 2018. We look forward to a fantastic competition week end! Please note: The Preliminary Division will be riding the Preliminary Test A Dressage Test not Preliminary B Test, as previously published. Thank you, Co Organizer, Ray Denis and GVRDC Event Committee
USEA Area 1 “Strategic Social” at GMHA
We have a “Strategic Social” planned for this Saturday @ GMHA. A few months ago your Area I council invited some leaders in our organization up to GMHA and asked them share national trends in our sport, and help us collaborate on what we can do to right here at home to make our sport as… Read More>
Stoneleigh-Burnham School will no longer host USEA Recognized Horse Trials
As part of Area 1, the Stoneleigh-Burnham School Equestrian Center has hosted USEA horse trials each summer and fall for many years. These horse trials have been some of the longest-running events in New England, with levels from beginner novice to preliminary. After much consideration, USEA sanctioned horse trials will no longer be hosted at… Read More>
YEH/FEH/NEH a Huge Success at Valinor Farm
The weather was perfect for our first young horse weekend at Valinor Farm. A clinic with Tik Maynard was held on Saturday, which was an excellent opportunity for competitors to work their young horses on the grounds beforehand. Tik taught a wide range of students, from a yearling in an in-hand group, to a Novice/Training… Read More>
Genesee Valley Riding and Driving Club (GVRDC) Horse Trials to host a Modified Division
Update: Welcome Competitors to the GVRDC Horse Trials August 18, 19, 2018. We look forward to a fantastic competition week end! Please note: The Preliminary Division will be riding the Preliminary Test A Dressage Test not Preliminary B Test, as previously published. Thank you, Co Organizer, Ray Denis and GVRDC Event Committee There’s something new coming… Read More>
Monthly Newsletters Posted!
We have been putting out monthly newsletters to the membership – check your spam box if you haven’t been receiving it! This month, there are two additional emails – one for Adult Riders Program and one for Young Riders Advancement Program (both are “add ons” to your annual USEA membership). So………..if you’d like to know… Read More>
Reminder…
Area 1 is sending out monthly e-newsletters – so if you’re not receiving yours….make sure you’ve paid your dues and are up to date! There will be a newsletter going out to YR & ARP members in the next few weeks as well – lots of fun opportunities on the horizon. If there are more questions,… Read More>
Inspiring Kindness & Fundraising
Want to learn how acts of kindness, can support our Junior Olympics equestrian team who are raising money to get themselves and their horses from New England/New York to Montana in order to compete in the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships July 18-22, 2018?!? Here’s the deal: You tell Brenda Jarrell what act of kindness or… Read More>
OH YES WE DID!
YOU SPOKE & WE LISTENED: There will be spots for EIGHT ADULTS at the GMHA YR CAMP, JULY 16-19 (now, if you’re an adult, you’ll be making your own sleeping arrangements, and will be collectively stabled in D Barn), but the lineup of instructors is OFF THE CHARTS! Stephie Baer John Bourgoin Denise Goyea Susie Gornall Carol Kozlowski… Read More>
