Young Rider Virtual Team Challenge
For 2025 the Area 1 Young Rider Team Challenges will transition into a Virtual Team Challenge format. This will allow for maximum participation across all Area 1 events and demographics. More information on team rules, team composition, and team scoring will be announced in the Spring. Competing and Volunteering at the following events will contribute to team scores.
Meet the Area 1 Young Rider Virtual Teams (COMING SOON)
2025 VIRTUAL TEAM CHALLENGE CALENDAR
| Date | Event Name | Volunteer Sign-Up | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 May 31-June 1 June 1 June 7 June 22 June 29 July 12-13 July 12-13 July 20 July 24-27 August 8-10 August 16-17 August 23-24 August 31 September 13-14 September 20-21 September 28 October 4 October 25 |
Hitching Post Farm H.T. GMHA June H.T. GVRDC Spring H.T. Apple Knoll Farm H.T. Valinor Farm H.T. Larkin Hill H.T. Genesee Valley Hunt H.T. Huntington Farm H.T. Course Brook Farm Summer H.T. Millbrook H.T. GMHA Festival of Eventing August H.T. GVRDC H.T. & Area 1 Championships Huntington Farm H.T. Larkin Hill Fall H.T. GMHA September H.T. University of New Hampshire H.T. Course Brook Farm Fall H.T. Apple Knoll Farm H.T. Hitching Post Farm H.T. |
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S. Royalton, VT |
Team Rules:
- TBD
Team Composition:
- TBD
Scoring:
- TBD
USEA Interscholastic Eventing League
In August 2020, the USEA Board of Governors approved the creation of the USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) as an official program of the USEA. The mission of IEL is to bring together junior riders with a common interest and provide a supportive community through which students can continue to pursue their riding interests. This program will encourage team camaraderie and will give junior members a chance to compete in a team atmosphere. This program will also help provide a pathway for those riders who seek to be part of a collegiate eventing program as they graduate high school.
The goal of the IEL is to increase membership, education, and engagement in riders on a national level who are in 5th through 12th grade. More information can be found here.
2025 IEL CHALLENGE CALENDAR
| Date | Event Name | Location | |
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| May 2-4 June 7 October 4 |
USEA Interscholastic & Intercollegiate Eventing Championships Apple Knoll Farm H.T. Apple Knoll Farm H.T. |
Aiken, SC |
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Team Rules:
- Interscholastic Eventing League Team Challenges are additions to recognized horse trials in the United States.
- Teams of three or four members competing in events identified as IEL Team Challenges should self-identify to the competition organizer.
- Riders will compete in the regular horse trial competition as individuals.
- Teams consist of riders of any level.
- The three best scores for the team are counted for the team result.
- Clubs with less than three riders attending may be scrambled by the organizing committee.
- Clubs with more than four riders may choose to send multiple teams to the same competition, or riders can be scrambled with other Clubs.
Team Composition:
- Teams for composed of riders from the same IEL Club.
- Each team will consist of three or four Club members
Scoring:
- Though there are no official requirements for scoring individual IEL Team Challenges, the USEA encourages all hosting venues to use the following guidelines. Teams can be made up of three or four riders. Teams can be made up of riders of varying levels. To account for differences in level difficulty, each rider’s score is multiplied by a coefficient appropriate for their level, and then the individual scores are added together to determine the team score. A rider finishing on a letter will be awarded 1000 points as their final score. Only the best three individual scores will count towards the team score, the fourth score will be “drop” score.The coefficient system recommended is as follows:
- Starter: 1.0
- Beginner Novice: .99
- Novice: 0.95
- Training: 0.90
- Modified: 0.85
- Preliminary: 0.80
- Intermediate: 0.75
- Advanced: .65
- CCI1*: 0.85
- CCI2*-S: 0.80
- CCI2*-L: 0.75
- CCI3*-S: 0.70
TEAM CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS
Area 1 Young Rider Team Challenges
2024 TEAM CHALLENGE WINNERS:
GMHA June Horse Trials: Moira Danzig, Siri Carr, and Syndey Gallien
Millbrook Horse Trials: Mary Bauersfeld, Luci Bialek, and Kimmy Cecere
GMHA Festival of Eventing: Eliza Quigley, Ava Sprowl, Miriam Evans, Annabelle Sprague
GMHA September Horse Trials: Quinn Ellis, Ella Cutts, Max van der Schoot, and Elizabeth McCallum
2023 TEAM CHALLENGE WINNERS:
GMHA June Horse Trials: Sarah Newman, Talia Feeney, Ada Sansone, and Mikaela Ackerman
Millbrook Horse Trials: Quinn Ellis, Mary Bauersfeld, Sara Kozumplik, and Ally Krohg
GMHA Festival of Eventing: Cancelled due to floods
GMHA September Horse Trials: Ava Applebaum, Hannah Sterritt, Chenoweth Donohue, Ainsley Stinson
FEI Young Rider Team Challenges
Different Areas will be hosting a series of FEI Team Challenges at select events. These Team Challenges are for Young Riders competing at the CCI1*, CC2*, CCI3*, and CCI4* level. In 2024, there will be 8 FEI Team Challenges hosted primarily by Area 2, with one in Area 7. Please contact the Areas YR Coordinator for more information.
2024 FEI TEAM CHALLENGE RESULTS:
Carolina International CCI & Horse Trial
1st Place (Mixed Level): Lea Adams-Blackmore, Annabelle Sprague, Cassie Sanger (Area 2), Carlin Keefe (Area 2)
2023 FEI TEAM CHALLENGE RESULTS:
Plantation Field International HT
2nd Place (CCI1*-S): Kate Servais, Kimberley Begin (CAN), Kimberley Begin (CAN)
2nd Place (CCI2*-S): Madison Haney, Audrey Littlefield, Lizzie Hoff (Area 7), Lucine Claudel (CAN)
3rd Place (CCI3*-S): Lea Adams-Blackmore, Kimberley Begin (CAN), Olivia Millier (Area 7), Madison Temkin (Area 8)
