Around the Ring Hunter & Jumper News for 2013
Zone Finals and Stirrup Cup Come to Maryland
Once again, the USEF Zone 3 Finals will be held at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro as part of the annual Washington International Horse Show local weekend. T is year’s competition will be held on October 18-20. T e purpose of the USHJA Stirrup Cup Awards
program is to recognize the accomplishments of USHJA members and promote the B and C levels of competition. T ese awards are separate from the USEF Horse of the Year program. Simply being a member of USHJA automatically enrolls riders, owners and horses competing in B- and C-rated competitions. T is year’s Zone 3 Stirrup Cup Finals will be held August 1 at the McDonogh School in Owings Mill.
Chloe Reid Dominates in Wellington Washington, DC resident Chloe Reid, a
sophomore at the Maret School in DC, was recently named the overall winner of the third annual Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series. Held at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, the competition ran over a 12-week period and included four Grand Prix competitions. Chloe competed two horses during the series, Damascus and King of Hearts, although King of Hearts only participated in the fi rst class, the $15,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix on February 10. Chloe rode Damascus in all four competitions. “I’ve had King of Hearts now for three years.
We have built a great relationship,” Chloe said. She added that building relationships with her horses is what leads to success. Damascus is a relatively new mount for her as he was purchased last summer when Chloe was competing in Europe with the 2012 USEF Young Riders team. T eir partnership seems to have grown quickly as he is the horse with whom she won the Wellington series. “T e Nation’s Cup format of the third competition was the most fun
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because I got to compete with my friends and as a team,” she added. T e $20,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Team was a two-round class held on March 7. T e other two competitions
were the $15,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix, held under the lights in the International Arena on February 15, and the $15,000 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Final, held on the grass of the Stadium Derby Field on March 24. Chloe’s win earns her an automatic spot on this year’s USEF Young Rider European Tour with the costs of her horses’ transportation being covered by the Dutta Corp. in association with Guido Klatte. Read more about this talented
Leaderboard in equitation, hunters and jumpers as of April 10. Congratulations to the following local riders in the top 25: • WIHS Adult Hunter: Patricia Schindler/Bold Moves (Reisterstown); Cindy Foster/Filo (Potomac) • WIHS Children’s Hunter:
Medeiros/Olivia (Chevy Chase);
McReady/Cz ech (Annapolis);
young rider in our June Young Rider issue and learn how Chloe got started in show jumpers and how she balances school work with competing internationally.
Maryland Riders Are on the Road to Washington
Chloe Reid on her way to winning the Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series
from the WIHS staff What are your showing goals this year? With one of the top horse shows in the country in our own back yard, why not aim for Washington? T e 55th Washington International (Verizon Center, October 22-27) off ers some of the country’s most prestigious national championships: the WIHS Adult and Children’s Hunter and Jumper Championships and the WIHS Equitation and Pony Equitation Finals. T is year, about 1,200 riders across the country are competing in WIHS qualifying classes at more than 600 horse shows nationwide to earn points to qualify to show at the year-end fi nals at Verizon Center in Washington, DC. T ere’s still plenty of time to become a member and start earning points! T e qualifying period continues through August 31. Local riders are plentiful on the current WIHS
WIHS’s new President Vicki Lowell of Brookeville was Circuit Champion with Tippitoo in the Martha Jolicoeur/Illustrated Properties Adult Amateur Jumper 36-49 at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival.
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Kaufman/Ivanhoe (Chevy Chase) • WIHS Adult Jumper: Victoria Lowell/Tippitoo (Brookeville);
Smith Hood/Dealbreaker (Washington,
Victoria Volta-Manger/ Lover Boy and Charakter (Catonsville)
• WIHS Children’s Jumper: Cassie Gaasch/ Cool Runnings (Lothian); Annie Friedman/ Nerazzurro (Washington,
DC);
Monroe/Shinkansen (Chevy Chase) •
WIHS Equitation: (Brookeville)
MHSA Changes Point System Starting this season, the Maryland Horse
Shows Association has changed the way it distributes points for its year-end awards. T e new points system loosely follows what the U.S. Hunters & Jumpers Association introduced a few seasons ago and involves various multipliers based on the rating of the show and the number of entries. T e current MHSA Rule Book states, “In the Hunter divisions, points are determined by both the rating of the competition as well as the number of horses shown. Points are calculated utilizing a combination of the base points per competition rating and adding one point for each entry shown in the fi rst performance class.” Several charts can be found in the rule book to help competitors calculate possible points. T ere are also charts available to calculate Hunter Classic and various jumper classes.
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