NEWS & VIEWS continued


another extension, the agriculture industry will now have more time to comply. For more information about the ELD man- date and how it aff ects the horse industry, go to https://goo.gl/GcrMwL on equiery.com.


USHJA Adds New National Cham- pionships


On March 12, U.S. Equestrian announced that the U.S.


Hunter/Jumper Associa-


tion has added the Aon/USHJA National Championship to be held November 13- 18, 2018 at the Las Vegas National, CSI4* in Las Vegas, NV. T e championships will feature Amateur Owner Hunters, Junior Hunters, Pony Hunters, Green Hunters, Adult Amateur Hunters and Children’s Hunters. T ere will also be a USEF/USHJA National Jumper Championships with eight sections from 1.10m to 1.40m for Junior, Ama- teur and Open Jumper competitors. Members interested in qualifying must sub- mit entries by September 14 as well as a non- refundable $50 application fee, which is cred- ited to the entry fee. Points are earned from competitions during the time period of De- cember 1, 2017 through September 14, 2018. Although the inaugural championship will be held in Las Vegas, the USHJA hopes this an- nual competition will travel throughout the country to various venues.


New NRHA Protocol for Pro Year- End Awards


At the end of 2017, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Professionals Committee unanimously voted to modify the nomination and voting procedures for their yearly awards. T e idea of the change is to gain more participation from NRHA Affi liates and


broaden the pool of deserving nominees. T e new nomination and voting process is as follows: 1. NRHA Affi liates will submit one nomi-


nation for each of the fi ve award categories. It will be up to each affi liate to determine how it selects its nominees. Nominations for each category will need a separate form.


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2. Nominations will remain at the current due date of November 1. Once the nomination period is complete, the NRHA Profession- als Committee Staff Liaison will collect and compile all nominations for the committee to review. 3. T e NRHA Professionals Committee will


review all nominations, selecting the top fi ve professionals for each category. 4. Once the top fi ve are selected, an electronic


vote will be sent to all current NRHA Profes- sional members. 5. After the voting is closed, winners will be announced. Any ties will be broken by the NRHA Professionals Committee.


The Return of the 3-Day?


As the eventing season here in Maryland gets underway this month, several competitors will be working towards qualifying for one of the many three-day events that Maryland venues have to off er this fall. From the U.S. Eventing


Association-recongized three-days to some lo- cal ones as well, it seems that the long-format, or “classic” three-day event is rising in popular- ity here in Maryland. Added to the Maryland eventing calendar


this year are classic format three-day events at the Beginner Novice and Preliminary levels. T e Beginner Novice three-day will be held at Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown while the Preliminary three-day will be at Waredaca, both in October. T ese two new events join classic-format three-day events at the Novice and Training level, also at Waredaca, and the “quarter star” held at Full Moon Farm. In these classic formats, competitors par- ticipate in educational seminars as well as the full three-day experience with dressage, roads and tracks, cross-country and show jumping. Although this format is no longer recognized at the international level, such as at the CICs held over the summer at Loch Moy Farm and the CICs and CCIs held at Fair Hill Interna- tional, the popularity of the traditional long format here in Maryland seems to be growing! T e Equiery wants to know... What do you think about the classic format three-day event? Is there a need for these events in the modern day competition calendar? If you are an eventer, do you plan to participate in any of these Mary- land three-days? If so, why and which one(s)? If not, why not? Email your responses to editor@equiery.com.


March Corrections T e Equiery regrets the following errors in the


March Equiery Life… Diana Richards lived in Upper Marlboro, MD, but passed away at an assisted living home in Virginia. Ellen Boutelle died in December of 2011, not 2017.


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