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American Polocrosse Association, Equine Trail Sports, Interscholastic Equestrian Association, U.S. Eventing Association, U.S. Pony Club and U.S. Dressage Federation. T.I.P. also announced on January 11 its 2022 T.I.P. Youth Ambassadors, Marylander Savannah Lacey.
which include
Reining Horse Scholarships On December 1, the Reining Horse Founda-
tion set a record for fundraising during its an- nual gala and is kicking those funds back into its scholarship program. According to Mike Han- cock, chair of the RHF Scholarship Committee, the number of scholarships has been increased from eight to 10 awards for the next three years. Scholarship funds have jumped from $13,000 to $28,000 for the next three years. T e 2022 applications are available at nrhya.
com/scholarship. To be eligible to apply, stu- dents must be members of the National Reining Horse Youth Association for at least 24 months prior to applying and be a senior in high school pursuing an undergraduate degree in a two- or four-year institution, trade or technical school. Deadline to apply is March 1, 2022.
New Preakness Art Contest T e Maryland Jockey Club and 1/ST Racing
have partnered with the Maryland Institute Col- lege of Art (MICA) to launch a unique art com- petition to honor the second jewel of the Triple Crown and its impact on the city of Baltimore. T e new contest is entitled “T e Art of Racing.” T e deadline to submit entries is March 1,
2022. Artists may submit entries to
www.preak-
ness.com/the-art-of-racing. Visitors to the web-
site will be able to cast their votes for their fa- vorite work of art from March 2-20. T e top 10 pieces of art will then be entered into a fi nalist category to be voted on by a panel of judges. T e winning artists will receive a $4,000 sti- pend and two tickets to this year’s Preakness Stakes, to be held on May 21. In addition, their work will be reproduced on Preakness 147 merchandise with the local non-profi t Park Heights Renaissance as the benefi ciary of all sales proceeds.
Rule Changes for YEH T e U.S. Eventing Association (USEA) Young
Event Horse (YEH) Committee recently sub- mitted additional rules for YEH competitions that have been approved by the USEA Board of Governors. T ese rules are currently in eff ect for the 2022 season. • T ree refusals at one fence, or four total on course, will be recorded as “Elimination” at both YEH qualifi ers and at YEH Champi- onships. At qualifi ers, judges may allow riders to continue for education, but still receive an Elimination on record. • It will be recorded as a “Technical Elimina-
tion” if a horse misses a jump on course at YEH Championships. At qualifi ers, all jumps must be jumped to avoid a Technical Elimination. If a rider misses a fence, the judge may blow the whistle and allow them to jump the missed jump with no penalty. T e YEH program was established in 2004 to identify young horses that possess the tal- ent and disposition to excel at the upper levels of eventing. T e program is open to four- and fi ve-year-old horses. For the 2022 season, there
are fi ve YEH qualifi ers in Maryland in addition to T e Dutta Corp. USEA YEH East Coast Championships held during the Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill this October. To qualify for the East Coast Championships, horses must earn a score of 75% or higher, and for the West Coast Championships, horse must earn a score of 70% or higher, at any YEH qual- ifying event.
Changes to FEH Championships In addition to the rule changes for USEA’s
Young Event Horse program, the USEA Board of Governors approved format changes for its Future Event Horse (FEH) program. T e changes are to how three-year-olds are judged at the FEH Championships. For the 2022 season, three-year-olds will no
longer be presented in-hand around the trian- gle but instead will be judged in-hand, at lib- erty and through a jump chute. T ose showing three-year-olds will be judged in-hand for the conformation score and then will be shown at liberty within an arena at the trot and canter before proceeding to the jump chute portion of the competition. T ese changes are for the Championship
show only. Horses presented at FEH qualifi ers will still be shown in-hand on the triangle. T e FEH program was created in 2007 to
evaluate yearlings, two-, three- and four-year- olds in terms of suitability for eventing. All three qualifying FEH shows in Maryland are held at Loch Moy Farm in addition to the FEH East Coast Championships to be held there in September. Horses must score 72% or higher to qualify for the championships.
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