| Wayne DuPage HT: Returning Favorites & Exciting Additions |
Opening Date for the Wayne DuPage Horse Trials was June 30 and the organizing committee is hard at work preparing for an exciting weekend AUGUST 14-16 for competitors and spectators alike. Many crowd favorites will be in place again this year while the horse trials welcomes several new additions to the show. The show is pleased to welcome back English Riding Supply as a key sponsor. English Riding Supply has been partnering with Wayne DuPage Horse Trials for many years and supplies beautiful coolers for lucky winners of each division. Competitors will have a chance to jump over special fences placed in the show jumping arena also provided by English Riding Supply. Another returning favorite is Prize Money for the top five placings at every level (see Omnibus listing for details) as well as ribbons and prizes for the top eight placings in every division. Read More |
| XC Schooling at Heritage Park |
| Only two more chances to school the cross-country courses at Heritage Park before the Heritage Park Horse Trials.
MACTA will hold cross-country schooling the weekend of July 18-19, 2009 and again on August 22nd. MACTA will offer a schooling d/ct/ht on August 23rd.
A Brad Hall clinic has been organized and will run during the July schooling days. If you are interested in participating in the clinic, please contact Nancy Miller (anemiller@gmail.com).
For overnight stabling please try White Fox Manor (913/592-3650). |
| New USEA Event Offered in Oklahoma |
| Feather Creek Farm in Norman, Oklahoma will offer their inaugural USEA recognized horse trials August 29-30th, 2009. Entries opened on July 14th and will close on August 11th. The event will offer Starter through Preliminary levels of competition.
Mike Huber's Tipasa ran at this location for several years. The event was discontinued when the property was sold more than 10 years ago. The property was recently purchased by Dynah Korhummel, former Advanced Level competitor, and is being restored to its former grandeur with the help of John Staples, Tom Engel and the Huber family.
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| Eric Dierks Clinics at Stonehedge Farm |
Eric Dierks Clinics at Stonehedge Farm, Union Grove, WI
Clinic Dates:
July 25-26
September 5-6
Eric Dierks is returning to Area IV for clinics at Stonehedge Farm. Eric is an accomplished four-star rider. He has trained numerous horses to the Advanced Level and his specialty is identifying problems in horses and correcting them. He is a USEA Level 3 Instructor Certification Program graduate and has participated in the USET Rider Development Program. Eric is an expert clinician renowned for his comprehensive training methods.
Saturdays will include dressage and stadium jumping; Sundays will be x-country.
For more information visit www.stonehedgefarm.net
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| Brad Hall Clinic: August 7-9 |
| Brad Hall will be doing a clinic August 7-9th at Wisconsin Equestrian Center, near Green Bay, WI. Brad is a Level II USEA certified Instructor and has evented through Intermediate. Private flat lessons will be available as well as small group show jumping and cross-country lessons. Come try the new water jump! Contact Karen Sathoff kscaryatid@new.rr.com.
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| Jim Wofford Clinic: August 29-30 |
| Baythorne Farms in Sugar Grove, IL will host eventing legend Jim Wofford August 29-30. The clinic is open to riders from Novice Level and up.
For entry forms and additional details contact: Vicky Prince at woffordclinic@uchicago.edu 773 405 1163 or Diane Venneri at DVenneri@geneva304.org 630 365-2895 More Information |
| Wayne DuPage Offers Young Event Horse/Future Event Horse |
| Wayne DuPage Horse Trials will offer the USEA Young Event Horse and Future Event Horse competitions in addition to Beginner Novice through Intermediate level horse trials.
The event will be held in Wayne, Illinois August 14th-16th.
Entries close July 28th.
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| Gina Miles Clinic: September 19-20 |
Olympic silver medalist Gina Miles will be the featured clinician at the Racine County Pony Club Equestrian Center Sept. 19 & 20, 2009.
The clinic is open to riders and auditors of all ages and abilities.
Miles won the silver medal in eventing at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing aboard her Irish Sport Horse McKinlaigh. The pair was later named the Chronicle of the Horse's "Horse and Horseman of the Year."
For the Racine County Pony Club clinic, Miles will work with riders on dressage and jumping skills.
A popular clinician and teacher throughout the United States, Miles is Level 3 instructor with the United States Eventing Association and is a leading expert on safety in eventing.
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| Submission Policy for Inclusion in Area IV Newsletter |
| Information for inclusion in the Area IV Newsletter must be submitted to submitnews@usea4.org. The articles must be in news-ready format and attached to the email message in either pdf (preferred) or Word. Items submitted as text within the email message will not be accepted.
Submission Deadlines are the 15th and the 1st of every month.
Articles will run once unless re-submitted. Articles will be available on the Area IV website and will be included on the Archives page for additional viewing.
Newsletters will be published 1-2x per month dependent upon the volume of news received.
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Briar Fox Farm Horse Trial in Augusta, KS (July 25-26) will accept entries through July 17th.
