I have been looking forward to this milestone event for several years. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined riding my Century Club ride in the middle of a global pandemic! I am grateful to the Dressage Foundation for allowing me to complete this ride in a safe and modest format.
Published with permission from Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort
Mill Spring, NC
The inaugural ProElite Tryon CDE hosted at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) at Tryon Resort showcased Marathon competition on the White Oak Cross-Country Course Saturday, where the Marathon portion of the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 were also held. Thirty-four competitors over 18 classes challenged the hazards, including participants in the ADS Preliminary & Intermediate North American Championships taking place in conjunction with USEF Advanced divisions. The ProElite Tryon CDE is closed to spectators due to COVID-19 protocols. However, live scoring and competition information are available at www.Tryon.com/Driving.
The American Connemara Pony Society is a recognized Affiliate organization of the USEF. Each Affiliate is represented by a committee. The USEF Connemara Committee meets throughout the year to review current rules, discuss rule changes, and exchange ideas of mutual benefit to the organizations. The USEF Connemara Horse of the Year Awards and the USEF recognition of Connemara shows and Connemara divisions within USEF recognized shows are overseen by this Committee. As part of our efforts to repopulate the USEF Connemara Committee for the two-year period of 3/01/2021 to 2/28/2023, the following steps will be taken:
Written for The Chronicle of the Horse by Martha Drum
Ryder Richardson was already in Kentucky with his pony, RR Cool Play, when the USEF Pony Finals was canceled. The 14-year-old, who made his Pony Finals debut in 2018 with the support of a Gochman Grant, doesn’t have much of a budget for showing, so it might have been understandable if he’d spent a couple of days in mourning.
Written for Covertside by Josh Walker
Megan Harris’s Connemara stallion has hunted like a pony with an old soul his entire life.
Some horses just get it. Many foxhunters can think of a special mare or gelding who took to the hunt field like they were born to do it. But what about a stallion? You might call that kind of magical mount a unicorn. Whatever you call it, *TBS Declan Pondi (“Declan” for short) is one of those.
Hope is a nineteen-year-old pony who’s full name is Concord River Rachel’s Hope. She was the last pony bred by Rachel Page Elliot out of Concord River Kaleigh, a daughter of Lynfields Proud Hope, who was, in turn, the daughter of Texas Hope. Pagey chose Dobh Macduff to be the sire. It doesn’t take many generations back in either pedigree to arrive at ponies who were born at the time suffragists were working in both England and the United States to secure constitutional rights to vote, something both Hope and Susan B. Anthony insist they should have been granted without the need for a constitutional amendment.
| Thu. Sep. 23, 2021: Annual Meeting |
| Fri. Sep. 24, 2021: Annual Meeting |
| Sat. Sep. 25, 2021: Annual Meeting |
| Sun. Sep. 26, 2021: Annual Meeting |
