USA Equestrian Announces 2003 Monarch International/USAE National Junior Hunter Championships

The 3rd annual Monarch International/USAE National Junior Hunter Championships East Coast will be held in Lexington, KY August 11-12, managed by Hugh Kincannon. The 2nd annual Monarch International/USAE National Junior Hunter Championships West Coast will be held in Del Mar, CA, July 22-23, managed by Stephanie Wheeler.

A horse must win a Championship or Reserve Championship in an “A” Rated Junior Hunter Division between July 2 and July 1. Sections held after July 1 will count toward next year's competition. The horse must be registered with the Federation at the time of the win for the Championship or Reserve Championship to count. Horses that are champion at the previous year’s competition may return without qualifying. The owner of record of the horse must be a member in good standing of the Federation, i.e.; horses must be shown in accordance with Articles 812 and 816 in order to be eligible to qualify.

For more information please contact Whitney Neidert at the USA Equestrian office at wneidert@equestrian.org or 859-225-6967.

USA Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. As
the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation has over 80,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide each year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating and licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate at these shows.
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The vision of USA Equestrian is to provide leadership for equestrian sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian federation in the world.

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