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Meet your 2016 National Youth Board members!
USPC would like to highlight the National Youth Board Members for the current term. Today we meet Area 7 member Julie Jacobs. Julie Jacobs is an H Traditional, C-3 Dressage member of Greenville Foothills Pony Club in the Carolina Region. She started riding in 2004 and has been a member of Pony Club since 2007. Julie primarily competes in dressage and has attended Dressage Championships in 2014 and 2015. She is also passionate about horse management and enjoys teaching Pony Club members, as well as attending regional rallies as a Stable Manager. From 2009-2011, Julie attended Quiz Championships, twice as a competitor and once as a volunteer. In addition, she…
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Meet your 2016 National Youth Board members!
USPC would like to highlight the National Youth Board Members for the current term. Today we meet Area 2 member KC van Solinge. KC van Solinge is a B Traditional member from the Camino Real Region. K C was born and raised on the beautiful central coast of California in the city of Santa Maria where she joined the Santa Ynez Valley Pony Club at the age of 8. She has been very active in Pony Club for the past 12 years competing in 3 different Championships and representing the USPC in the 2015 Inter-Pacific Exchange Team last summer. KC was a member of the National Youth Congress in 2014…
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Pony Club Alumni contest Rio Round 2!
As we all know the 2016 Rio Olympics are in full swing. Thanks to USPC staff member, Jenny Van Wieren-Page, we can share a few awesome Q & A articles with some of the US Dressage Team members who are Pony Club Graduates! Traditionally when you think of Pony Club Alumni who go on to become Olympians you think of the sport of Eventing. While, that may still be true, many Dressage Olympians also have a history of beginning with Pony Club. The 2016 US Dressage Olympic Team has two athletes (Kasey Perry-Glass and Allison Brock), Chef d’Equipe (Robert Dover), a groom (Holly Gorman- sister of Kasey Perry-Glass) and Team…
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Pony Club Alumni contest Rio!
As we all know the 2016 Rio Olympics are in full swing. Thanks to USPC staff member, Jenny Van Wieren-Page, we can share a few awesome Q & A articles with some of the US Dressage Team members who are Pony Club Graduates! Traditionally when you think of Pony Club Alumni who go on to become Olympians you think of the sport of Eventing. While, that may still be true, many Dressage Olympians also have a history of beginning with Pony Club. The 2016 US Dressage Olympic Team has two athletes (Kasey Perry-Glass and Allison Brock), Chef d’Equipe (Robert Dover), a groom (Holly Gorman- sister of Kasey Perry-Glass) and Team…
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