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Tips for Applying Pony Club to the Common Application
Pony Club teaches study skills, time management and leadership abilities—here's how to include that experience on your college applications.
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Winter is Coming: Is Your Feeding Program Ready?
As cool weather approaches, now is the time to start thinking about the changes you may need to make to your horse’s feeding program.
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Fall Grooming Fixes
As the crisp fall weather arrives, our horses present us with some unique grooming challenges.
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Equine Land Conservation Resource and American Trails Offer Private Equestrian Trails Webinar
Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR), in partnership with American Trails (AT), will be presenting the free webinar Successful Models in Developing and Maintaining Private Equestrian Trail Systems on July 30, 2020from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Pacific Time). The webinar, sponsored by Aretes Structures, will spotlight how three different communities have developed and maintained successful equestrian trail system on private land. Privately owned land is the most at-risk component of our equestrian landscape. Boarding barns, competition venues, trails, hunt fixtures and hayfields are being lost every day as a result of development, misunderstanding of liability issues by new owners of land, and rising demand for land around urbanizing areas. Access…
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USPC Festival Hangout Closing Ceremonies
Join us as we say goodbye, farewell, see you soon to so many Pony Club friends and family who have hungout with us this weekend as we close out the inaugural USPC Festival Hangout. Your favorite Championships voices are ready to host the festivities as we bid farewell and look forward to Festival 2021 in Lexington, KY. Thank you to all staff, sponsors, volunteers, and attendees, who made Festival Hangout a fun and rewarding experience. We have enjoyed spending online time with all of you and can’t wait to see you at USPC Festival 2021 presented by SSG Riding Gloves at the Kentucky Horse Park July 19-26, 2021.
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Festival Tour- Know Before You Go
Never been to the legendary Kentucky Horse Park? Excited to make Lexington, Kentucky your family vacation spot in 2021 and possibly bring your favorite trusty steed? Here is your chance to know before you go as we take you on a special guided tour of the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, and give you a virtual tour of all things Pony Club while you are here for Festival 2021. It will be a week of fun and the whole family is invited as we plan something for everyone. Start planning your trip now but not before watching our fun tours of USPC’s national office home, the Kentucky Horse Park….…
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Mind Your Melon On Location Contest
Sharing is caring and we want you to share your photos/selfies for USPC Festival Hangout. Pony Club LOVES safety, show us the most random place you #mindyourmelon by sending us a selfie or picture of you wearing your helmet at a restaurant, store, in the car, or just downtown for ice cream. Anywhere you have forgotten you have that “extension of yourself” still on when you left the house. We want to celebrate your best #mindyourmelon moment by sending you a cool prize in the mail. Winners will be announced tomorrow during the Festival Hangout Closing Ceremonies so get your entries in today to be considered. Email marketing@ponyclub.org with your…
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Shop Pony Club’s Opp to Shop
It is time to shop till you drop with Shop Pony Club’s Opp to Shop on Festival Hangout! We have compiled a special preview and opportunity to purchase USPC Festival swag. Check out the Festival Hangout Shopping Flyer below, the first 20 shoppers to place an order from any of the Shop Pony Club items listed in the Festival Hangout Shopping Flyer will receive a free commemorative Hangout hat with your order. Surprise! That is a great deal! You get the items you want plus the highly sought-after event ball cap and all you have to do is be fast, we take care of the rest! During Festival Hangout, Pony…
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USPC Festival 2021 Success Prep Training
It’s your turn to hangout at USPC Festival Hangout – send in a video of you and your mount and a USPC National Examiner will send you a critique with helpful hints as you prepare for USPC Festival 2021. For today and tomorrow only, all ages and levels are invited to send in a short clip demonstrating a riding skill you are practicing for USPC activities. Hoping to master the roll-back turn or the turn on the haunches, or maybe you really want to focus on picking up the correct lead? No matter your goal or skill level, National Examiners are here to help you achieve and surpass your riding…
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3 Questions with Connie
What makes Pony Club different from other organizations? How are USPC members so conscientious of their equine partners? Why are USPC members the “helpers” in the barn and always know how to handle equine situations? The answer is USPC Horse Management and the education members receive to help them best care for their horses and ponies. We all love USPC Instruction Director, Connie Jehlik, she has spent countless hours helping us better understand how to best care for our favorite pony friends. . Good news, she is at it again with Festival Hangout’s 3 Questions with Connie! Spend some virtual time with Connie in the barn as she focuses on the…