• In The Spotlight,  National Youth Board

    Meet your 2018 National Youth Board members- Devyn!

    USPC would like to highlight the National Youth Board Members for the current term. Today we would like to introduce Devyn Hinkle. Devyn is a C-3 Traditional and H-B member of the Redwood Hills Pony Club in the Middle California Region. She is the current Chair of the National Youth Board along with her seat on Board of Governors and Marketing and Communications Committee. For the past 14 years she’s competed in numerous rallies, been to championships in 5 disciplines, assisted her mother in running her regional club, helped organize regional quiz rallies, and participated on the National Youth Congress. Devyn grew up riding in disciplines from Eventing to Games…

  • In The Spotlight,  National Youth Board

    Meet your 2018 National Youth Board members-Lily!

    USPC would like to highlight the National Youth Board Members for the current term. Today we would like to introduce Lily Huval. Lily is an incoming member for 2018 National Youth Board, where she holds the position of Treasurer as well as sits on the Upper Level and the Marketing Committees. Lily is a C-3 Traditional and H-B member of Plantation’s Pride Pony Club in the Deep South Region. She is a junior at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette majoring in Marketing and minoring in Management. She teaches mounted and unmounted lessons on a regular basis at her trainer/DC’s barn, as well as in Pony Club meetings. Lily Events…

  • In The Spotlight,  National Youth Board

    Meet your 2018 National Youth Board members-Kavita!

    USPC would like to highlight the National Youth Board Members for the current term. Today we would like to introduce Kavita Bushong. Kavita is an incoming member for the 2018 National Youth board. She is on the Service and Pin Promise Committees. Kavita is a C-2 Trad, and H-B from Conestoga Pony Club in the Delmarva Region, and also is involved with unmounted activities in the Old Dominion Region. She is very active in her club and region, and enjoys competing in Tetrathlon. She is a freshman at Virginia Tech majoring in Dairy Science in the accelerated 3+1 Pre-Veterinary track. Her time in Pony Club inspired her to become a…

  • In The Spotlight,  National Youth Board

    Meet your 2018 National Youth Board members- Darby!

    USPC would like to highlight the National Youth Board Members for the current term. Today we would like to introduce Darby Murphy. Darby is a second term member for the 2018 National Youth Board. She is the head of the Upper Level Committee and sits on the Visiting Instructor Committee. Darby is a H-B HM, C-2 Traditional, and C-1 Western member from the Great Plains Pony Club in the Rocky Mountain Region. She is a junior at Laramie County Community College in Laramie, Wyoming studying Equine Business Management. Darby’s plan is to graduate with her Associates and then transfer to the University of Wyoming to obtain her Bachelor’s Degree in…

  • In The Spotlight,  National Youth Board

    Meet your 2018 National Youth Board members- Emily!

    USPC would like to highlight the National Youth Board Members for the current term. Today we would like to introduce Emily Aschbacher. Emily is an incoming member for 2018 National Youth Board, where she sits as the Secretary and Head of the Marketing Committee for the NYB. Emily is from Sunny Side Pony Club in the MidSouth Region. She has been an active member in Pony Club for nine years, and is currently a C-1 Trad, and C-2 HM. Emily is currently a second semester senior at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana where she is majoring in Strategic Communication with a minor in Journalism. For now, Emily is…

  • In The Spotlight,  Pony Club Love,  Slices of Life

    Chloe DeYoung: Teamwork Superstar

    Emma Entwistle, DC of South Wind Pony Club in the Midwest Region sent in our final finalist for the 2017 Flash Teamwork Award. She nominated member, Chloe DeYoung (C-2 HM, C-1 Trad) for the award because of the contributions Chloe has made to their club and region. South Wind Pony Club is barely one year old! To date, we have 28 members ranging from 6 years old to 22 years old. Our club has grown at an exponential speed this year and I am thoroughly grateful for the constant team building, leadership, dedication and passion Chloe DeYoung has repeatedly demonstrated! As such a young club, many of our members are…

  • In The Spotlight,  Pony Club Love,  Slices of Life

    Ashland Tudor, the next Flash

    The Flash Teamwork Award is given out annually to a person, equine, club, center, or region who displays as much teamwork as Cathy Aranosian’s club members did when writing about Flash, the horse, for the Breyer model. Abigail Guillemette, C-1HM, Flat, D-3 Traditional member of Monadnock Pony Club in the White Mountain Region shared with us her story of a horse named Ashland Tudor who, like Flash, has had a great impact on many Pony Club members I remember the first time I took Teddy cross country schooling. He refused most every jump, and to avoid going through water, he hopped onto a six inch retaining wall and then leapt…

  • In The Spotlight,  Pony Club Love,  Slices of Life

    Flash Award Contender- The Vet Box

    C-2 Traditional member, Hannah Fisher of Pickering Hunt Pony Club in the Eastern Pennsylvania Region sent in this fantastic story about her view of teamwork. This story was a finalist for the Flash Teamwork Award presented each year to a region, club, center, outstanding person, team, or horse to recognize the teamwork Pony Club values so highly. Read along as Hannah shares her story: The Vet Box It was the day I was most excited for at the 2017 USPC National Championships in Lexington, Kentucky. It was my first year riding at Champs and it was cross-country day for Beginner Novice Eventing. I was excited for cross country since it…

  • In The Spotlight,  Pony Club Love,  Special Events

    Lake Shore Region and the Flash Teamwork Award

    The Lake Shore Region was one of six finalists for the 2017 Flash Teamwork Award. Follow along as they share their display of comraderie. Submitted by: Denita Schreier, Club Treasurer of Fox River Pony Club in the Lake Shore Region Teamwork and team spirit was spectacularly displayed at the Midwest Horse Fair in April 2017 to show thousands of attendees the WONDERFUL WORLD of the United States Pony Clubs. How did the Lake Shore Region Pony Clubs showcase ten mounts, ten plus riders, eight disciplines, and thirteen pony club chapters at the largest three day horse fair in America? Teamwork! The Midwest Horse Fair held in Madison, Wisconsin has been…

  • In The Spotlight,  Pony Club Love,  Special Events

    Ms. Bebe Brown- Flash Teamwork Nominee

    Lexi Pejnovic, C-3 Traditional Horsemasters member of Mobile Bay Pony Club in the Deep South Region sent in this lovely submission for the 2017 Flash Teamwork Award. Ms. Bebe Brown has had a grand impact on many Pony Club members and displays great sportsmanship and teamwork skills as described by Lexi. The flash award recipient should be one that epitomizes Pony Club. My nominee is Ms. Bebe Brown of Plantation’s Pride Pony Club in the Deep South Region. I met Ms. Bebe as she is affectionately known in the Deep South Region in 1986 at my first Pony Club Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park. Her daughter Nicola was on…