Foxhunting
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Spanning the Ages
Pony Club membership now provides equine education for everyone, and members of all ages are enjoying everything USPC has to offer.
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Discover New Activities and Disciplines with Pony Club
Are you looking to mix up your Pony Club activities? There are plenty of Pony Club activities that don't have to be mounted! Check out some suggestions for learning something new.
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Results from the Live Oak Hounds Foxhunting Challenge
The Live Oak Hounds Foxhunting Challenge was a rewarding experience for the Pony Clubs and Centers that participated. See the list of winners and learn more about this award, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III, Joint Masters of the Live Oak Hounds in Monticello, Fla.
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Mongol Derby-Riding Pony Club Member Aliina Keers and 12-Year-Old Keira O’Connor-Reichert About Pony Club
Pony Club Podcast cohosts Sarah Evers Conrad and Megan Scharfenberg interview Pony Club life member Aliina Keers, who rode in last year’s Mongol Derby, and talk with 12-year-old Keira O’Connor-Reichert and her mom, Debbie, about her eventing adventures with her ponies and about going viral on social media. This month’s episode is brought to you by Kentucky Equine Research. Guest, Aliina Keers: Aliina Keers is a graduate C-3 Eventing, H-B in Horse Management, and a Life Member and alumni of Carbon Hills Pony Club from the Northwest Region. She is currently a kennel huntsman for the Iroquois Hunt Club in Lexington, Ky., where she trains both staff hunters and English foxhounds. In…
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Discover the Rewards of Foxhunting with the Live Oak Challenge
The Live Oak Hounds-USPC Foxhunting Challenge Award rewards Pony Club members for going Foxhunting.
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Tally ho! Foxhunting in Pony Club
Foxhunting is all about the thrill of the chase. Riding horseback with a pack of hounds across the open countryside is an exhilarating experience. The hunt may include crossing creeks and streams, jumping logs and other natural obstacles, and navigating through fields, woods, and all kinds of terrain. Best of all, foxhunting is a sport that all ages and levels of riders can enjoy. Since 1954, the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. has maintained a close relationship with the world of foxhunting. This can be traced to the fact that most of the early Pony Clubs in the United States had direct ties to hunts and hunting people. The four…
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Ride with the Best at USPC Festival 2021
USPC Festival Education 2021 has great opportunities to learn from experts in a variety of different disciplines.
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USPC Festival Education 2021 Riding Clinic Preview
Come ride at the Kentucky Horse Park this July and learn from our many inspiring clinicians, with instruction in nine disciplines.
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Pony Club Members Win at North American Junior Field Hunter Championships!
The 2016 North American Junior Field Hunter Championships were hosted by Dr. & Mrs. Jack van Nagell at their own Boone Valley Farm on October 23rd in Lexington, KY. The event, designed for junior riders, is set in the hunt field with participants competing in Hilltopping and First Flight divisions. More than 20 current and former Pony Club members competed and finished in the top ten of some challenging divisions. Hilltop Division Champion Mary Katherine Leveridge, C-1 Traditional, Half-Halt Pony Club, Heartland Region Reserve Champion Cian Yorba, D-2 Traditional, Keeneland Pony Club, Midsouth Region 4th place- Grayson Yorba, D-1 Traditional, Keeneland Pony Club, Midsouth Region 5th place- Madison Elliott, D-3…
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Warming Up the Older Horse
When getting your horse ready for a show you do conditioning work. You have regular flat days, jumping days, bath days, and rest days. You also have a plan on how to warm your horse up at shows. If it is a new horse to you, you create a new plan. If it is a seasoned competitor, you know the horse has a set routine. The best idea is trial and error. Whatever works for you, may not necessarily be the best for your horse, and vice-versa. Each horse is different. Factors to take into consideration include age, temperament, difficulty level, and discipline. Today we will focus on some ideas…
