International Exchanges
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2018 International Tetrathlon Exchange- Meet Will
The 2018 International Tetrathlon Exchange will be hosted July 13-30 in North Carolina, USA by the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. Teams from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia will join the United States teams for two weeks of training, competing, and cultural experiences. The International Tetrathlon Championships will be held in conjunction with the 2018 USPC East Coast Tetrathlon Championships. Its time to meet the US teams! First up is William Frasier. Will is a C-2 Traditional member of Green Spring Hounds Pony Club in the Maryland Region. Will joined Pony Club nine years ago and has been competing in Tetrathlon ever since. His favorite phase of Tetrathlon is…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Coach Bio- Susan Thomas
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Susan Thomas is the Coach for the 2017 USPC Inter-Pacific Exchange team. She is an A graduate (Piedmont Pony Club, South Region) of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. and currently operates her own teaching and training business, Charbonnet Sport Horses, LLC. She grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in Glenmore Hunt Pony Club. After finishing high school in Maryland, she studied Equine Science and Agribusiness…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Kiersti Wylie
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Kiersti Wylie is an “A” member of Sandia Creek Ranch Pony Club Riding Center, in the Southern California Region. She began riding before she could walk and started eventing at 5 years old on her pony, Here Comes Trouble. She lives, works, and trains on her family’s ranch where they breed, raise, and train Welsh X ponies and develop sport horses. The ranch is home to the USPC…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Elizabeth Massa
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Elizabeth Massa is a B member of Keeneland Pony Club in the Midsouth Region. She is 18 years old and a senior in high school. She will be attending the University of Kentucky in the fall. Lizzie is currently working towards her H-A and A certifications, all while training her green event horse. Lizzie and her horse Theodoor have just completed their first FEI one-star three-day event together…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Samantha Messamer
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Sammi Messamer is a B member of Greenville Foothills Pony Club in the Carolina Region. She is twenty years old and goes to Clemson University where she is this years’ secretary for the Clemson Intercollegiate Eventing Team. She learned about the IPE from her amazing coach Janna Ritacco who has coached several past IPE’s. She wanted to apply for the team because she knew that it would be…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Sarah Beth Hood
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Sarah Beth Hood is a B Pony Club member from Hilltoppers Pony Club in the South Region. She is a sophomore at the University of Georgia and also rides and competes for their eventing team. She started her riding career at the age of six, and has been hooked on eventing since she got her first pony, an Arabian named Shamen, and joined Pony Club. Along with eventing,…
