Pony Club Love
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Pony Club Member Spotlight: Ella
Meet Ella! Ella is a C-1 certified member of the Sierra Gold Pony Club in the Sierra Pacific region. Her and her Irish Sport Horse, Zelda compete in eventing, dressage and show jumping. Together they are working towards a C-2 certification!
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NYB: Gaining Opportunities through Pony Club
After living and riding in the Midwest for 22 years, teaching riding lessons at the base of a mountain was not something I experienced every day. Nevertheless, that’s where I found myself in the Summer of 2019. A Pony Club member from my home club, Sharlee Lowe, had been teaching at a Pony Club summer camp in Washington for the past few years—originally through the Visiting Instructor Program—and the club had grown so much in size that it needed another instructor. After a recommendation from Sharlee and some emails with the organizer, I was on a plane to Seattle with my helmet and paddock boots in tow.
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Pony Club Member Spotlight: Becca
Meet Becca! Becca is an HB/C certified member of Five Valleys Pony Club in the Big Sky region. She is also a USPC life member, serves as the co-RIC of Big Sky region, and teaches lessons with her Pony Club, all while studying in Physician Assistants school!
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NYB: Finding the Silver Lining
The first time I had taken a national certification I was 12 years old. It rained the entire weekend and made the arenas a sloppy mess. There were 13 C3 candidates and none of them passed. At that age I had never really experienced this type of failure.
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Pony Club Member Spotlight: Mandolin
Meet Mandolin! Mandolin is a B certified member with Roanoke Valley Pony Club in the Old Dominion Region. She leases an OTTB named Sasha, and together they event at the prelim level!
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NYB: No Horse Community, No Problem
Chattanooga has a notoriously very small horse community. In fact some would consider it almost non-existent, but it all depends on who you ask. If you ask an eventer, they would tell you there's no place to school XC. A dressage rider may say there’s nowhere to practice a freestyle, but if you ask a member of CPC they would probably say something much different.
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Pony Club Member Spotlight: Meara
Meet Meara! Meara is a D-2 certified member with Twin Gates Farm Pony Club Riding Center in the Central New England Region. She and her horse enjoy eventing and games together!
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NYB: My Travel Essentials
Being a Pony Club member, I have learned that the extremely long, detailed list of required equipment actually has a purpose (other than stressing myself and my team out at rallies)! Yes… That’s right, it does have a purpose. Those boxes have been, on multiple occasions, my saving grace during my show and equine travels!
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Celebrate USPC Founders Day
Learn how the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. was founded on February 24, 1954.
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NYB: Why Being a Stable Manager Defined my USPC Experience
When I was 7 years old, I joined Pony Club with my twin sister. The motto of the USPC “where it all begins” was just a saying to me and I didn’t realize until later in life what the significance of this saying would be.
