Last night the USHJA held a reception for the owners, riders and trainers who are in Kentucky to take part in a US Show Jumping Team Observation Event. The weather was perfect and the course was beautiful and proved to be quite challenging. It was so extraordinary to be able watch some of our cou...

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When Shelby French asked me to become a member of the USHJA Wheeler Museum Committee, I immediately thought of all my forced visits as a child to the various museums in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington DC. My mother wanted me to have diversified culture in my life probably because she already...

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It is funny how in the course of our lives, we run across small things that will inspire us for years to come. Several decades ago, I was visiting friends in New York and we went to the Oak Room to hear Barbara Cook perform. She began the evening with a song from the little known musical, Seesaw. ...

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This is a continuation of my last blog in which I focused on some of the recent ways that USHJA has acted on its mission of promoting the welfare of the participants in our sport.

On April 1st, it became mandatory for everyone riding on the grounds of a USEF hunter/jumper competition to wear...

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One of the elements of the USHJA mission statement is a commitment to promoting our sport and “the well being of its participants”, both human and equine. In reflecting back over the past six months, I believe that the actions of the Association and its volunteer leadership have clearly demonstrat...

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