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Zone 10 Jumper Monthly Newsletter - May & June 2010
Welcome to the monthly USHJA Zone 10 Jumper e-newsletter.
Zone 10 encompasses both California and Nevada, and is one of the largest of the USHJA’s
twelve zones based on membership, horses, and horse shows. There are almost 2,000 jumper
members in Zone 10 and in 2009 there were 167 hunter/jumper shows.
Three Zone 10 riders have been long listed for this year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian
Games, hosted for the first time on American soil at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. The
Selection Trials for the 2010 Games was held Feb.25- March 7 in Wellington, FL. Nicole Shahinian-Simpson,
Richard Spooner and Ashlee Bond represented Zone 10 in fine style as they made their bids for spots on the Long List.
Shahinian-Simpson and Spooner battled it out all week, claiming the top spots after Lauren Hough and Laura
Kraut earned their spots on the Long List and discontinued participation in the competition. Although Spooner
and Cristallo (Show Jumping Syndicate., owner) were number one for the third and fourth legs of the Trials,
they slipped behind in the final phase of the competition when they dropped two rails (ending with 14 faults),
giving way to Shahinian-Simpson aboard Tristan (Ilan Ferder, owner). She posted a clear round, her third of the
Trials, for a total of nine faults. Both of the riders earned a place on the United States team’s Long List and
the opportunity to compete with other top riders in Europe this summer for a chance at the Short List.
Ashlee Bond rode Chivas Z (Little Valley Farm, owner) to two clear rounds during the Trials, but also had
several rails down on other days and ended in 13th place with 31 faults. She was named as an alternate to the Long List.
Shahinian-Simpson was very happy with her results. "It was good for my confidence in us as a team that we can be a
contender," she said. She noted she has been happy with how Tristan has come along in his training, progressing at the
right speed and peaking at the right time. She has only been riding the 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood since May 2009.
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Revisions have been made to specifications as of March 15, 2010 -
revised zone specifications
This is an exciting competition for qualifiers of all medal classes 3'3" and under throughout the zone!
The winners of all junior and amateur medal classes will be eligible to compete in the Zone 10 North/South
Medal Challenge Finals. We are looking forward to seeing many medal qualifiers competing this year at the 2'6"
Mini Medal Finals and the 3' Stirrup Cup Finals. For information contact: 818.360.4389 or 916.947.4305.
Zone 10 Southern Challenge will be held July 9-11, 2010 at Camelot Riding Club.
Zone 10 Northern Challenge will be held October 7-10, 2010 at Brookside Equestrian Park.
Zone 10 has information and various special awards that are available to all of our
Hunter, Jumper, Equitation and Pony members of all ages and levels. Please click through the links above
to read about what Zone 10 offers.
In order to meet our goal in making this website the best tool for all your zone needs,
we want to hear from you. Please let us know your thoughts and suggestions on how to make this site more
proactive. Please contact USHJA Zones Manager, Diane Popp or at 859.225.6704.