38 Athletes Attending EAP Regional Training Sessions in Texas and Florida Next Week

Thirty-eight athletes will be participating in the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program next week in Regional Training Sessions in Texas and Florida.

The session at Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas, is June 10-14 with clinicians Cynthia Hankins and Nanci Snyder leading the session. The session at Fox Lea Farm, in Venice, Florida, is June 12-16 featuring clinicians Candice King and Anne Thornbury.

Both sessions include 3' sections where riders are able to participate in all aspects of the program at a lower fence height.

Credit: Jump Media/USHJA

The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association congratulates the following athletes who have been accepted to participate in these sessions

Great Southwest Equestrian Center Session, June 10-14

EAP participants

  • Sydney Arbogast, League City, Texas
  • Brooke Cagle, Douglass, Texas
  • Sea Sea Dance, Lufkin, Texas
  • Annie Drew, Austin, Texas
  • Tobi Miller, Spring, Texas
  • Samantha Reynoso, Cypress, Texas
  • Avery Wegmann, Saint Rose, La. 

3’ Section participants

  • Devon Ansley, Round Rock, Texas
  • Candice Christopher, Parker, Colo. 
  • Kyra Cordell, Tyler, Texas
  • Sofia Corredor, Richmond, Texas
  • Celeste Fazioli, Seabrook, Texas
  • Sammie Frazier, Baytown, Texas
  • Charlotte Heide, Missouri City, Texas
  • Avery Hicks, Bullard, Texas
  • Ella Karekar, Sugar Land, Texas
  • Kimberly Kelly, Houston, Texas
  • Grace Loughlin, Austin, Texas
  • Grace Richard, Pearland, Texas

Fox Lea Farm Session, June 12-16

EAP participants

  • Victoria Craig, Weston, Fla. 
  • Brooks Hull, Punta Gorda, Fla. 
  • Mia Maloney, Amite, La. 

3’ Section participants

  • Katherine Becker, Tallahassee, Fla. 
  • Audrey Bennett, Lutz, Fla. 
  • Isabella Carroll, Apollo Beach, Fla. 
  • Amanda Cassese, Bonita Springs, Fla.
  • Clayton Farrell, Venice, Fla. 
  • Sophie Hendriksen, Winter Park, Fla. 
  • Rachael Lomel, Ocala, Fla. 
  • Ian McFarlin, Tallahassee, Fla. 
  • Lilly Nace, Parrish, Fla. 
  • Madison Ramsey, Palm Harbor, Fla. 
  • Ava Renner, Estero, Fla. 
  • Nicole Strasberg, Orlando, Fla. 
  • Amari Teaster, Fort Myers, Fla. 
  • Lauren Thrift, Thomasville, Ga. 
  • Ayden Turner, Fort Myers, Fla. 
  • Lawson Whitaker, Ocala, Fla. 

Sessions are held over five days with athletes participating in mounted flatwork, gymnastics exercises and coursework as well as intensive stable management lessons. Athletes also spend time auditing each other and hearing from guest speakers at the sessions. 

Auditing is available to the public free of charge for the riding portions at both sessions.

There will be seven other Regional Training Sessions held across the country this year in California, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Virginia. A full calendar of sessions with auditing information can be found here. 

Following the Regional Training Sessions, 16 of the Regional Training Session participants and a select number of stable managers will be invited to attend the National Training Session November 7-10 at University of Findlay. Riders participating in the 3' section are not eligible to participate in the National Training Session. 

The USHJA extends its gratitude to 2019 EAP Regional Training Session hosts Centenary University, Fox Lea Farm, Great Southwest Equestrian Center, HITS Balmoral Park, Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Mount Holyoke College, Sonoma Valley Stables, Tryon International Equestrian Center, University of Findlay and Virginia Horse Center.

Special thanks to the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund for their title sponsorship of the Emerging Athletes Program. The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund was founded by Lindsay Maxwell in 2016 as a means to formalize her commitment to charitable giving. The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund supports events, organizations and programs that align with Maxwell's philanthropic priorities and values including improving the lives of children with special needs, enabling access to educational opportunities and providing care, compassion and protection to animals.

The Emerging Athletes Program is also supported in part by a generous grant from US Equestrian, as well as individual donors through the USHJA Foundation. For more information, please visit www.ushja.org/EAP.