EAP Regional Training Session is Underway at Mount Holyoke College

Clinicians Jim Wofford and Colleen Reed Leading Session, Free Auditing Available

South Hadley, Mass.—July 23, 2019—The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Session at Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center is underway in Massachusetts. Athletes are learning from clinicians Jim Wofford and Colleen Reed.

The session includes a 3' section where riders are able to participate in all aspects of the program at a lower fence height.

The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association congratulates the following participants: 

EAP Participants

•    Eva Bernstein, Hampton, N.H. 
•    Katharine Dade, Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H. 
•    Emmie Esplin, Diana, N.Y.
•    Emily Forshee, Erieville, N.Y.
•    Caroline Palmer, Pittsfield, Mass. 
•    Jonathan Porteous, Arlington, Mass. 
•    Olivia Grace Rooney, Ferrisburgh, Vt. 
•    Bridget Vieau, Syracuse, N.Y.
•    Lauren Woznica, East Berlin, Conn. 

3’ Section Participants

•    Delaney Barrigar, Jordan, N.Y. 
•    Lindsey Bihuniak, Holliston, Mass. 
•    Emma Grimes, Ashland, Mass. 
•    Geniefer Loring, Hopkinton, Mass. 
•    Emmalyn Mirarchi, Harvard, Mass. 
•    Julia Peteros, East Longmeadow, Mass. 
•    Grace Taylor, Stowe, Vt. 
•    Xenia Zimmerman, Brewster, N.Y.

Regional Training 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 of the session.

There is one Regional Training Session remaining this year to be held in North Carolina. 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 in Ohio. 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.

Applications are now open to host a 2020 EAP Regional Training Session. 

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.

Photo by: Tricia Booker/USHJA