The USHJA Zone 6 Hunter Committee has created this program to provide Handy Hunter Challenges, which test skills riders and their horses might use during an enjoyable day of foxhunting combining the elements of flat and over-fences classes. A handy hunter is a horse or pony that is very easy to maneuver around a course in a ring or in the hunt field. Different elements that might be seen in a handy hunter course include, but are not limited to, fences at the gallop,rollbacks, trot fences, a gate to open and/or close from the horse's back, etc. This class may not be appropriate for a green horse/pony or a novice rider.
2019 Zone 6 Handy Hunter Specifications
2018 Zone 6 Handy Hunter Challenge
| Dates | Competition Name | Manager | City, State |
| April 19-22 | Omaha Equestrian Preview | Maureen Urban
maureenurban8@gmail.com | Elkhorn, NE |
| RESULTS: Combined 397 & 398 Handy Hunter Challenge |
| May 12 | Maffitt Lake Spring Gathering I | Libby Hott
libbyhott@gmail.com | Cumming, IA |
| RESULTS: 2'9 Handy Hunter Challenge 451 | 3' Handy Hunter Challenge 452 |
| May 17-20 | MHJA Horse Show | Patty Humphries
pattyhumphries@msn.com | Hugo, MN |
| RESULTS: 2'9 Handy Hunter Challenge 198 | 3' Handy Hunter Challenge 199 |
| May 31-June 3 | UEE Goodtime Days | Maureen Urban
maureenurban8@gmail.com | Elkhorn, NE |
| RESULTS: ChAA Handy Hunter Class 397 | Jr/Am Handy Hunter Class 398 |
| June 6-10 | Mid States Spring | Mike Urban
Nofx8085@aol.com | Mason City, IA |
| RESULTS: ChAA Handy Hunter Class 397 | Jr/Am Handy Hunter Class 398 |
| July 25-29 | Valley Park Horse Show | Barbara Long
valleypark@msn.com | Des Moines, IA |
| RESULTS: ChAA Handy Hunter Class 400 | Jr/Am Handy Hunter Class 400 |
| Aug 2-6 | Two Rivers Summer Festival I | Libby Hott
libbyhott@gmail.com | Cumming, IA |
| RESULTS: ChAA Handy Hunter Class 451 | Jr/Am Handy Hunter Class 452 |
| Sept 5-9 | Indian Summer in Elkhorn | Maureen Urban
maureenurban8@gmail.com | Elkhorn, NE |
| RESULTS: Combined ChAA-Jr / Am Handy Hunter397c |
| Sept 12-16 | Mid States Fall | Mike Urban
Nofx8085@aol.com | Mason City, IA |
| RESULTS: ChAA Handy Hunter Class 397 | Jr/Am Handy Hunter Class 398 |
