We are accepting riders to join our team for the 2024-2025 IEA show season.
Students have the opportunity to earn scholarships toward their college education through awards in competition and through sportsmanship activities.
The unique aspect of the competitions, both at the local and national level, is that none of the riders will supply their own horses or tack. Instead, the host team arranges for the horses and equipment. Since the horse is new to the rider, the scores are based upon horsemanship and equitation. All disciplines offer a variety of ability levels from beginner through advanced. The IEA has set guidelines for the placement of new riders entering the IEA to allow for the unique program format of riding an unfamiliar horse.
- Open to riders in grades 4-12.
- Horse and tack assembled for all competitions by Host Team(s).
- 2 Hunt Seat Classes Offered – Equitation on the Flat and Over Fences.
- 4 Ability Levels for Equitation on the Flat: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate and Open.
- Flat classes may include patterns for upper levels.
- 3 Ability Levels for Over Fences: Novice, Intermediate and Open.
- 4th or 5th grade riders can now be POINT RIDERS on middle school (Futures) teams and compete in any eligible division level.
- Over fences classes include cross-rails, 2’ and 2’6” jumps.
- ASTM/SEI Helmets are mandatory for all Hunt Seat riders.
- Zone and National Scholarship Awards available.
- Competition season 2024-25: August 1 – April 30.
- The 2024 IEA Hunt Seat National Finals will be held in late April 24-27, 2025 at the National Equestrian Center in St. Louis, MO.
In the 2023-2024 show season our Middle school team has won four high point show Championships and one Res. Champion. The High school team won a Champion and Res. Champion award.
At our Regional show the middle school team won Champion. Wow!
Many of our riders qualified for the Regional show and from there, seven of the riders qualified to compete at the Zone finals in Santa Rosa, CA. on March 23-24