USPC Festival and Championships

 July 24th. - 31st. 2007

               Lexington, KY. 

What is Festival (click here for information)

Kentucky Horse Park Click here

It is my intent to eventually post all information needed by our members in order to coordinate all regional business involved in organizing  our  Championship experience. This will help relieve a lot of the stress that goes along with this and  allow us to just have more fun.

Team  Coordinators, Will work with teams to pick captains  assist in coordinating tack rooms, volunteers, chaperones, coaches, uniforms and transportation of same. Please let me know if you can help me with these responsibilities.

Lisa Sheridan and PK Richter volunteered to organize practices for our Games Teams.

ROOMS: The Deep South Region has a block of 35 rooms at the  Holiday Inn Lexington North at a rate of $89.00 plus tax.  Holiday Inn North - Lexington, KY  This motel is is very convenient to  the horse park. Phone # (859) 233-0512. As always the rooms are for competitors families first. Because of the shortage of available rooms you will not be able to make reservations until you e-mail me first and I will give you instructions on how to make the reservation. Do not contact me until your name is on this page .I have been told that all rooms are taken in Lexington but some will become available when blocks are released June 21st. I suggest you keep trying before that date though. Our cut off date is July 2, 

Champ Camp: The Region is hosting a Champ Camp that will be mandatory for all competitors. July 5-8. Complete info on this will be posted as available.

Teams: Listed below are the qualifiers for Championships from our rallies that have been completed to date. I will update this as we continue with our Rallies.. As you know the top 4 in each division are invited to compete as long as it is determined they can compete safely..  Games is a five member team. Should one or more of them choose not to or decides to compete in another division they also qualified for, then the next person on the list will be eligible.

Long List: The Organizing committee has what they call a long list. In the event they have openings in a particular division they will pull from this list. You will then be asked to be a scramble member and compete. (This does not apply in Show Jumping) I encourage all of you who want to attend Championships to send me your paper work now and if you are not placed on one of our teams I will send your name in on the Long List.

Entries and Club Checks Games entries due to Ray Stronsky RS no later than May 15th. Quiz, Dressage, Tetrathlon, Show Jumping and Eventing no later than June 15th.( No exceptions)  Final teams will be posted on this page following  these deadlines.  I suggest if you qualified in any discipline other than Games and would be willing to attend Championships in that discipline to send your entries in ASAP. If you are waiting for the outcome of the of the  Dressage/Quiz rally include a note stating that and I will hold till after the qualifiers are announced. If you are also trying to qualify for Dressage or Quiz bring all paperwork to the rally so you can leave with me prior to your departure.   Please state if you would like to be added to the long list if you did not make our team.

Paper Work Required:  Links will be active when forms are posted.

 Please send completed paper work to RS. Only send if you have all items completed. I will send incomplete packages back.

In order for all of you to follow the status of the team formation I will be coloring in the current status of each Qualifier as I receive your information. This will allow you to tract your chances, verify I received your information and that I received your DCs approval of your "Good Standing In The Club". DCs please notify and refer to this page for your members not having access to the internet.

If your name is posted below: CONGRATULATIONS !!

Please follow the following steps.

The top 4 in each division will make up our regional teams. Top 5 in Games.hose participating in Games need to commit by March 6th. Once teams are selected practices will start soon.

Deadline for Games Qualifiers is May 1st. After this date you will be removed from the listeridan will be coordinating practices.

  To go to Champions competitors must have attended a Regional Quiz Rally  

 Members above have met requirements to date but will need to notified me as to the status of their  USEA-recognized (or comparable*) horse trial at the Pre-Novice level or above, within 11 month preceding the closing date of the 2007  Championship. At least one of these two competitions must have no cross-country jumping penalties, with the other having no more than 20 cross-country jumping penalties.

Each riding competitor MUST fill out, completely, including all signatures on the back, a USEA entry (not required for team Horse Manager). This form is in addition to the Gold Book Championships Team entry
form. Click here.

If you would like to go to Championships as a Stable Manager please contact me.

                 Names in white our members who have qualified in  and have committed to attend championships, but would like to wait the outcome of the possibility of qualifying in a second discipline before making a decision. 

GOLD BOOK FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

 http://www.ponyclub.org/festival.htm

Local Information  

Lexington Visitors Bureau: 859 233-1221
 

To Be added:          IMPORTANT TRAVEL INFORMATION