40th IHSA National Championships Announce EquestrianCoach.com Achievement of Excellence Award

Fairfield, CT (February 27, 2013) - In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of America’s most prestigious college equestrian competition, organizers of the 2013 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championships, May 2-5, at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, are delighted to announce the debut of the EquestrianCoach.com Achievement of Excellence Award in both Open Hunter Seat and Open Reining Classes, sponsored byEquestrianCoach.com and Bernie Traurig, and offering star-studded internships with Missy Clark, coach of more than 35 equitation and hunter/jumper champions, and World Equestrian Games Reining Gold medalist, Tim McQuay.

IHSA to Celebrate 40 Years of America's Oldest and Largest Collegiate Equestrian National Championships

Fairfield, CT (April 26, 2013) – In 1973 there were no cell phones, home computers, smart cars or internet but there were a determined handful of college coaches and teams who met in good-natured competition for what became the first annual Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships. This May 2-5, the Equine Arena of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg will host the 40th celebration of what are now the oldest and largest collegiate equestrian national championships in America, bringing together more than two dozen teams and 400 individual riders who qualified through regional and zone finals for the privilege of competing as college riding's best of the best.

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40th Annual IHSA National Championships to Honor Dartmouth Coach Sally Batton with Lifetime Achievement Award

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IHSA Official Facebook Page Named Finalist for FEI Solidarity Award

Meet the IHSA Media Interns

Debut Opportunity Lets Intercollegiate Riders/Writers Share More Team News

The Centenary IHSA team remains undefeated for the first time in years

Summary: The Centenary IHSA team remains undefeated for the first time in years, winning all six of their horse shows with 244 points. Centenary coaches Michael Dowling and Heather Clark are excited about the 78-member team and have high hopes for all of them in the spring semester.

A World’s Accomplishment

Summary: Andrea Smith, Captain of the Berry College Western Team, was given the chance to compete at the AQHA World Show. Read here for her experience.

More Than Good Horse Sense: IHSA Riders Rank Among Rhodes Scholars for Second Time in Two Years

Stride for stride, solid horse sense leads to scholarly achievement. For the second time in two years, the Rhodes Trust has awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association college equestrian athlete to pursue post-graduate study at Oxford University.

Mid-Atlantic Equitation Festival Pins High Score College Rider Award to George Mason University IHSA Rider Carley Ziegler

Carley Ziegler, who rides on the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) hunter seat team for George Mason University of Fairfax, VA, earned the inaugural High Score College Rider Award at the Mid-Atlantic Equitation Festival and Country Life Holiday Shopping Expo, November 17-18, 2012, at Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro, MD. The Festival is the first of its kind to offer Mid-Atlantic riders equitation finals similar to the New England Equitation Championships.

IHSA Members Emerge as Finalists in Top USHJA Programs

IHSA members are among the national finalists for the USHJA Emerging Athletes Program and others.

IHSA Riders Put the A+ in AQHA

Presence Felt in Congress Court, Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge 2012 All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen title and inaugural AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge class at the AQHA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City saw commanding representation by IHSA college equestrian athletes.

Riding Well, Doing Good: Hofstra IHSA Raises $6,000 Against Leukemia

Each August since 2008, DeLeary and her team of IHSA alum volunteers have hosted an Annual Polo Match to Benefit LLS, at Country Farms Equestrian Center in Medford, NY, training base for the Hofstra IHSA team.

IHSA Launches Media Internship: Sept. 10 Deadline for Student Riders to Apply, Build Communications Portfolio

2012 IHSA National Championships: The Pinnacle of a College Career

IHSA Nationals in a nutshell: Mary Drueding's Saint Lawrence team won the Collegiate Cup making her the first hunter seat coach to win titles for two schools. Kels Bonham (SCAD) won the USEF/Cacchione Cup. The AQHA High Point Western Team was Oregon State coached by Dawn Ross; reserve was Ohio State. Coach Ollie Griffith’s son, Austin, was AQHA High Point Western Rider. Ohio’s Elisabeth Bianco was NRHA Open Reining Pattern Champion.

IHSA National Championships 2012

Oregon State University and AQHA member Austin Griffith, riding for Ohio State University, rode off with wins on May 3-6 at the 2012 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships.

NRHA Members Figure Prominently in IHSA National Championships

From L.A. Pomeroy news release - The 39th edition of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championships was held May 3-6, at the Hunt Horse Arena located on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. NRHA was proud to be an official sponsor of the IHSA Western Semi-Finals (March 24-25) and thrilled to enhance their sponsorship of the 2012 IHSA National Championships. Several NRHA members figured prominently into the Championship results further increasing NRHA’s presence at the event.

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