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The Palatine Stables Show Team hosts and competes on the Northern Illinois Hunter Jumper Association circuit as well as on the Illinois Short Circuit. Palatine Stables hosts an annual Fall Festival each October, which features riding demonstrations, pony rides, a petting zoo, crafts, and more. [7] [8] The Stables has also hosted a Winter Open ...
An estimated 250,000 people have participated in the IHSA and contributes a significant percentage of membership to the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), the U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF), the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA).
The United States Hunter/Jumper Association, or USHJA, is the governing body for hunt seat and show jumping in the United States. The mission statement of the USHJA is "to unify and represent the hunter and jumper disciplines of equestrian sport through education, recognition and sport programs". [ 1 ]
Typical work days include cleaning the stables, getting fresh feed to the horses, riding and training, and other types of labor and care. The group also competes in different types of events. One of their goals and hopes is to break into the rodeo circuits and create an African American presence among the predominantly white competition ...
The final consists of three phases. The hunter phase is a hunter-style course while the jumper phase is a more technical jumper-style course. After each phase scores are given for each rider. The top ten riders with the most points across the two phases are invited back for the third round in which riders switch horses and complete a third course.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Jenkins dominated the top horse shows. In 1967, he won four out of the six hunter-jumper champions at the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden. In the American Horse shows Association (AHSA) "Horse of the Year" awards that year, Jenkins rode winners in five of the six divisions in which he competed.
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In 1945, Frances Dodge, with her husband (polo player and hunter/jumper rider) James B. "Jimmy" Johnson, purchased Castleton Farm and relocated her Dodge stables there. Their Standardbred breeding operation included two Hambletonian winners and a Little Brown Jug winner.