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THE LATEST NEWS FROM IHSA

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IHSA Riders to Compete in the Taylor Harris Insurance Services Adult Equitation Championship at the National Horse Show

As the National Horse Show (NHS) begins, host of the coveted ASPCA Maclay National Championship, four Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) riders prepare to compete in the Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) Adult Equitation Championship. The NHS is held at the Kentucky Horse Park Oct. 25 - Nov. 5, 2023, with the THIS Adult Equitation Championship held on Oct. 26.

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IHSA TO HOLD 2024 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT TRYON INTERNATIONAL

Gladys, Va. ­– Sept. 8, 2023 – The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) leadership has signed a three-year agreement with Tryon International in Mill Spring, North Carolina, to host the IHSA National Championship starting this season. The 2024 event will be held May 2-5, 2024.

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IHSA - Nationals 2023 - Sarah Eberspaicher - Uni of Nebraska-Lincoln - Back on Track High Point Western Rider - Credit EQ Media

University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Sarah Eberspacher Earns Back on Track Western High-Point Rider Title at the IHSA 2023 National Championship Horse Show

The 2023 Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) National Championship Horse Show ended by naming Sarah Eberspacher from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as the Back on Track Western High-Point Rider. Middle Tennessee State University rode to the top as the Western Team Champions, presented by the American Paint Horse Association (APHA).

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IHSA - 2023 Nationals - Western Judges - Credit Danielle Dunn

Western Judges Holly Hover and Debra Jones-Wright Share their Thoughts About the 2023 IHSA National Championship

Holly Hover (Cave Creek, Arizona) and Debra Jones-Wright (Abbeville, South Carolina) officiated all the Western divisions at the 2023 IHSA National Championship Horse Show in Lexington, Kentucky. Both bring more than three decades of judging experience, holding cards with AQHA, APHA, NSBA, NRHA and more. They shared their experience from the last few days of judging the IHSA riders.

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Back on Track Western High-Point Rider Competition Began with the Reining Phase

Back on Track Western High-Point Rider competition began with the reining phase with twenty riders are vying for the national championship title. Split into two sections, cheers filled the arena as riders galloped, spun and slid to impress the judges panel of Holly Hover (Cave Creek, Arizona) and Debra Jones-Wright (Abbeville, South Carolina).

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2022 IHSA High Point Western Team- Black Hawk College. Photo by EQ Media

Collegiate Riders to Descend upon the Kentucky Horse Park for the 2023 IHSA National Championship

The 2023 Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) National Championship will be held May 4-7 at Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena in Lexington. IHSA Nationals will feature hundreds of riders from across the U.S. and Canada competing in all levels of hunter seat equitation on the flat and over fences and Western divisions, including horsemanship, ranch riding and reining.

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