After review, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has announced the addition of 29 sanctioned competitions to the Florida competition calendar for the 2022 season.
In April, the national federation’s Board of Directors approved a resolution “permitting the USEF to contemporaneously review all Mileage Exemption Requests for Hunter, Jumper, and Hunter/Jumper Licensed Competitions in Florida occurring within the first trimester of the 2022 competition year.”
“This was done to provide the Federation the most universal consideration of the hunter/jumper competition landscape at that time of year in that region due to the concentration of horses in Florida during the first several months of the competition year caused by the seasonal migration of competitors,” Wednesday’s announcement stated.
The Terranova Equestrian Center in Sarasota, FL received five approved competitions. The venue will also host a new Split Rock Jumping Tour event that will feature Jumper Level 6 and CSI2* competition, pending FEI approval, in late January. All competitions at the venue will have capped entries limiting the events to 400 horses.
HITS Ocala will receive five new dates, three of which would have FEI competition (CSI2*) should the international federation grant approval.
Fox Lea Farm in Venice, FL benefited most, with nine competitions approved. The events will host National level hunter and Jumper Level 4 competition in January, February and March 2022.
Nine competitions were also approved for The Ridge in Wellington, FL, but they are limited to equitation classes.
The full list is as follows:
Approved Additions to the Florida Hunter/Jumper Calendar: First Trimester of 2022 Competition Year
The Ridge, Wellington FL
Approved to conduct the following competitions:
- 1/18/2022 – Comp #328164 – Equitation classes
- 1/25/2022 – Comp #328864 – Equitation classes
- 2/1/2022 – Comp #329156 – Equitation classes
- 2/8/2022 – Comp #328865 – Equitation classes
- 2/15/2022 – Comp #328166 – Equitation classes
- 2/22/2022 – Comp #328866 – Equitation classes
- 3/1/2022 – Comp #329157 – Equitation classes
- 3/8/2022 – Comp #328249 – Equitation classes
- 3/15/2022 – Comp #328868 – Equitation classes
HITS Ocala, Ocala, FL
Approved to conduct the following competitions:
- 1/18-23/2022 – Comp #330361 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 5, CSI2* (pending FEI approval) with total jumper prize money limit of $137,500
- 1/25-30/2022 – Comp #330362 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 5, with total jumper prize money limit of $137,500
- 2/1-6/2022 – Comp #330363 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 5, CSI2* (pending FEI approval) with total jumper prize money limit of $137,500
- 3/15-20/2022 – Comp #326591 – Hunter Premier, Jumper Level 6, CSI2* (pending FEI approval) with total jumper prize money limit of $300,000
- 3/22-27/2022 – Comp #330909 – Hunter Premier, Jumper Level 6 with total jumper prize money limit of $1,143,500
Fox Lea Farm, Venice, FL
Approved to conduct the following competitions:
- 1/19-23/2022 – Comp #335001 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 1/26-30/2022 – Comp #333307 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 2/2-6/2022 – Comp #333308 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 2/9-13/2022 – Comp #333309 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 2/16-20/2022 – Comp #333310 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 2/23-27/2022 – Comp #333326 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 3/2-6/2022 – Comp #333327 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 3/9-13/2022 – Comp #338652 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
- 3/16-20/2022 – Comp #341904 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4 with total jumper prize money limit of $60,000
Split Rock Jumping Tour at TerraNova, Sarasota, FL
Approved to conduct the following competition:
- 1/26-30/2022 – Comp #341583 – Jumper Level 6 and CSI2* (pending FEI approval) with a limit of 400 horses
TerraNova, Sarasota, FL
Approved to conduct the following competitions:
- 1/12-16/2022 – Comp #341925 – Hunter Regional I, Jumper Level 3, with a limit of 400 horses
- 1/19-23/2022 – Comp #341926 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4, with a limit of 400 horses
- 3/16-20/2022 – Comp #341919 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4, with a limit of 400 horses
- 3/23-27/2022 – Comp #341928 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4, with a limit of 400 horses
- 3/30-4/03/2022 – Comp #341921 – Hunter National, Jumper Level 4, with a limit of 400 horses
These approvals come in addition to existing dates, including the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington.
“The goal at USEF is to provide a competition environment that meets members’ needs for the development of equine and human athletes, horse and human safety and welfare, athlete protection, and a fair and level field of play,” the announcement stated.
Once the licensing agreements have been executed, these competitions will be added to the USEF competition calendar which can be searched by clicking here.
Those with questions about these additions to the competition calendar or the calendaring process can contact Katlynn Wilbers at kwilbers@usef.org.
