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The following is personal anecdotal advice, not professional medical advice. For official recommendations on COVID-19, please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.

In these challenging times, I was asked to share my tips on how to stay mentally and emotionally positive when things are uncertain as well as tips for keeping our farms safe in this age of COVID-19. Who am I? I’m the current Area II Chair, a volunteer position that a few of us older eventers who demonstrate a certain skill at herding cats get asked to fill and are not quite clever enough to say no. I’m a transactional attorney at a large Delaware law firm, a farm owner, and an owner of too many horses, dogs, and yeah, a lot of cats too. I’m also a former show groom, professional stall mucker and farm hand, and I've started a lot of young horses. And like you, I am an eventer. What I am not is an expert in really anything - this is just what I do!

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As of March 16, 2020, the following Area II Spring events (I will include unrecognized that I’m informed about) have cancelled:

Carolina International
Morven Park
The Fork at TIEC
CDCTA
Loch Moy starter trial (March 21-22)
Hunt Club starter trial (April 19)
Fair Hill (fully canceled)

If you hear of other cancellations, please let me know so that I may update this list. Any refund policy for events depends on each event.

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Joseph Murphy is one of Ireland’s leading event riders. He recently taught a clinic in Southern Pines, NC.

Day 1 of the clinic was at Tall Wood farm in Vass, NC. The clinic took place in a big grass field with a bank complex and every kind of portable jump you can imagine.

Groups warmed up over canter cavalleti, and right away you had to adjust your horse's stride to ride through smoothly. Small fences followed, and Joseph kept building up the exercises so that they became progressively more technical. He incorporated the bank complex in several of the lines, offset verticals at extremely severe angles, and a variety of skinnies.

I am in the process of updating the new 2019 Year End Awards here at the website, and we need photos (copyright okayed) of all our champions for the listings! If you won a year-end trophy in 2019, please send your jpg file to me and I will post with your award! This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We were pleased to announce two new sponsored trophies for 2019 that will be in place for the foreseeable future in Area II; the lovely "It's The Luck of The Irish" Memorial Trophy, sponsored by Tully Cross Farm, Susan and Charles Yates, for the high score Irish-bred (RID/RIDD) Event Horse of the Year; and the new Full Moon Farm Novice Junior/Young Rider cup. The first winners of these lovely awards were Dress Blues and Meghan Fillius, and Promise Me Mars, Eleyna Caprez. Congratulations and thank you to our trophy sponsors!

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We have several divisions that were sponsored at our Awards. Mid Atlantic Horse Rescue and Bev Strauss sponsored the crystal bowls given to the Champion thoroughbreds in SIX divisions from Beginner Novice on up to Intermediate! Suzy Gehris sponsored the Master Rider awards in three divisions. And Redingote Equestrian sponsored the Overall High Score champion of the season, Lindsay Berreth and Oh So Extreme. Our sincere thanks to these sponsors for helping us celebrate our champions.

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Mission:

The activities are designed to develop camaraderie among young riders, thus, hopefully, developing lifelong friendships and a commitment to the sport. The purpose of the program is to encourage our younger members to become involved in the sport of Eventing and perhaps continue this involvement into their adult lives as members of the US Team, volunteers at local events, coaches, trainers, competitors, and consumers of equine products.

The Young Rider Program consists to two components. The NAYC branch focuses on developing and fronting riders and horses for the North American Youth Championships (NAYC) each summer. The YRAP branch focuses on providing young riders with the education and skills they need to progress through the levels regardless of level. In addition, each has a fund-raising program. The funds raised are used to help defray the costs of the program activities.

The YRAP encompass a variety of friendly competitions, camps, and educational activities which provide the educational development necessary for a young rider's progression. While many young riders never endeavor to progress to the NAYC and beyond, YRAP is in place for all members to accomplish whatever eventing goals they do have.

In short - Our members are the future of the sport!

Activities:

67162637 333240370958041 7312219664396845056 oThe 2019 Adequan North American Youth Championship three-day event presented by Gotham North is in the books, and Area II once again sent a talented squad that earned honors in all three divisions in which they were entered. The CCIJ2*-L team won the silver medal in a competitive division; our T3D riders were highly placed, and our CCIOY3* rider also won a team Bronze medal. The event took place at The Event at Rebecca Farms, in Kalispell, MT. over July 24-28, 2019. More pictures and the whole story at the Young Riders page.

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We are deeply saddened at the loss of our Team Member Ashley Stout, and her horse Avant Garde. We will be honoring her at the Adequan North American Youth Championship three-day event presented by Gotham North, at The Event at Rebecca Farm, Kalispell, MT., July 24-28, 2019. We thank and appreciate the Stout Family's gesture to express remembrances through donations to the Area II Young Riders program. #ride4Ashley

Shared on behalf of the Stout Family:

***In honor of Ashley, all fellow riders are encouraged to wear formal competition attire (sans helmet) to the services.

A life so beautifully lived deserves to be beautifully remembered. Please join us as we celebrate the life of Ashley Stout. Friends will be received from 2:00PM-4:00PM and 6:00PM-8:00PM on Monday, July 15, 2019 at Koch Funeral Home (2401 S. Atherton Street, State College). The funeral service will be at 11:00AM on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church (867 Grays Woods Blvd, Port Matilda) with a luncheon to follow. Ashley’s passion for riding and for her beloved horse, Grady, drove her young life. For this reason, in lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Area 2 Young Riders Program in Ashley's name.

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