USEA Area IV Newsletter- June 2026
Area IV Championships at Otter Creek Farm Fall Horse Trials 9/11 – 9/13 in Wheeler, WI!
Upcoming 2026 Area IV HT
Silverwood Farm HT 6/13/2026 Trevor, WI
Fox River Valley HT 6/19 - 6/21 Barrington, IL
Woodloch CT 6/27 Hugo, MN
Silverwood Farm HT 7/18 Trevor, WI
Otter Creek HT 8/7 - 8/9 Wheeler, WI
Silverwood Farm HT 8/22 Trevor, WI
Otter Creek Fall H.T. 9/11 Wheeler, WI
Heritage Park H.T. 9/19 Olathe, KS
Sundance Farm H.T. 9/25 Plymouth, WI
Windermere Run H.T. 10/23 Grandview, MO
Results from 2026 Area IV HT
Queeny Park | Otter Creek | Carriage House CT | Windermere Run
Don’t forget to fill out event evaluation forms to submit your feedback! Links to both below!
Adult Rider Update:
As a reminder, we have new Adult Rider Chairs, Kim Mill and Camber Sannes! They have been working hard to build up the program across the whole area!
Please complete the letter of intent form if you are considering competing at the AECs. This DOES NOT commit you to going but gives you the opportunity to be on the Adult Rider team if you do go! You won’t want to miss out! Letter of intent can be found here.
Make sure to sign up for the virtual team challenge! It is FREE this year and a great way to get to know other riders in the area! Link to google form here.
The Adult Rider Clinic for July at Otter Creek Farm in Wheeler, WI is open for registration! Camber Sannes is working on finding another clinician, as the one scheduled has cancelled last minute. Be on the lookup for updates on that. If you have direct questions, please contact Camber: ctsannes@gmail.com.
Kim Miller is working on a southern Adult Rider Clinic for April of next year. Make sure to follow the Adult Rider Facebook Page for updates on both!
Young Rider Update:
We are so excited to have TWO new Young Rider Coordinators for Area IV, Heather Williams and Christy Hagan. Their daughters, Rayna Williams and Addison Hagan, are both active Area IV Young Riders, so we are so excited to have them join the council! You can contact them at: areaivyoungriders@gmail.com.
The Intercollegiate and Interscholastic committees are looking to find an individual in each USEA Area to serve as the volunteer Intercollegiate and IEL Liaison. This person would serve under the YR Coordinator to assist in growing and managing these programs specifically. Please contact Kate Boggan at kateboggan@gmail.com if you are interested.
The EA21 Central Clinic kicks off at Julie Wolfert’s farm next week and lasts from 6/15 through 6/17. If you are local to KC, feel free to come audit – it is supposed to be a wonderful week weather wise! As a reminder, EA21 participants are now required to have 10 volunteer hours to be eligible for the program. Make sure you get those done early so you are not scrambling at the last minute!
Area IV Treasurer Update:
The Area IV Virtual Silent Auction was a great success! We raised $3,800+ for the admin budget, which contributes directly to year end awards, sponsorship of HTs, etc. If you have fundraising ideas, please send them to us! We would love some new creative ideas!
Jaime Alexander needs to take a step back. While we are super sad to see her go, if you, or anyone you know, might be interested in taking on the Area IV Treasurer role, please contact myself at jessica.ptak1993@gmail.com or Jaime Alexander at: eventerjj.useaiv@gmail.com.
Area IV Chair Update:
We will have new bi-monthly newsletters to help keep members more in the know about area happenings!
The Area IV Town Hall Meetings held were a huge success! The Otter Creek Town Hall had an amazing turnout with TONS of great feedback for us to implement as a new council and forward along to USEA. Windermere had a smaller turnout, but we also had lots of good discussions and feedback to help make Area IV stronger! It was awesome Rob Burke could join us at Windermere. I will be sending out a more formal summary (hopefully next week) for all to review in case you are not in attendance.
We are so excited to have Rachel Shelangoski join the council as our Schedule and Events Coordinator! She will be helping to organize an all-inclusive list of recognized HTs, schooling HTs, dressage shows, XC schoolings, etc. to include on our Area IV Website. Please keep an eye out for that! If you have an event you would like to be included on the list, please reach out to Rachel: rshel929@yahoo.com.
To be eligible for Area IV 2026 Year End Awards, we are now requiring 5 volunteer hours. This was announced at our Area IV 2025 Annual Meeting in February. Make sure you ask your local HTs how you can get involved! We will be checking the VIP Portal through USEA for logged volunteer hours, so organizers, please try to implement that within your events, schooling or recognized!
Link(s) to Social Media Accounts
USEA Area IV Facebook | USEA Area IV Instagram | USEA Area IV Adult Riders | USEA Area IV Young Riders
Next newsletter will be the week of August 10!