USHJA Regional Championships Confirmed – and More Updates From Blenheim EquiSports!
As the countdown to the return of competition at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park continues, Blenheim EquiSports is pleased to announce that the USHJA has confirmed two regional championships will be held in San Juan Capistrano, CA, in June.
The Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Southwest Regional Championship and the Standlee/USHJA National Hunter Derby Southwest Regional Championship will now be held during the Blenheim June Classic, running June 26-30, 2024.
The show will also feature the Blenheim West Coast Pony Hunter Challenge and the USHJA Pony Hunter Derby Championships – West, as well as the all-new
Blenheim West Coast 2’6” Children’s & Adult Hunter Challenge and much more! In preparation for the West Coast Pony Hunter Challenge, pony competitors are invited to participate in the Pony Model Warm-Up on Wednesday, June 26 – with fun costumes encouraged! To view the revised show schedule, click here.
The summer line-up at The Riding Park will also feature two three-day events, presented by Equi Sports Inc., featuring USHJA Outreach classes and equitation medals sanctioned by the CPHA, PCHJA, LAHJA, SCHSA, OCHSA and GSDHA. The new shows will also offer jumper classes – ranging from itty-bitty to the $20,000 1.35m Open Jumper Classic – $1,000 2’6″, $1,500 2’9″ and $2,500 3′ Hunter Derbies, plus classes for all ages and experience levels.
The schedule for the San Juan Capistrano Outreach Classic 1 & 2, to be held June 21-23 and July 12-14, is now available online here – with a full prize list to come!
Back by popular demand, the “NO SHOW Series, also presented by Equi Sports Inc., will also make its summer debut on June 15-16 with an expanded schedule from walk-trot to 1.20m jumpers.
To view a new, full master schedule of show highlights – including a new USHJA International Hunter Derby added to the Blenheim Summer Festival! – click here.
For questions regarding entry changes for the Blenheim June Classic and the San Juan Capistrano 1 (previously the Blenheim June Classic 2), please text Retha at (714) 876-8543. Entries for the Blenheim June Classic will close on June 17.
The Ridland Group is working diligently and in concert with Orange County Coastkeeper to comply with all the consent decree conditions. The recent agreement reached with Orange County Coastkeeper and the City of San Juan Capistrano ensures that there will be NO interruption of any equestrian events at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park.