Photo by Leslie Wylie.
Heads up (and heels down) Training level competitors! The Charles Owen Technical Merit Award is back for a 10th year. This prize recognizes juniors and amateurs who demonstrate appropriate and safe cross country riding at designated events around the country, while educating riders and trainers as to what constitutes safe cross country riding.
From the USEA:
The COTM Award will be presented at one event in each of the 10 USEA Areas at the Training level to one junior and one adult amateur rider who have not competed at the Intermediate level or above. Every eligible rider at the Training level is automatically judged during their cross country round on the five criteria listed below and receives a scoresheet with written comments, providing valuable feedback on their cross country riding technique.
Read more about the five criteria here.
Each Award winner will receive a Charles Owen body protector and helmet bag, and the overall highest scoring junior and adult amateur rider from all 10 events will receive a voucher for a Charles Owen helmet. The USEA will provide ribbons through third place for each junior and adult amateur at every host COTM event.
The tentative 2019 COTM calendar:
Pine Top Advanced H.T. | February 23-24, 2019 | Thomson, GA (Area III)
Golden Spike H.T. | June 15-16, 2019 | Ogden, UT (Area IX)
Coconino Summer I H.T. | July 5-7, 2019 | Flagstaff, AZ (Area X)
The Event At Rebecca Farm | July 24-28, 2019 | Kalispell, MT (Area VII)
Cobblestone Farms H.T. | August 2-4, 2019 | Dexter, MI (Area VIII)
Genesee Valley Riding & Driving Club H.T. | August 17-18, 2019 | Geneseo, NY (Area I)
Shepherd Ranch SYVPC H.T. II | August 24-26, 2019 | Santa Ynez, CA (Area VI)
Otter Creek Fall H.T. | September 13-15, 2019 | Wheeler, WI (Area IV)
Texas Rose Horse Park | November 9-10, 2019 | Tyler, TX (Area V)
Full Moon Farm H.T. | November 10, 2019 | Finksburg, MD (Area II)
Go Eventing.
[Charles Owen Technical Merit Will Reward Safe Cross-Country Riding in 2019]
