The USPC Inter Pacific Exchange Team — Amanda Silver, Ann Bellinger, Alexa Ehlers and Reesie McGuigan — just returned from their two-week trip competing in Australia. Their team finished in third place behind Australia and New Zealand in the Nations Cup show jumping competition. Amanda sent in some video footage from the competition, which you can view below. Congrats to the team for an excellent showing on an international stage!
The USPC Inter Pacific Exchange Team in Australia.
From Amanda:
I was one of the riders on this year’s USPC Inter Pacific Exchange team. Our team of four U.S. riders had the opportunity to travel to Australia for two and a half weeks of travel, riding, competition and cultural exchange. We traveled with teams from Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and had the experience of a lifetime!
The goal of the Inter Pacific Exchange is to take top-level Pony Clubbers from different countries and give them the opportunity to share their individual experiences and make connections abroad. We saw so many amazing sights, met amazing people and rode fantastic horses. The trip culminated with a Nations Cup show jumping competition, in which we placed third!
We hope to share our experience on the Inter Pacific Exchange with young eventers and Pony Clubbers back in the U.S., who will hopefully be future Inter Pacific Exchange riders! It was a unique opportunity unlike anything I have ever done. I’ve never had so much fun in my life, and I will cherish these memories forever.
