Each year, Pony Club offers Championship competitions in 10 disciplines: Dressage, Eventing, Show Jumping, Mounted Games, Polocrosse, Tetrathlon, Quiz (non-riding, knowledge-based competition), Western Dressage, and the Open Trail and Open Gymkhana competitions. Championships generally follow the same format as a standard rally. Members compete as part of a team and are judged on riding abilities, as well as horse management skills.

This event is free and open for the public to attend!

Championships East will be held at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina, July 26-30.

Official Program:

Saturday Night Lights presented by Tryon Horse & Home

Starting at 4pm Saturday, enjoy Touch-a-Truck, carousel rides, live music and more in Legends Plaza for the final Saturday Night Lights event of the summer. The Upper-Level Showcase will kick off in Tryon Stadium at 6:30pm!

Legends Club tables will be available for purchase at the door or online in advance.

Book Signing & Author Talk with L.M. Elliott

Saturday, July 29th, 3pm | Unique Boutique

A longtime Washington D.C. magazine journalist before becoming a New York Times bestselling author, L.M. Elliott has written thirteen historical novels for teens, including Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves; Under a War-torn Sky; and Hamilton and Peggy!.

Her works have been named NCSS/CBC Notables, Bank Street College of Ed. Best Books, Kirkus Best YA, Jefferson Cup Historical Fiction Honor Books, and Grateful American Book Prize Winners.

Elliott experienced the extraordinary symbiosis possible between horse and rider as a mother watching her daughter and her USPC compatriots train their eventers and jumpers. Elliott’s merely a “pleasure rider,” but became a happy mom-volunteer rally coordinator and trailer-driver. Learn more at: www.lmelliott.com or follow her on Twitter & Instagram @L_M_Elliott.