The Pre-Green Incentive Program, new with USHJA, is designed to encourage the development of pre-green horses. Patterned after reining incentive programs and through the work of USHJA members Colleen McQuay, Geoff Teall and others, it is becoming quite a success in its inaugural year. “It’s a good way to get the younger ‘3-foot’ horses show cased and promoted,” said hunter trainer Dee Pellegrini of Germantown, TN and give them that much needed experience before they proceed to the 3’6” ranks.
The Program is open to horses of any age that are eligible to compete as a pre-green hunter under Federation rules. Horses must be enrolled in the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Program and pay the annual enrollment fee to participate in the Pre-Green Stake classes and to be eligible for the Pre-Green Championship.
The guaranteed minimum prize money in 2013 is $25,000 plus 65 percent of all annual enrollment fees collected. A minimum of 50 percent of each $850 entry fee is also added back to the guaranteed prize money and paid out to award winners in each round. As of June 11, the prize money, before entry fee addback, was $99,002.50. If 50 horses enter and compete, the prize money will total $120,252.50
The 2013 Per-Green Championship was held August 14 - 15, 2013, the same week of the 2013 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Any horse enrolled in the program that has competed in a minimum of two USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Stake classes at competitions, between December 1, 2012, and July 31, 2013, is eligible for the championship.
The first place award in the first round went to Hunt Tosh on Dr. Betsee Parker’s Casanova, besting the field of 107 horses. With two panels of judges scoring each trip, Tosh and Casanova earned scores of 88 and 86.25 for a combined 174.25. Tosh also rode to the second place position in the first round with scores of 87 and 86.5 for a 173.5 total aboard Crisp, owned by Douglas and Kenneth Wheeler of Keswick, VA. It was Crisp who then returned to top the leaderboard in the second round with scores of 88.5 and 87 for a combined score of 175.5.
And on August 15, Tosh rode the Wheeler family's Crisp and Betsee Parker's Casanova to co-championship honors with equal scores of 177 points.
The second place award in round two went to Peter Pletcher and Lucador. Pletcher and Lucador also finished in fifth in the first round class, putting them in the second place position overall with a two-round score of 343.05. Lucador is 5-year-old Oldenburg owned by Sagamore Farm Inc.
Both Tosh and Pletcher praised the Pre-Green Incentive Program. Tosh said, “It is absolutely great for the sport.” Pletcher added, “It's great for the owners, the business and the buying and selling of the Pre-Green horses.”
Tryonite, ridden by Liza Boyd, and owned by Betty and Ernest Oare, was awarded the Inaugural 2013 American Bred High Score Perpetual Trophy.
The Championship Round was the grand finale of the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship. The First and Second Rounds took place on August 14 and included 107 qualified and entered horses that competed over 3' or 3'3" courses suitable for Pre-Green Hunters.
More information available on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USHJAPreGreenIncentiveProgram
Official information at the USHJA website: https://www.ushja.org/programs/pregreen/pg_home.aspx
The Program is open to horses of any age that are eligible to compete as a pre-green hunter under Federation rules. Horses must be enrolled in the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Program and pay the annual enrollment fee to participate in the Pre-Green Stake classes and to be eligible for the Pre-Green Championship.
The guaranteed minimum prize money in 2013 is $25,000 plus 65 percent of all annual enrollment fees collected. A minimum of 50 percent of each $850 entry fee is also added back to the guaranteed prize money and paid out to award winners in each round. As of June 11, the prize money, before entry fee addback, was $99,002.50. If 50 horses enter and compete, the prize money will total $120,252.50
The 2013 Per-Green Championship was held August 14 - 15, 2013, the same week of the 2013 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Any horse enrolled in the program that has competed in a minimum of two USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Stake classes at competitions, between December 1, 2012, and July 31, 2013, is eligible for the championship.
The first place award in the first round went to Hunt Tosh on Dr. Betsee Parker’s Casanova, besting the field of 107 horses. With two panels of judges scoring each trip, Tosh and Casanova earned scores of 88 and 86.25 for a combined 174.25. Tosh also rode to the second place position in the first round with scores of 87 and 86.5 for a 173.5 total aboard Crisp, owned by Douglas and Kenneth Wheeler of Keswick, VA. It was Crisp who then returned to top the leaderboard in the second round with scores of 88.5 and 87 for a combined score of 175.5.
And on August 15, Tosh rode the Wheeler family's Crisp and Betsee Parker's Casanova to co-championship honors with equal scores of 177 points.
The second place award in round two went to Peter Pletcher and Lucador. Pletcher and Lucador also finished in fifth in the first round class, putting them in the second place position overall with a two-round score of 343.05. Lucador is 5-year-old Oldenburg owned by Sagamore Farm Inc.
Both Tosh and Pletcher praised the Pre-Green Incentive Program. Tosh said, “It is absolutely great for the sport.” Pletcher added, “It's great for the owners, the business and the buying and selling of the Pre-Green horses.”
Tryonite, ridden by Liza Boyd, and owned by Betty and Ernest Oare, was awarded the Inaugural 2013 American Bred High Score Perpetual Trophy.
The Championship Round was the grand finale of the USHJA Pre-Green Incentive Championship. The First and Second Rounds took place on August 14 and included 107 qualified and entered horses that competed over 3' or 3'3" courses suitable for Pre-Green Hunters.
More information available on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USHJAPreGreenIncentiveProgram
Official information at the USHJA website: https://www.ushja.org/programs/pregreen/pg_home.aspx
