APRIL 21 – 24, 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION
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Site and Hotel Information
Location
Virginia Horse Center
Hosted by the IDA Board
487 Maury River Road, Lexington, Virginia 24450‐3374
Tentative Schedule
Friday, April 22
11:30 a.m. – Dressage Seat Equitation Finals
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.- USDF Quiz Challenge
5:30 p.m. – Banquet and Annual Meeting. Appomattox Mezzanine, VHC
Ticketed event, advance registrations required.
Saturday, April 23
8:00 a.m. – Opening Ceremonies followed by Individual Championships
Sunday, April 24
7:15 a.m. – Team Draw followed by team competition
Accommodations
Hotels in the surrounding areas include:
Virginia Horse Center – Comfort Inn
540-463-7311
Ask for the Intercollegiate Dressage Association block
Cutoff date: 3/22/22
Sleep Inn
540-463-6000
95 Maury River Rd. Lexington, VA 24450
Ask for IDA block
Cut-off date 3/15/22
Howard Johnson Inn, Lexington VA
504-784-4946
Ask for IDA Block
Cancellation date 4/19/22
Holiday Inn Express, Lexington VA
540-463-4351
Ask for IDA Block
Cutoff date 3/21/22
Nationals 2022 Prize List Coming Soon!
USDF/IDA Quiz Challenge
USDF and IDA are proud to bring you the IDA Quiz Challenge for the seventh year!
Membership and Quiz Challenge Registration
Membership Requirement: Participants in the Quiz Challenge must be USDF members. This membership can be a Participating Membership, a Group Member Organization (GMO) Membership, or an Education Membership. Your membership must be current from when you register until the conclusion of the Quiz Challenge.
- This membership must be in place in order to register for the Quiz Challenge.
- Go here https://www.usdf.org/join/ to join or to renew your USDF membership.
- If you are over 21 and you want to do the Education Membership, please email your request to Christina Westfall at [email protected] to receive the $10.00 youth education membership rate.
Registration: Online registration for the quiz challenge can be found on this page: https://www.usdf.org/education/quiz_challenge.asp. You must be logged in to your USDF account in order to access the registration button. The final day to enter is March 3.
- Once your entry has been processed, you will receive an email with further information regarding how the 2022 Quiz Challenge will be administered.
- Coaches will be sent an email listing all registered participants from their school on March 4th.
Quiz Challenge Round 1
- The first round of the quiz challenge will open on March 7 and close on March 21 at midnight.
- Round one will focus on information from the USEF Dressage Rulebook and the following in-depth studies on https://www.usdf.org/education/university/kb/courses/indepth.asp:
- Classical Training: https://www.usdf.org/education/university/kb/course.asp?ID=1812
- Riders Aids: https://www.usdf.org/education/university/kb/course.asp?ID=1810
- Seat and Position: https://www.usdf.org/education/university/kb/course.asp?ID=1814
- Pyramid of Training: https://www.usdf.org/education/university/kb/item.asp?ID=2310&q=pyramid%20of%20training
- The results of Round One will be announced on April 1st.
ROUND 1 OF THE QUIZ WILL BE ONLINE, BUT IN A MONITORED SITUATION
- The coach (or other school authority) will set a day/time that their team will take the quiz together, in one location, in a monitored situation.
- The coach will send an email to the USDF Youth Programs Liaison ([email protected]) informing her of the date/time the team took the quiz, and will include a list of the names of those team members participating.
- The quiz results “date stamp” will be verified against that list.
Championship Round at IDA Nationals
The top five (5) riders from each level of the Round 1 competition will move to the Championship Round to be held at the IDA National Championships on Friday, April 22 from 2-3 p.m. at The Virginia Horse Center, Lexington VA.
2022 Grand Prize
The grand prize winner of the 2022 USDF/IDA National Quiz Challenge will receive the opportunity to attend 2023 USDF Young Rider Graduate program. For more information on the program, please visit https://usdf.org/education/other-programs/yr-graduate/index.asp.