2022 USDF/IDA Quiz Challenge

USDF and IDA are proud to bring you the 2023 IDA Quiz Challenge for the eighth year!

Membership and Quiz Challenge Registration

Membership Requirement: Participants in the Quiz Challenge must be USDF members. 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.

• Membership must be in place to register for the Quiz Challenge.
• To join or to renew your USDF membership visit https://www.usdf.org/join/
• If you are over 21 and want an Education Membership, please email [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 to access the registration button. The final day to enter is March 9.

• Once your entry has been processed, you will receive an email with further information regarding how the 2023 Quiz Challenge will be administered.
• Coaches will be sent an email listing all registered participants from their school on March 3.

Quiz Challenge Round 1

• The first round of the quiz challenge will open on March 13 and close on March 27 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
  • Annex A: https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/96D17lSsaCo/annex—bits-saddlery-equipment

    The results of Round One will be announced on April 3.

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 21 from 2-3 p.m. at The Virginia Horse Center, Lexington VA.

2023 Grand Prize

The grand prize winner of the 2023 USDF/IDA National Quiz Challenge will receive a complimentary registration to the 2025 USDF/USEF Young Rider Graduate Program held in West Palm Beach, FL January 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact the USDF Youth Programs Liaison at (859) 971-7360 or [email protected].