Equestrian Powerhouses Collaborate to Revise USEF Lite Competition Licensing Standards

Improvements and clarifications are necessary in every area for the betterment of the field. The equestrian community has done the same. They have revised the licensing standards of the USEF Lite competitions. Basically, USEF Lite is for the promotion and growth of the competition environment under the USEF Framework. It will assist the organizers of small, new, or formerly unlicensed competitions across the national breeds and disciplines with an entry point to the licensed competition environment. It makes these competitions go from unlicensed to regular competitions.

Recently, the US Equestrian and some of the other affiliated organizations have announced some refinements to the licensing requirements for USEF Lite competitions. This collaboration of multiple authorities to clarify the licensing requirements is one of the progressive things going on.

Equestrian communities and their highest authorities clarify licensing requirements

The US Equestrian has announced the changes they would like to bring in for the USEF Lite competitions. And for this, the collaboration is done with Arabian Horse Association, American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association, and American Morgan Horse Association. All these associations have come together to bring in the changes in license requirements. The main aim of this revision is to magnify the benefits for participants and organizers of Lite competitions.

There are multiple primary changes that have been made for the competitions. First, the changes highlight the establishment of horse entry number thresholds. Second comes the elimination of licensing fees for the upcoming two years which is $50 will be waived off for all the competitions. All the associations involved in these decisions will be actively working with the organizers to help them with everything related to USEF Lite competitions. And each and every associate will be determining if the USEF Lite competitions will be considered for their organization’s prize distribution and recognition.

The betterment of the organizers and participants has been kept in mind while making the revisions. And each and every association that is a part of this collaboration is very satisfied and is looking forward to the implications.

The US Equestrian and leaders express feelings about the revisions made 

All the members are very happy and have been very cooperative with the decisions. This is not only one of the biggest collaborations, but also one of the best decisions made for the equestrian community. The USEF CEO, Bill Moroney expressed, “We are very pleased that leaders from AHA, AMHA, and ASBHA joined us on this journey to make USEF Lite a useful competition license to benefit our members and sport. Open and candid discussions occurred in a safe environment, and this led to trust and alignment on multiple issues.”

Even Carrie Mortenson, the Executive Director of the American Morgan Horse Association said that USEF has taken great steps in listening to the problems and providing the ideal solutions for them. She is feeling extremely confident that the changes made will definitely be useful for the ideal competition that deserves to adapt in the lite environment. Deborah Johnson, the president of AHA is also very pleased to be a part of this collaboration with USEF and the other leader boards. And is more than happy with the decisions taken for the license.

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According to US Equestrian, all the authority heads had something or the other nice to say about the refinements. ASBHA Executive Director David Mount expressed, “The revisions to the USEF Competition Lite program was a true collaboration between USEF, AHA, AMHA, and ASHBA.” These decisions taken has been one of the best things in the equestrian community and the implications hopefully will take it to the better side.

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