2026 Area III Championships
May 30 - 31, 2026

The 2026 USEA Area III Championships continue a proud tradition of competitive eventing and community across our area. Building on the success of the 2025 Championships held at Ocala Summer I at the Florida Horse Park, this year’s championships will again showcase top horse-and-rider combinations across a wide range of divisions, along with exciting team challenges for Adult Riders, Young Riders, and Interscholastic Eventing League members. Below you’ll find division listings, qualification requirements, team challenge information, and important links as you plan for the 2026 championship season.

Area III Championship Divisions:

  • Open Intermediate (OI-CH)

  • Open Preliminary (OP-CH)

  • Open Modified (OM-CH)

  • Training Rider

  • Training Horse (TR-CH & TH-CH)

  • Novice Rider

  • Novice Horse (NR-CH & NH-CH)

  • Beginner Novice Rider

  • Beginner Novice Horse (BNR & BNH)

  • Starter Rider

Qualification Information

  • Qualifying Period: July 1, 2025 – May 12, 2026

  • Placing to Qualify:
    Starter - Preliminary:     1st thru 5th at one event with no cross-country jump penalties

  • Intermediate: completion of a minimum of 2 events (Intermediate HT or 3*) with no cross- country penalties.

  • Open to members of other Areas but non-residents must qualify within Area III.

Team Challenges:

For questions about IEL or team challenges, please see contacts below:

  • Adult Rider Program:

    • Debbie MacConnel, Adult Rider Coordinator: Area3AdultRiders@gmail.com

    • Joanne Morse, Young Rider Co-Coordinator: area3youngriders@gmail.com

  • Interscholastic Eventing League:

    • Courtney Borton, Area III Chair, USEA IEL Task Force Member: courtney.borton@gmail.com

Please refer to these important links: 

Florida Horse Park Website

Omnibus Listing