Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL)

In its debut appearance, Maryland’s own Iron Bridge Hounds Pony Club (IBHPC) went to the US Eventing Association’s Interscholastic Eventing Championship this past weekend (May 2 – May 4) and posted an impressive and resounding win. According to USEA, IBHPC won by more than 16 points, which was a sufficiently large margin that they knew they had won before their last rider left the cross country start box. The IBHPC is based in Sandy Spring. We are not surprised that a Maryland team won the championship becuase Maryland is the epicenter of US eventing. There are more international level eventing competitions in Maryland than anywhere else in North America. And there are more national competitions licensed by the US Equestrian Federation in Maryland (20 events) than any other state except California (21), which is, of course, much larger than Maryland. We have 50 licensed eventing barns and 31 pony clubs ...