If you compete at US Equestrian licensed competitions, you should apply for a USEF Competing Junior Membership. If you do not compete at US Equestrian competitons, you can join as a non-competing Fan Member for $25.

$20 per program year. An application and fee must be submitted for each year of participation. 

After USEF recieves your application, an email will be sent to you with information about the program. 

Each program year runs from June 1 through May 31.

There is not a deadline except for graduating seniors. All documentation for graduating seniors must be recieved in the USEF office by June 15. 

No. We encourage you to submit your log or competition records and proof of enrollment as soon as you have met all the requirements. There is an enormous increase in submissions recieved at USEF near the end of the program year which greatly increases the processing time up to two weeks. Submit your documentation early for faster processing.

No, please send all of your records (hour log, competition verification, proof of enrollment) in together at the same time. Online submissions are preferred and are typically processed faster. Sending piecemeal paperwork through multiple avenues increases the amount of time spent processing each submission and increases the possibility of lost documents. Please keep a copy of everything you are submitting for your records.

Current report card, current transcript, current mid-term report card or certification of enrollment in a home schooling program. Verification must include students name, institution name/homeschool designation, grade and grade year. Please black out your social security number if it appears on your transcript before submitting the document.

100 hours. Which can include riding, lessons, lunging, driving, vaulting, hacking, trail riding, ground driving, riding at competitions, etc. Only time spent actively working with a horse will count. The following cannot be used towards the hour requirement: barn chores, grooming, tacking up, stall cleaning, cleaning tack, time driving to competitions, time spent at competitions when you are not riding, etc. The hour log must be completed in either a daily or weekly format with no more than 5 hours per day.

Yes, you can use any hours or competitions during the program year (June 1 - May 31), regardless of when you signed up.

Students must compete in three different competitions during the program year. Any show that is organized by a horse show organization or club will count towards the requirement. Example: USEF, AQHA, 4-H, Pony Club, IEA, any state or local horse association shows, schooling shows, rodeos, drill team competitions, polo matches, etc.

Yes, we do allow students to sign up retroactively as long as they are in grades 5-12. For example, a sophmore just finding out about the program can also sign up for their 5-9 grade years. Students are still required to apply for each year and provide verification for each year they are enrolled in to meet the requirements for that year.

Online: https://members.usef.org/lettering/manage/dashboard

You will recieve an email after you submit your documents either approving the submission or requesting additional information. If your submission is approved, you will recieve an email with your Certificate of Achievement and within 1-2 weeks you will recieve in the mail the appropriate Middle or High School patch and/or Year Pin.

No, you only recieve a patch if it was your first year completed in Middle or High School. 

Visit www.usef.org/lettering or email [email protected] or call 859-258-2472