Home of the Memphis Area Champion IEA Youth Equestrian Team:
2019-2020 IEA Zone 4 Region 12 High School Reserve Champion AND Champion Middle School Teams.

MEMPHIS YOUTH EQUESTRIAN TEAM (MYET)

Proud to be the 1st Memphis area Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Team in history, to qualify BOTH High School and Middle School Team's for Regionals in our first year! 

WHO IS THE MEMPHIS YOUTH EQUESTRIAN TEAM?
The Memphis Youth Equestrian Team is a Hunt Seat team and 2019-2020 was our very first year! We are proud to be the first IEA team established in the Memphis area offering both a High School and Middle School team! We are also the first local team to qualify BOTH our High School and Middle School Team's for our Zone Four Regionals 2019 to 2020 Season!!! BOTH our High School and Middle School team's were Champion High Point Team at our last regular show of the season at Providence Hill Farm in Jackson, MS. We are also the Champion Middle School and Reserve Champion High School Team in our Zone & Region!

Currently, we are recruiting youth riders and open to Memphis, Collierville, Germantown, and Olive Branch area middle and high school youth. Our Team is a year-round,  fun, educational, and a more affordable way to participate in riding and horse shows than traditionally- when having to own or lease a horse of your own With this method, you only need to lease a horse and pay horse fees at the shows you attend. We keep our team fees in check and offer alternatives if you can not afford IEA required costs.You do NOT need to own a horse to participate. Our team is for kids who love horses,  and who  want to expand their education about horses in a supportive, encouraging group of fellow horse lover's. Your coaches and team will hold you to high standards to help you meet your goals, but fun will be had by all!

Our Team's goal is to expand equestrian sports to kids interested, affordably! Our team provides you flexible pay as you go options so that you can budget to attend events. We wish to encourage youth to pursue riding and strive to further youth equine education and career interests in the Memphis area. We're focused and dedicated to building a program focused on good horsemanship, good sportsmanship, and teamwork.

Joining our team is easy. We will walk you through the criteria and rules required to join. See some of the benefits below:

• Open to rider's of all abilities- Beginner's Welcome! You do NOT have to be an experienced rider! 
• We offer competitive and flexible practice options with participating coaches that  to teach you the riding skills needed to compete and/or hone your existing riding ability.
• Team members are required to take a minimum of two (2) lessons per month with one of our Coaches (Coach Ashlee Pigford, Leslie Gattuso, or Allison Rayburn) OR with your current hunt seat trainer at another farm that we approve. 
• If you work with another trainer, but would like to participate on our team, no problem! You can do both AND meet team requirements as long as you meet our practice and membership requirements.
• If you own a horse of your own, but can't afford the costs to compete at horse shows,  this is a great alternative for you to afford competitive showing and gain experience riding many different types of horses.
• Are you interested in going to a college offering an Equestrian degree and/or Intercollegiate Riding Team? This will help prepare you AND give you an outlet to pursue grants and scholarship opportunities!​ ​​
• We welcome participation from local Memphis area horse trainers & professionals interested in participating. We want to build a competitive team! Contact us with your questions anytime.​
• Perk of our team is that members often get the opportunity to assist at Meadowthorpe as working students and put supervised rides on project and training horses as arranged by Coach Ashlee outside of lessons without owning or leasing your own horse. Only IEA members and/or students enrolled in regular lessons are offered this opportunity.  

Contact Ashlee at 901-210-5920 or email us here for additional information.