Members of the Big Walnut Creek Pony Club, a chapter of the United States Pony Club, participated in the Heartland Region’s Quiz Rally on Saturday, May 10th in Indianapolis. The Quiz Rally is a team competition on horse knowledge. Questions included knowledge about horse health, anatomy, horse management, breeds, markings, competition rules, dressage, polocrosse, mounted games, and show jumping. There are approximately 13,250 members of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc (USPC) throughout the country. Along with an emphasis on helping its members to learn to ride and care for horses, Pony Club promotes teamwork, a sense of responsibility, safety, good moral judgment and self-confidence. Activities are English-riding based, and members ride both horses and ponies, depending on the size of the rider and the discipline in which s/he is competing. Pony Club competition is team competition, much like the Olympic games, where members learn the importance of cooperation and teamwork. Members range in ages from as young as 4 through age 25. 

Big Walnut Creek Pony Club Quiz Competitors: (Back Row, left to right) Taylor Smith; Chaleise Everly; Ali Sacopulis; Amelia Wilson Wright; (Front Row) Meridith Mock; Olivia Sacopulis; Spencer Haggard; Sydney Haggard.