MDIEF Scholarships
Ensuring accessibility of grass roots to FEI level eventing in Maryland
The MDIEF FEI Scholarship
The Maryland International Equestrian Foundation (MDIEF) will award four $1,000 scholarships to North American based riders wanting to compete at the 1*, 2*, 3* or 4* levels at the June Maryland International Horse Trials.
The scholarship funds will used entry fees, stabling, travel costs, and other associated competition expenses up to $1,000.
Applicant Criteria
- Open to riders who are USEF and USEA members in good standing.
- Horses and riders must be capable of competing at the level of scholarship they are applying for.
- Riders may apply for more than one scholarship level as long as it is a different horse/rider combination.
- Riders and horses who have competed in a 5* competition and/or outside of North America are not eligible.
- Horse and rider combination may not have competed above the level for which they are applying.
- Previous applicants are encouraged to re-apply
- Members of the MIEF Board of Directors and members of their families are not eligible. Family members or current clients of the Scholarship Award Committee are not eligible.
- Incomplete applications without a video submission and letter of recommendation will not be considered.
2026 application information coming soon.
Menfelt Adult Amateur Eventing Scholarship
2026 application information coming soon.
Menfelt was located at Woodvale Farm which offered horse trials in the 1990’s to 2003. This scholarship honors the history of horse trials and volunteerism at Menfelt and by assisting an adult amateur rider further develop and achieve their eventing skills and goals.
Congratulations to April Lenhard, our 2025 scholarship recipient!
April is the first member of her family to be involved with horses and got her first real start at riding through her college riding team. She leased horses and eventually purchased an OTTB, entering their first horse trial last March. April is passionate about becoming an eventer and volunteering, and looks forward to being able to utilize the Menfelt Adult Amateur Eventing Scholarship for clinics and horse trials.
Merrylegs Junior Rider Scholarship
2026 application information coming soon.
The Merrylegs Junior Rider Scholarships are geared towards diverse, young equestrians who are competing at a grassroots level. Scholarship recipients will receive a credit of $500 towards Highland Series Horse Trials, Twilight Eventing, Pick Your Time/Test Dressage & Blue Ribbon Jump Round show entries and any schooling opportunities at Loch Moy Farm over the next year. The scholarship period is 12 months, after this period, unused scholarship funds will expire. Loch Moy Farm offers a variety of fun and accessible opportunities throughout the year for grassroots riders to learn and compete.
Junior riders* age 13 – 17 riding at a grassroots level who would like to compete or are competing at the elementary, beginner novice, or novice levels. *{as defined by USEF and USEA Rulebook).
Congratulations to our 2025 scholarship recipients:
- Morgan Kilpatrick
- Lucie Byrd
- Kensley Cain
- Vivia Randall