{"id":30381,"date":"2026-03-02T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=30381"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:10:06","slug":"equine-ese-intent-forms-due","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/","title":{"rendered":"Equine ESE Intent Forms Due"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Eastern States (ESE)\u00a0Horse\u00a0Intent\u00a0Form\u00a0is now live and online.\u00a0 The\u00a0form is to indicate your interest in participating in the Eastern States Team Tryout event this summer, which will be on\u00a0<strong>July 31- Aug 1st, 2026,<\/strong>at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The event this year will offer an overnight opportunity for youth to qualify\u00a0and to learn and grow while getting to know other youth who are also interested\u00a0in trying out. Youth can participate in one of the tracks below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Teen Leader (4-H age 12 and up)<\/li>\n<li>Rider or Driver (4-H age 13 and up)<\/li>\n<li>Groom track (which is a learning track only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If youth would like to come and learn about the team, help, and observe (especially if they aren\u2019t old enough to qualify for the team yet), they can also come to tryouts as a \u201c<u>Groom<\/u>\u201d and\u00a0will need to fill out the intent form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Youth interested in any of the track options need to fill out the intent form. We use this\u00a0info to contact and update interested families\u00a0and youth.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScljyCAe26iTzLBTK71GbtUDIZxQvzZQ78ZbGhFmsc7pDUsQA\/viewform?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=113403181564152367786\">Here is the ESE intent form to be filled out by May 1st<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Approval\u00a0forms\u00a0must also be filled out and sent to your county office by May 1st as well.<\/p>\n<p>More details will be included in the tryout application packet on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/animal-science-resources\/horse\/\">UMaine 4-H Horse Website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The intent form does not bind you to the\u00a0tryout event. Applications will be used to determine the event roster and final schedule.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>If you have any questions, please reach out to: Tara Marble,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tara.marble@maine.edu\">tara.marble@maine.edu<\/a>, or<br \/>\n207.778.4650.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Eastern States (ESE)\u00a0Horse\u00a0Intent\u00a0Form\u00a0is now live and online.\u00a0 The\u00a0form is to indicate your interest in participating in the Eastern States Team Tryout event this summer, which will be on\u00a0July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[307],"class_list":["post-30381","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-calendar","cat_calendar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Equine ESE Intent Forms Due - Cooperative Extension: 4-H - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Equine ESE Intent Forms Due - Cooperative Extension: 4-H - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2026 Eastern States (ESE)\u00a0Horse\u00a0Intent\u00a0Form\u00a0is now live and online.\u00a0 The\u00a0form is to indicate your interest in participating in the Eastern States Team Tryout event this summer, which will be on\u00a0July [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cooperative Extension: 4-H\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/\",\"name\":\"Equine ESE Intent Forms Due - Cooperative Extension: 4-H - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-02T16:10:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/event\/equine-ese-intent-forms-due\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/events\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Equine ESE Intent Forms Due\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/\",\"name\":\"Cooperative Extension: 4-H\",\"description\":\"Information you can use. 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