United States Tent Pegging Federation


The United States Tent Pegging Federation, is a national governing body for the equestrian sport of tent pegging in the United States.
The USTPF was established on December 30, 2013 and registered with the Oklahoma Secretary of State. Its headquarters is in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group is a member of the ITPF and Alliance Partner of the US Equestrian. Its President is Dr. Asim Shahzad Malik D.B.A., and its Secretary/Treasurer is Mrs. Shazia B. Malik.

History

The USTPF is founded with the intentions to promote this equestrian sport in the continental USA on December 30, 2013 by engaging youth, junior, senior and masters age groups in Tent Pegging. In the following year the USTPF was accepted and recognized by the International Tent Pegging Federation. The USTPF has organized training clinics in 2014, 2015, and 2017. Riders from the U.S. states of Maryland, Texas, and New York attended these trainings.
The USTPF was initially accepted and recognized as a member by the ITPF in April 2014, when the president of the USTPF met the president of the ITPF during the World Cup Tournament 2014 in Muscat, Oman. The USTPF obtained ITPF membership on April 30, 2014.
The USTPF was accepted and recognized for Alliance Partner Member by the United States Equestrian Federation in February 2015. The USTPF has remained a member since February 2015.

National membership

The USTPF has members from Lubbock, Texas, El Paso, Texas, Crofton, Maryland. Gambrills, Maryland, Watervliet, New York, Albany, New York, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Youngstown, Ohio, and Ewing Township, New Jersey.

International representation

The USTPF trained Team USA represented the nation abroad as follow: