Once again, time has flown by without a blog post. We have
had horse show, riding open house, fall break and are gearing up for the next
round of shows. The Hunter Seat team
placed third at our home show Oct 3rd behind NC State and Duke but
rallied back at UNC Wilmington to win. The dressage team had its first outing
at NCSU Oct. 18th finishing with a 3rd place overall.
Senior Claire Pollard earned the high point rider ribbon with a score of
76.429% in Training Level Test 2.
While I was traveling with the dressage team, the rest of
the equestrian staff worked hard to put on a wonderful riding open house for
prospective high school seniors. Friday night we hosted an information session
and dinner on campus. Heather led a crew to decorate the patio by the lake
which looked amazing. Administrators and members of the Faculty joined us to
talk about the program, answer questions and visit with families. Lots of
contacts were made with future students and we all came away thinking that the
future of St. Andrews looks great. On Saturday, Seniors rode for the Equestrian
staff and Juniors joined the staff at the Equestrian Center for tours and
information. The feedback we have received from our guests has been fabulous. Several
people commented on how our current students genuinely care for the horses.
Looking forward to this weekend, teams will be doing the fall
clean up of Hasty Road on Saturday, the IHSA hunter seat team heads out on
Sunday for a show hosted by UNC Chapel Hill and Duke and the entire dressage
team travels with Liz and I for 2 shows at Averett University, leaving at o’dark
thirty tomorrow. Next week, Pebbles and Liz and two students fly to California
for the Path Int. conference. At home we are excited to be hosting a clinic with
Bernie Traurig next weekend.
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| Claire with her High Point Ribbon |
