My weekend started really early and amazingly the Fayetteville News and Observer arrived before I headed out to the barn. The cover of the weekend section had a great picture in silhouette of one or our hunt seat riders leading a horse into the lesson barn. Inside in “A day in the life of Laurinburg” was a great piece about the riding program including quotes from Ashley Duda. Later in the article the pipe band was also featured.
Hunt Seat IHSA Show – Wow! This is Peggy’s report to the SAPC community.
St. Andrews Riders Score Big Win in Season Opener
The St. Andrews Hunter Seat Team bested all 17 teams in Zone 4, Region 3 in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association season opener on Saturday, September 26. With a record crowd in attendance, the St. Andrews riders dominated the competition throughout the day. Led by junior Rob Jacobs, the riding Knights had secured the Champion Team title before the last six classes of the thirty one classes were contested. Rob Jacobs was Champion High Point Rider and freshman Katie Hansen was Reserve Champion High Point Rider. The final team results were:
St. Andrews Presbyterian College - 47 points
Virginia Tech - 37 points
Virginia Intermont College - 31 points
Duke University - 30 points
Elon University - 27 points
NC State University - 26 points
UNC- Chapel Hill - 25 points
UNC- Greensboro - 22 points
Appalachian State University - 17 points
East Carolina University - 16 points
UNC - Charlotte - 13 points
Wake Forest University - 12 points
Davidson College - 10 points
NC A& T State University - 6 points
Western Carolina University - 5
Averett University - audited
UNC - Wilmington - audited
Special thank you to Mike Morton who served as the announcer for the show!
The next Hunter Seat Team competition is October 18 at Virginia Tech.
The St. Andrews Western Team begins its season at home this Saturday, October 3. The Western Team is currently ranked 4th in the nation.
The Dressage Team is competing today at Averett University in Danville, VA.
Late News:
Greta Friesen won the First Level division!
St. Andrews Team placed 4th overall!
As you can see the dressage team had a good day at Averett. All my riders tried their best and there were some great rides that did not place but were tactfully ridden. The funniest part of the day was when the dog ran through the arena during Olivia Taylor’s intro test. Olivia said she hardly noticed it while the audience was laughing at the high speed canine. Olivia placed sixth in the Intro division and freshman Lindsay Agliotis placed fifth in lower training.
Next weekend SAPC hosts IHSA Western, the dressage team has the first in the SAPC Dressage Shows on Friday and then heads to Virginia Intermont Saturday afternoon for a show on Sunday.
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