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I over looked this report in my email - sorry Kirsten, good summary of this event.

The Last Home Event

IHSA Hunt Seat Show @ St. Andrews

November 20, 2013

 Riders: Kelsey Kocher, Regi Barasch, Cami Glaff, Kimi O’Keefe, Reba Merritt, Kathryn Owens, Marli Puryear, Brianna Harrison, Sloan Stuntz, Taylor Westover, Nikki Napoleone, Danielle Eads, Samantha Taylor, Emily McBee, Briley Branden, Rachaell Dockery, Danaye Mokma, Janie Mabe Mallott, Abi Skillman, Julie Griffin, and Samantha Garriques

 Behind the Scenes Magic:

Seer of all Things: Peggy McElveen

Coach: Matt Arrigon

Schooling Personnel Round the Clock: Kelsi Peterson, Keli VDH, and Michelle Eld

Paddock Manager: Rob Jacobs

Announcer: Heather Wile Lee

Draw Table Personnel: Jackie Dwelle, Liz Dulski, and Kellie Garrabrant 

Up and at ‘Em!

Hunt Seat team members were at the barn at 5:30 AM, dark and early. It was a nice chilly start to the day as barn chores were under way: horses were fed, tack was set out, water buckets filled, hay given, barn swept, and horses groomed. At 7:30 schooling began, team member prepared their designated horses to be brought out for them to warmed up by selected riders who were not competing. 50 minutes later, 40 horses were warmed up and ready to go. The coaches’ meeting started at 9 AM and show time kicked off at 10 AM.

 The Results

Open Flat A
1st Regina Barasch 

Novice Flat A
1st Kathryn Owens 

Open  Fences A
2nd Regina Barasch 

Open Fences B
3rd Kelsey Kocher 

Advanced WTC A
4th Reba Merritt 

Open Flat B
1st Kelsey Kocher 

Novice Flat B
5th Marli Puryear 

Intermediate Flat A
Cami Glaff 

Intermediate Flat B
2nd Kimberley O’Keefe 

Walk Trot B
1st Danielle Eads 

Intermediate Fences
2nd Kimberley O’Keefe 

Novice Fences
2nd Cami Glaff 

Advanced WTC B

2nd Danaye Mokma
6th Samantha Taylor 

Novice Flat C
2nd Briley Brandon 

Advanced WTC C
3rd Sloan Stuntz 

Novice Flat D
1st Emily McBee 

Advanced WTC D
1st Kirsten Farley
6th Taylor Westover 

Advanced WTC E
5th Mary Thomson 

Novice Flat E
1st Brianna Harrison 

Novice Flat F
1st Nikki Napoleone 

Novice Flat G
1st Abigail Skillman 

Advanced WTC F
2nd Taylor Carroll 

Beginning WTC A
6th Samantha Garriques 

Novice Flat H
1st Janie Mabe Malott 

Advanced WTC G
1st Julie Griffin 

Novice Flat I
2nd Rachael Dockery 

Team Results

For the first time this whole semester St. Andrews’s Hunt Seat Team came in Reserve to UNC-Chapel Hill by 5 points. All in all though it was a very good day, everyone rode what they had to the best of their ability. The odds just were not in our favor in the end. This weekend is the last show of the semester at ECU.