We’re here in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final, where 169 of the country’s top junior riders aspire to win one of the most elusive equitation titles.
We’ll try to post every 10 riders or so, with updates on how the course is riding, who has done well, who hasn’t, etc. Please don’t expect an account of every rider’s trip, but we’ll try to keep you up-to-date. Scroll down to see the most recent posting.
Want to see the course, find out who the judges are and learn more about this year’s edition of the class? We’ve got all the information here.
Disclaimer: We’re providing this as a service to those who are interested, and we’re just recording our observations. We are not judges, just reporters who have watched the Medal Final in its entirety for the past few years. You may not agree with our notes, and that’s fine; we’re not putting them out there as the authoritative word but as information for those interested. That said, read on!
RESULTS
1st JJ Torano
2nd Sydney Raidy
3rd Maddie Tosh
4th Ariana Marnell
5th Olivia Sweetnam
6th Adriana Forte
7th Kate Hagerty
8th Schuyler Dayner
9th Rylynn Conway
10th Capri Truesdale
11th Olivia Aul
12th Faith Schuttemeyer
FIRST ROUND
Riders 1-50
1 Avery Faye Smith starts us off. She was having a lovely trip when her horse ticks off both top rails from the oxer at 9. A quiet distance or two, but otherwise a nice trip.
2 Payton Lussen from Connecticut is next. She goes inside from 4B to 5, which I suspect many riders will do. She gets a little long to 9. Her horse ticks a rail from 11, the Swedish. She finishes nicely.
3 Mckayla Brombach from Texas is next. She’s on a lovely gray called Actionable. Her round is very controlled. Actionable ticks a rail from 9, but it’s otherwise a good round.
4 Sophia Tabasso from Malvern, Pennsylvania, is on a big chestnut. She gets a few quiet distances but otherwise has a very nice go.
5 Kate Hagerty finished third here last year. She’s on Magic Moment. She gets a little close to Fence 3 but makes it look smooth. She makes everything look pretty easy and finishes to big applause.
6 Sabine Close is here from California, where she’s won the Ronnie Mutch during the Desert Circuit. If I had to be picky I’d say her pace is a little uneven, but really it’s a good round with no mistakes.
7 Maxine Boeding from Sag Harbor, New York, is next. She has a beautiful black horse who looks honed in on the course. She does a great job staying on the right track to get seven strides from 10-11. The fences in her course all match. A nice go.
8 Caroline Bridgeman from Chicago is up. She adds in several lines, including the in-and-out at 8 AB and her horse ticks rails from Fence 9 and 11.
9 Adriana Forte just had a good show at Capital Challenge, winning the 16-year-old equitation championship. She makes everything look pretty easy. She gets lots of whoops from her training team at Heritage Farm.
10 Alexa Anastasio from Wayne, Illinois, is next. She added up the first line, but finished very nicely.
11 Olivia Pittenger from The Hills, Texas, has a leggy chestnut. She’s not quite as smooth as she’d like in places but has no real mistakes.
12 Talia Kirson gets a little close to the Dover and her pace is a little uneven. She finishes with no real mistakes.
13 Reese Merna from Mendham, New Jersey, is in next. She gets 3-4AB nicely. She’s a touch snug to 9 and 11 but not bad at all. She finishes to lots of applause.
14 Katalena Prusso from Woodstock, Georgia, is next. She marches up the first line and keeps her good pace. She gets just a touch tight to 6 and a quieter jump to the last but she makes them look good.
15 Sarah Stary from Oswego, Illinois, is up. She stays out and goes around the decorations to get to the Dover and it gets tight. She pulls a rail at Fence 9. She measures the seven from 10-11 nicely though her mount is getting a bit strong.
16 Anika Spaeth from Aiken, South Carolina, is next. The 16-year-old does seven rather than six up the first line. The rest of the course is very good.
17 Kaitlyn Linck of Clinton Corners, New York, is the next rider in the ring. Her distances all come up out of stride and she makes the seven from 10 to 11 look easy.
18 Henry Hollis had a last-minute horse swap. He’s on NKH Warrior today. He goes around to get to the Dover. He gets six up the line from 10-11 where the instructions say seven. Otherwise he has no major problems.
19 Colvin Hall of Amelia Island, Florida, is up. She gets a little weak to 3 and has a rub there, and is a touch close in a few other places but not dramatically so.
20 Jillian Puthoff from Reno, Nevada, is 20th. She measures the seven from 10-11 well and finishes nicely to lots of applause.
21 Chandler Wilks on Star City is next. She won the USEF Pony Medal Final a few years ago. She marches up the first line and keeps that pace throughout. She misses to fence 9 and takes that top rail down. Her horse looks strong, making her work to get seven strides from 10-11.
22 Lucinda Exner of Goffstown, New Hampshire, is in the ring. She gets her big black horse a touch close to Fence 3. Her horse takes off three-legged to 9 and she’s a little uneven throughout.
23 Anngelina Morton from Avon, Connecticut, is up on Kingston. Her horse is very adjustable, but takes a rail at Fence 9. The seven from 10-11 gets a little tight. She finished nicely.
24 Veronica Feeley of Canton, Georgia, is up. She adds from 3 to 4A. She stays out and makes the seven strides, which is in the judges’ directions, from 10-11 look good.
25 Emma Hakim from Greenwich, Connecticut, has a big black horse. She doesn’t get the distance quite right to 4A and her horse stopped and she came off and lands on the gate. She looks sore but gamely runs up her stirrups and makes her way out of the ring.
26 Hannah Famulak of West Palm Beach, Florida, is in the ring. She gets a good pace right from the start. The seven from 10-11 gets a little tight as does Fence 12, which comes down.
27 Vivian Golden from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, is up next. She already won a junior hunter title here this week with Chaminox. Her horse gets a little strong to 9 and she has a rail down there. She works hard and gets the seven from 10-11 done nicely. That’s not easy!
28 Julia Babington is on a cute gray horse. The Oak Hill, Virginia, rider goes around from 4B to 5. A turn or two isn’t quite as smooth as she’d like, but she has no real mistakes.
29 Katia Holmes from Barto, Pennsylvania, next. She has to run a little to get up the first line and from 3-4A she has to push too when she gets in quiet. Her horse takes off three-legged from 8B, which he has down, and she adds to 9, which she has down. She has a stop at 10, and a second stop there ends her day.
30 Rylie True from Bedminster, New Jersey, is next. She has a big-strided chestnut. She gets a little close to 9 and has that down—that oxer is coming down a lot, mostly the front rail.
31 Mia Frigon from Sudbury, Massachusetts, is in the ring. She has the front rail of 9 and has to work to get the seven between 10-11, she has 12 down, the last fence on course, then her horse hones in on Fences 8AB during her closing circle and he jumps those as well.
32 Taylor Landstrom from Excelsior, Minnesota, is in the ring. She has a rub at 9 but makes the course look easy. Her trainer Abby Blankenship leads off the loud applause.
33 Annie Kimball from Milton, Georgia, is up. She’s committed to Texas Christian University. Her horse gets strong going through the turns and she has to work to lighten him up. She gets the seven from 10-11 done early and finishes nicely.
34 Quinn Hunter of Wellington, Florida, is next. She makes a big move to the Dover which makes the distance to 6 come up tight. She has a rail at 9. The seven from 10-11 gets awkward and her horse takes down that whole jump.
35 Gigi Phillips from Charlotte, North Carolina, is next. She gets a little weak to 3 and can’t make the four strides to 4A happen. Her horse stops. She clears on reapproach and finishes the course nicely.
36 Cecelia Perry out of Boynton Beach, Florida, is up. Gets a touch long to 4A and again to 5. She finishes with no major mistakes.
37 Madison Stewart chips to Fence 5, the Dover jump, and to the last, Fence 12. Everything else was nice.
38 Gable Gering is here from Pacific Palisades, California. She gest a little close to the Dover, then to the next jump as well. The front rail of 9 comes down when her horse flattens out a bit there.
39 Lucia Koyama, from Sherman Oaks, California, is riding Quick Fire today. This is her first time at Medal Finals. Her horse swaps to 3 the last stride. She shortens her horse’s stride up a lot before 10 and gets the seven done nicely.
40 Ellie Welte from Dublin, Ohio, is in the ring. Her horse has a huge stride. He gets a bit strong in places and overall it’s a little uneven, but no major problems.
41 Madison Widmer from Doyline, Louisiana is in. She doesn’t make it up the first line in six and adds there. She gets a little close to the Dover and a few other jumps. She finishes nicely.
42 Lillian Valiquette of New Canaan, Connecticut, is also a competitive figure skater. She gest a little long to the Dover but makes it work. Her horse ticks a rail at 9, then she does the 10-11 in seven really well.
43 Chloe Fares added up the first line and from 3-4A. Her horse added down the second in-and-out and she tumbles off. It looks like she fell hard but she’s up right away and running up her stirrups.
44 Livia Martin is on Thunder Mountain. Her horse takes down 4A and 12, but otherwise her round is nice.
45 Katelyn Martin out of Tampa, Florida, next. The jumps come up right out of stride for her, though her horse ticks 9 out of the cups.
46 Phoenix Kennedy is on Darscheid, and she’s from Ingersoll, Ontario. She gets a little close to a few fences, and her horse takes out the front rail of 9 and of 11.
47 Elizabeth Rinehart from Carmel, Indiana, is up. She gets a little long to the last but otherwise has a really lovely trip, finishing to lots of applause.
48 Olivia Sweetnam just won double gold in the Turnham Green/USEF National Junior Jumper Championship. She’s on equitation superstar Efendi. She makes the whole course look really easy, and the crew from Ashland Farms leads the cheering.
49 Helena Timpany is very mindful of her track. Her horse takes off three-legged to 8A, but she recovers quickly and still gets the one-stride done. She finishes nicely.
50 Ansley Sparks from Decatur, Georgia, is our last rider before the drag. She chips to 3 but somehow makes it to 4A in four strides. Her horse takes down the front pole of Fence 9. She gets the seven from 10-11 done nicely.
First Standby
Kate Hagerty
Olivia Sweetnam
Cecelia Perry
Adriana Forte
Julian Puthoff
Taylor Landstrom
Kaitlyn Linck
Sabine Close
Reese Merna
Lillian Valiquette
Sophia Tobasso
Maxine Boeding
Olivia Pittenger
McKayla Brombach
Katelyn Martin
Hannah Famulak
Julia Babington
Katalena Prusso
RIDERS 51-100
51 Sydney Raidy from New York City is up. She really measures the lines and gets down them nicely. Her supporters start whooping before she’s over the last fence.
52 Antonia Collins is on Caresino Z. She uses her turns well. Though her horse gets strong she gets the seven from 10-11 nicely. Her horse ticks a rail off 12.
53 Skyler Ezzell from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, is up. She has a nice trip with no major errors.
54 Anna Markcrow is on The Diplomat, who has a giant stride. She adjusts it well through the tighter lines and has a smooth, lovely trip.
55 Eleanor Pieters is in the ring on a big, uphill bay horse. She gets just a ittle quiet to 3 and has to squeeze to get out over 4AB nicely, but it works out well. She’s a little quiet to 12 to finish nicely.
56 Taylor Cawley just won the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Medal Finals—East on the same horse she’s riding here: Oki D’Eclipse. Her horse takes down the front rail of 9, and she’s a touch long to the last, but overall a very nice round.
57 Lea Traola from Holbrook, New York, is in the ring. Her round isn’t quite as smooth as she’d like but she finishes with no major mistakes.
58 Emma Simon from New York City is up. She answers all the questions without any real problems and really does a nice job from 10-11.
59 Ella Dalton from Los Angeles, California, is next. She gets a little close to 6, then has the front rail of 9. She gets a long distance to 12 and finishes well.
60 Hailey Salita is from Malvern, Pennsylvania. She uses her cluck between 3 and 4A to get that done. She has a nice round with no mistakes.
61 Sydney Woodroof is a little rushed in places. Her horse peeks and stops at the last jump. He refuses a second time and they are excused.
62 Grace O’Connell from Long Grove, Illinois, is in. She has an awkward jump at 7. The rest of the course is pretty good.
63 Ella Hudson from Daniel Island, South Carolina, is next. She pulls a rail at 9 and her pace is a little uneven but she has no problems.
64 Ellie Bennett from Wall, New Jersey, is in the ring. She has a swap to 3. She angles 5 to 6 nicely so that works out well. She has to take a tug between 10-11 and has a swap there as well.
65 Capri Truesdale from Greenwich, Connecticut, is in. She does the seven from 10-11 really well. The whole course matches. She finishes to lots of applause.
66 J.J. Torano is next. He puts in a polished round, smoothing out a snug distance or two to finish to lots of applause.
67 Grace Russo from Los Angeles, California, is next. She nails the seven in 10-11, as well as the rest of the course. It’s a really nice trip.
68 Brooke Hagerty from Terrebonne, Oregon, is in the ring. She stays on one pace throughout the whole course, making tough parts of the course look great. She gets a little long to the last but otherwise it’s a very good go.
69 Lily Grosz from Huntington Beach, California, is in the ring. She has to add a lot of leg to get out over 4A in four strides. It’s a good trip with no major mistakes.
70 Josephine Demmo from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is up. She gets up the first line early, and gets a touch crooked in 4AB. Her course looks a bit rushed. She chips to 9 and her horse has the jump down.
71 Caitlyn Gidley has to make a move or two that’s not invisible, but nothing dramatic. Her horse takes down Fence 9. She gets the seven done from 10-11 nicely.
72 Maddie Tosh, Milton, Georgia, is next up. She’s on Dakari, aboard whom she won Washington Equitation Finals last year. Her whole round is super smooth and seamless. She finishes to huge applause.
73 Sophia Delellis is aboard the aptly named After Dark. She gets a little close to 3 and 8A. She finishes nicely.
74 Parker Peacock from Wellington, Florida, is in the ring. She’s got a big strided horse who takes down Fence 9. She finesses the seven from 10-11 well and finishes nicely.
75 Charlotte Harris, a freshman at Harvard University (Massachusetts) is up next. It’s a trip with no real problems, though it looks just a tad rushed in places.
76 Gabriella Curry has a swap before 3 and a hard rub at 9, but it stays up. Her horse cross-canters to 11 and she has that down.
77 Emma Hechtman is aboard Kingsroad. She has a swap to 3 and gets the seven between 10-11 done as well as anyone in the class. She finishes nicely to lots of applause.
78 Olivia Aul from Woodinville, Washington, is up on Folklore. She has to add a lot of leg between 3 and 4A to get the four strides done. She finishes nicely with no real mistakes.
79 Tara Govindarajan from North Falmouth, Massachusetts, is in the ring. Her horse has a rail at 9 behind. Her horse stops at the last and she comes off, landing on her feet. She runs up her stirrups before leading her horse out of the ring.
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80 Isabelle Ehman from Milton, Georgia, is up on Delano. She’s a few strides late with a change behind en route to 8A, and she gets the seven done from 10-11 but it’s a little snug. Otherwise it’s a lovely go.
81 Cecilia Chatterjee, New York City, has a rail down behind at 9. She has to work hard to get the seven done from 10-11.
82 Addison Huffman is next. Her pace is just a bit uneven and she has 9 down. Her horse objects to Fence 12 and stops there. She clears on reapproach.
83 Hampton Baker from Austin, Texas, is up on Lord Blue PS. She has a swap to 3 and has to make a move between 5 and 6 to get up that line. She breaks to trot before 10 and trots the split rail (nicely). Her horse is surprised by the final fence, an end jump, and stops there. They clear on reapproach.
84 Laurel Piombo of Nicasio, California, is next in the ring. She gets snug to the Dover then a bit close to 9, which comes down.
85 Sophia Segesman from Aiken, South Carolina, is next. She has a swap to 3 and a rail at Fence 9. She gets snug to 10 and her horse stops there. They clear on the second attempt.
86 Charlotte Jumper is riding Photoshop. It looks like the Westport, Connecticut, rider has to rearrange her reins right before 8a and she has an awkward jump there, losing a stirrup. She circles before 9 then finishes the course nicely.
87 Emily Jurnovoy from Woodstock Valley, Connecticut, is up. She has a swap or two between 3 and 4a, then chips to the Dover. She finishes nicely.
88 Taryn McEntire from Oceanside, California, is in the ring. She has a nice round that’s pretty darn smooth. She finishes to lots of applause.
89 Luna Valobra is on By Moonlight, who rubs Fence 9 but it stays up. She has to work hard to get the seven done between 10 and 11 but she does it. Her horse takes a hard look at 12 then stops there. She clears it on the second try.
90 Gabrielle Young of Spring Hill, Kansas, is in the ring. Her horse takes down the front rail of 9, then she get the seven from 10-11 nicely.
91 Lily Kosal from Washington, Michigan, is up. She chips to 9 but it stays up. She has a few other uneven distances, but nothing dramatic.
92 Luke Rinehart barely gets the seven strides between 10 and 11; he’s quite close to the second fence. Other than that it’s a good go.
93 Clayton Farrell has a swap to Fence 3. It’s a nice trip that earns lots of applause.
94 Aidan Kennedy, Walpole, Massachusetts,has a nice trip with no real mistakes.
95 Kate Parker from Laguna Beach, California, is in the ring. She gets just a little long in a few places, but nothing serious. She finishes to lots of applause.
96 Maggie Lawler has a nice round with no major mistakes.
97 Madeline Brooks takes down 2. It’s the first time we see that fence come down. She gets a long one to 3 but makes it work. She has a rail at 9, and another at 11.
98 Baylee Rowan won her ASPCA Maclay Regional. She has a swap to 3 but the rest of her course is foot perfect.
99 Greenley Achuck is riding Zeus today. The Tiburon, California, rider has a slightly awkward jump to 6 but finesses through it. She chips and gets left at the last jump.
100 Clara Propp is on Jeffery RW for the Medal. She puts in a stylish round on him, earning lots of applause.
Standby after 100
J.J. Torano
Sydney Raidy
Clara Propp
Kate Hagerty
Kate Parker
Maddie Tosh
Olivia Sweetnam
Cecelia Perry
Aidan Kennedy
Capri Truesdale
Adriana Forte
Taryn McEntire
Anna Markcrow
Olivia Aul
Jillian Puthoff
Grace Russo
Taylor Landstrom
Brooke Hagerty
Baylee Rowan
Kaitlyn Linck
Emma Hechtman
Sabine Close
Reese Merna
Skylar Ezzell
Lillian Valiquette
RIDERS 101-150
101 Katie Durban of Atherton, California, took the top two rails off Fence 9, but the rest of the trip was nice.
102 Emma Rupinski is a little quiet to a fence or two but she smooths it out. She has a rail at 9, then finishes nicely.
103 Drew Gordon, Weston, Connecticut, is next. She looks a little rushed and has Fence 12 down, but no other real problems.
104 Eve Westfall of Boulder, Colorado, is up. She ticks 9 out of the cups but otherwise has a smooth, confident ride.
105 Madilynn Lo Porto of Danville, California, is up. She ticks the top of the splitrail at 10 out of the cups. The rest of the course is quite good.
106 Grace Sappington of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is in the ring. She gets a little close to 12 and that comes down, but overall it’s a really nice trip.
107 Campbell Brown of Fayetteville, Arkansas, is in the ring. She runs into trouble at 8AB and takes down all of 8B. She circles to get recombobulated then finishes nicely.
108 R.J. Maya is in the ring. He gets into the first fence quietly but marches up the line. Fence 3 is quiet as well and he has to really put on leg to get over 4A in four strides. The rest of the course is A-OK.
109 Marianna Banco of Colts Neck, New Jersey, is next. She has the front rail at 9 and gets quite close to 10. The rest of the course is nice.
110 Maggie King, who won the Hamel at the National Horse Show last year, is on Ivano S today. She ticks a rail out of the cups at 9 and measures 10-11 well. It’s a good round.
111 Christian Dominguez is next up. He puts in a stylish, polished round, maybe just a touch close in the seven strides from 10 to 11, but overall really, really nice. He finishes to lots of applause.
112 Amy Krebs, Franklin, Tennessee, is up. She rides the seven so well from 10 to 11, and the rest matches. She finishes to lots of applause.
113 Virginia Georges has a big strided dark bay horse. She gets a little long to 9 but makes it work. Her horse trots a half step and takes a good look at 12, but jumps it when she digs in.
114 Faith Schuttemeyer has a lovely, smooth go on her big gray. She makes the seven between 10-11 look great and she finishes to lots of applause.
115 Jole Kosloske from Tampa, Florida, is in the ring. She chips at 2 then gets her pace up a little. She chips at 11 when she can’t quite get him collected enough to smooth out the seven strides between 10 and 11. She finishes well.
116 Harper Phipps of Locust Valley, New York, is next up. She puts in a smooth trip and gets lots of applause.
117 Collin Sweetnam from Wellington, Florida, is in next. He gets pretty long to 9 but his horse gamely jumps it. He ticks a rail at 12, but it’s otherwise a nice round.
118 Schuyler Dayner of Odessa, Florida, is in the ring. She smooths through any distance that isn’t perfect and has a really nice trip. She finishes to lots of applause.
119 Gabriella Anzelc of Shingle Springs, California, is in the ring. She has to work hard to get seven strides between 10 and 11 but she does it smoothly. A very nice trip.
120 Charlotte Rohlen has a round that’s not as smooth as she’d like in places. She has the top two rails at the oxer at 9 and another rail at 11. Her horse stops at 12, then clears on reapproach.
121 Ashleigh Colantuoni from Raleigh, North Carolina, is in the ring. She gets down the five strides from 8B to Fence 9 nicely. Her horse takes the top two rails off Fence 11.
122 Clayton Tiedeman doesn’t get up the first line in six and chips at Fence 2. She doesn’t get up the line from 5 to 6 and her horse stops at 6 and goes down to his knees, but doesn’t fall. She has a rail at 8B then a stop at 10, ending her day early.
123 Paige Walkenbach won the grand junior hunter championship earlier this week with Babylon. She’s riding Cent 15 today. She measures the seven from 10 to 11 perfectly and puts in a strong round that earns lots of applause.
124 Mia Muscarello of St. Charles, Illinois, is up. She chips to 4A, then has Fence 9 down. She chips to 10 then finishes well.
125 Abigail Gordon of Statesille, North Carolina, is up. She has a swap to 3, and has Fence 9 down. She gets a little close to 11, but everything else is pretty good.
126 Stella Shdeed of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is in the ring. She gets two in the one stride, then gets the seven done from 10 to 11 nicely before finishing with an awkward jump at 12.
127 Madison Ramsey of Palm Harbor, Florida, put in a really lovely round that earned lots of whoops.
128 Ryleigh Richardson of San Antonio, Texas, is in. She chips at Fence 2, and has a swap to 3, then has two stops at 4A, ending her day early.
129 Charlotte Larson is up next. She has a swap to 3 and a hard rub at 4B but it stays up. She gets pretty tight to 8A and adds in the in-and-out, then has 9 down.
130 Reagan Gehm of St. Louis, Missouri, is next. She gets really long to 6 and her horse has to launch himself there. It looks like her horse takes a peek at Fence 12 but she guides him over it really nicely.
131 Laura Jun is from Menlo Park, California. She has a few uneven distances, but nothing dramatic. She has to work hard to get the seven strides between 10 and 11 but she’s smooth through it. She finishes nicely.
132 Lillian Geitner of Aiken, South Carolina, is in next. Her pace is a little uneven in places but not bad. It’s a very nice trip.
133 Lila Kimrey has a few uneven distances, and has the Dover down. She has to take a serious tug to get the seven done nicely.
134 Jaxon Hoshaw from Clermont, Florida is next. He has 9 down, but no other problems. It’s a nice trip.
135 Ariana Marnell from Las Vegas, Nevada, is up. She makes everything look really easy, especially that seven stride line from 10 to 11. She finishes to lots of applause.
136 Paris Levy of Youngstown, Ohio, is in the ring. She gets a little close to 11, but it’s not bad. The rest of the course is lovely.
137 Katharine Knapp of Cavan Monaghan, Ontario, is next. She has Fence 9 down behind. The rest of the course is good.
138 Tiara D’Amico of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is up. Her horse stops at the first fence then clears on reapproach. She gets riding a little defensively to help her mount, but adds to 4A and between 4A and B. A second stop at Fence 10 ends her day early.
139 Violet Tatum of Pacific Palisades, California, on Iron Man De Kalevallei. She gets a touch snug to 6 but the rest of the course matches. It’s a nice round.
140 Josephine Foshee is on Cool Ranch today. She adds between 3 and 4A, and her horse stops at 6. She has a rail at 9, then gets tight to 10 and doesn’t finesse the seven strides to 11 as well as she hoped.
141 Lauren Gee is up. She’s a touch quiet to 3 and her horse doesn’t get his eye on 4A early enough and he stops there. She has 12 down as well.
142 Morgan McCarthy from Grafton, Massachusetts, is in the ring. She has 9 down behind then does a great job getting the seven between 10 and 11. Fence 12 is awkward.
143 Emi Richard has a really good trip with no mistakes and lots of polish. She gets tons of applause.
144 Olivia Galley of Barrington, Illinois, is up. She has a smooth, mistake-free trip.
145 Camilla Jerng won the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search—West last year. She rides with Susie Schroer, and she’s aboard Hurricane, who hesitates just a touch off the ground to Fence 2. She gets a little long to Fence 9 but it stays up. She makes the seven strides from 10 to 11 look great.
146 Sky Bandini Gondron makes a really tight turn to 10 which works out. Fence 12 comes down at the end of the ring.
147 Logan Thomas is on Crowned Prince today. She added from 8B to 9, her only significant mistake in an otherwise nice trip.
148 Elisabeth Rotsaert is on High Hopes today. She chipped at 8A then added in the in-and-out.
149 Rylynn Conway is on Justify for the Medal. The Fair Hill, New Jersey, rider put in a forward ride with no problems at all. She earned lots of applause.
150 Blake Rowan is a working student for Missy Clark and the North Run team. She nails the seven strides from 10 to 11, as well as the rest of the course, earning loads of applause.
Standby after 150
J.J. Torano
Ariana Marnell
Sydney Raidy
Blake Rowan
Clara Propp
Kate Hagerty
Rylynn Conway
Kate Parker
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Maddie Tosh
Olivia Sweetnam
Paris Levy
Cecelia Perry
Paige Walkenbach
Aidan Kennedy
Schuyler Dayner
Faith Schuttemeyer
Capri Truesdale
Eve Westfall
Adriana Forte
Taryn McEntire
Anna Markcrow
Olivia Aul
Emi Richard
Jillian Puthoff
Madilynn Lo Porto
RIDERS 151-169
151 Kate Laborde of Mountain Brook, Alabama, is next. She has a swap to Fence 3, but does a good job marching up the longer lines and collecting from 10 to 11. Her horse takes a hard look at 12 and stops there, then clears on reapproach.
152 Kaitlyn Kiely of Rumson, New Jersey, is next. She makes it up the first line nicely. She finesses up the seven strides from 10 to 11. Fence 12 is a little quiet but not bad.
153 Ava Cohen has a swap in the first line and adds between 4A and 4B then from 5 to 6, and again from 8B to 9. She has a swap in the seven-stride line. Her horse takes a hard peek at Fence 12 but she keeps her leg on and they clear it nicely.
154 Mae Mannis from Big Pine Key, Florida, is up. She has a swap before Fence 3, but she finesses through all the hardest parts of the course. It’s a very nice round.
155 Allison Tarter of Bronxville, New York, is up. She has Fence 2 down. She adds between 8A and 8B and loses her balance, tumbling off. Once her horse is caught she gives him lots of pats.
156 Annabelle Kotler, who has come to Harrisburg from Sammamish, Washington, is aboard Gusti CK. She was having a great round until she came up pretty deep to the last fence.
157 Shiloh Roseboom from Brentwood, Tennessee is up. She’s on Chatino PS. She adds from 3 to 4A, and nearly adds from 6 to 7. She doesn’t measure the seven strides from 10 to 11 quite right and gets there pulling hard, but she gets it done.
158 Chelsea Stopford of Reddick, Florida, is up next. She has to kick between 3 and 4A to get out in four strides, but she gets it done. 8A to 9 comes up long as well, then she gets six strides from 10 to 11 rather than the required seven.
159 Eva Mackenzie from Darien, Connecticut, is next. She has to gallop to get over 9 in five strides. She measures the seven strides from 10 to 11 beautifully and finishes to lots of applause.
160 Annabelle Gitterman doesn’t get the four strides to 4A done and her horse stops there. They clear on reapproach. She adds to 9, then does seven strides from 10 to 11 really nicely.
161 Ava Barnes is next up. She has a smooth, controlled round that earns lots of applause.
162 Skylar Gurtis has a horse who looks a little strong in places but is really lovely. She finesses through the seven strides from 10 to 11. She finishes well.
163 Campbell L. Hudkins is on Touch Down Z. She has a rail at 9 but the rest of the course is nice.
164 Emma Brody is on Spaetzuender W. The New York City rider keeps a strong pace throughout. She gets pretty long to 12.
165 Caroline Olsen is on Spark Of Phoenix. She rides her track very carefully so that every jump comes up out of stride. She has a great trip that gets lots of applause.
166 Dylan Bazaar is aboard Dark Night DC. She keeps one consistent pace throughout and puts in a lovely round that earns lots of claps.
167 Ellie Sadrian from Palm Beach Florida is next. She adds from 8B to 9 and gets close there, and then gets pretty close to 12 too.
168 Ella Witt of Califon, New Jersey, is up. She rides a smooth round where all the fences come up out of stride to lots of applause.
169 Elodie Watrous from Wilmette, Illinois, is our final rider in the first round. She doesn’t make it up the first line and adds there, then adds from 3 to 4A.
FINAL STANDBY
J.J. Torano
Ariana Marnell
Sydney Raidy
Blake Rowan
Caroline Olsen
Clara Propp
Kate Hagerty
Rylynn Conway
Kate Parker
Maddie Tosh
Olivia Sweetnam
Paris Levy
Cecelia Perry
Paige Walkenbach
Aidan Kennedy
Schuyler Dayner
Faith Schuttemeyer
Mae Mannis
Capri Truesdale
Eve Westfall
Adriana Forte
Taryn McEntire
Anna Mackcrow
Olivia Aul
Emi Richard
SECOND ROUND
Emi Richard leads off the second-round rides. She marches up the first line in six strides. She doesn’t get to Fence 7, a skinny Dover gate, quite right and her mount stops. She has to add a cluck to get down the final line, but she gets it done. There are lots of open lines in this course.
Olivia Aul has a few quieter distances, but she doesn’t have any problems. A nice trip.
Anna Mackcrow gets down the first line nicely. She shapes the line from 3b to 4 well and gets just the track she wants for the skinny gate to the Swedish to the skinny gate. Her trainers are whistling for her before she clears the last jump.
Taryn McEntire has to push the gas pedal early in the first line to get down it. She rides the skinny to the Swedish to the skinny nicely. She gets into the second in-and-out quietly and adds there.
Adriana Forte gets a good gallop to the first jump. She gets a quieter distance to the first Dover gate but keeps her leg on to get out over the Swedish nicely. The rest of the jumps come up nicely out of stride.
Eve Westfall keeps on the same pace as her first canter stride. She gets a little close to 8 but finesses it nicely. The rest of the course looks great.
Capri Truesdale, on HH Moonshine, takes an inside turn from 2 to 3A that no one else has taken yet. She has to add leg to do the broken line from skinny to Swedish to skinny, but she gets it done. It’s a pretty slick trip.
Mae Mannis also takes that inside turn from 2 to 3A. She gets a little snug to Fence 5 but squeezes and gets over 6 in the correct number of strides. She has a rail at 8.
Faith Schuttemeyer gets down the first line in six strides nicely. She gets a good jump over the first Dover, and when 8 comes up a little quiet she stretches tall and makes it look good. Her horse ticks the front rail of the final oxer.
Schuyler Dayner goes around the decorations between 2 and 3A. She gets a quiet jump to 8 and again to 9, which comes down.
Aidan Kennedy gets a quiet jump to Fence 1, and he has to press to get out of the line. He gets a quiet one to 8 as well. He chooses six strides up the final line, when most have been doing five.
Paige Walkenbach is a little crooked up the first line, and her mount swaps. She gets just a little tight to 9.
Cecelia Perry marches to 1, and it comes up right out of stride. She goes around the decorations and gets a good jump into the in-and-out. She doesn’t get enough pace from the skinny to the Swedish oxer and chips there, taking down a rail. The rest of the course is OK.
Paris Levy gets a gallop to 1 and it comes up right out of stride. She has to cluck to get out over the Swedish in four strides and takes down a rail there. She finishes very nicely.
Olivia Sweetnam goes inside from 2 to 3A which works out well. Fences 5, 6, and 7 are good. She finishes well to lots of applause.
Maddie Tosh is next. She goes around between 2 and 3A, and rides a smooth, stylish round to lots of applause.
Kate Parker is on Westport. She starts out nicely, and her horse ticks a rail at the Swedish. She finishes well with no other problems.
Rylynn Conway from Fair Haven, New Jersey, is next. She goes around from 2 to 3A and keeps a very careful track through the skinny to Swedish to skinny. She gets a quiet one to 8 but stretches tall and makes it work.
Kate Hagerty is aboard Magic Moment. She gets a little close to 2 and goes around from 2 to 3A. The balance of her course is lovely.
Clara Propp goes around from 2 to 3A, which comes up very quiet. She gets long to the Swedish after the skinny, and her horse stops, and she comes off. Her air vest goes off, and she’s up immediately.
Caroline Olsen gets to the Swedish in four and a half strides, and her horse takes off three-legged there. The rest of the course is lovely. Â
Blake Rowan lays fourth after the first round. She goes around the decorations between 2 and 3A. She nails the skinny to the Swedish to the skinny. She gets tight to 9, and it comes down. She finishes very nicely.
Sydney Raidy from New York City is in. She goes just around from 2 to 3A. She does a nice job on the skinny to Swedish to skinny. She finishes strong to lots of applause.
Ariana Marnell gets a strong canter to 1 and keeps up that good pace throughout. She adds a little cluck at 5. She finishes strong and gets big applause.
JJ Torano is our final rider. He goes around from 2 to 3A. He communicates seamlessly with his horse to finesse through the skinny to Swedish to skinny. Everyone is cheering before he’s over the final fence.
It’s time for the test!
Jump crew removed Fences 1, 2, 9 and 10A. They made the Swedish a ramped oxer, and they moved the Fence 5 in about 3 feet.
For the test the following riders will return in this order:
9 Adriana Forte
51 Sydney Raidy
72 Maddie Tosh
48 Olivia Sweetnam
66 JJ Torano
135 Ariana Marnell
They have 10 minutes to prepare for their test.
Riders were invited into the ring without stirrups and handed a piece of paper with their test on it. After the test was read they were excused from the ring and told there was no further schooling and no help from their trainers. The test is as follows:
Test will be without stirrups
Hand gallop Fence 7
Counter-canter Fence 8
Canter Fence 10b
Canter Fence 11
Canter Fences 3A and 3B
Canter Fence 4
Counter-canter Fence 5
Canter Fence 6
Halt
Walk out of the ring.
Adriana Forte Doesn’t really get a hand gallop to the first. She landed and held the counter lead. She does an inside turn to the birch, and missed jump 11 then continued with the rest of her course.
The announcer announced her as off course.
Sydney Raidy gets a good pace to the first fence. She does a simple change to the second jump. She did not go as far inside as Adriana. She does a simple change to the second counter-canter. Her horse swapped in front of the last fence.
Maddie Tosh is next. She gets a good hand gallop to one, then lands the counter lead, but Dakari swapped so she did a simple change. Her horse pulls the top two rails of 11. She lands the second counter lead but again her horse swaps off in front, and she has to do a simple change. Her horse is a little wiggly in the halt.
Olivia Sweetnam is next up. She gets a decent gallop to the first, then does a simple change to the counter-canter. She goes inside to the birch. She goes for a flying change to the counter-canter but doesn’t get it and jumps Fence 5 on the true lead.
JJ Torano gets a decent hand gallop. He lands the lead and holds it. He gets a quiet distance to the second fence, goes inside to the birch, then swapped to 11. He landed his second counter-canter and held it. Then he halted a mere stride and a half after his last jump to thunderous applause.
Ariana Marnell gets a good gallop to the first. She tried to hold the counter lead that she landed but her horse swapped then she had a rail at 8. She went inside to the birch. She does a simple change for the second counter-canter. Her halt is nice.
Now we wait for results.
