October
24, 2003
MHC
Equestrians Steal the Show
Mount Holyoke started its season with a near perfect
score of 47 points at the Smith College Horse Show on October
18, placing first out of ten teams. UMass-Amherst was the Reserve
Champion with 39 points, followed by Smith with 26 points.
Twenty-five out of 26 Mount Holyoke riders who
entered the show placed in their respective classes, including
12 first-place and seven second-place finishes.
Christine Gunn '07, who placed first in both
Novice Fences and Novice Flat, was put in contention for the Champion
High-Point Rider Award, but lost her ride-off and finished the
day as the Reserve High Point Rider.
Other first-place finishers for the Lyons were:
Marie Hilliard '07 in Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter, Sara Royston
'05 in Walk-Trot, Lauren Morlock '05 in Open Fences,
Vanessa Castle '06 in Novice Fences, Darcy Broughton '05
in Beginner Walk-Trot-Canter, Kyla Makhloghi '06 in Open
Flat, Caroline Cobb '04 in Open Flat, Caitlin Brown '06
in Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter, Melissa Rabbitt '06 in Advanced
Walk-
Trot-Canter, and Karin Corbett '05 in Intermediate Flat.
Three riders also qualified for the Regional Championships: Melissa
Rabbitt '06 (Walk-Trot-Canter), Leigh Quarles '04 (Intermediate
Flat), and Anne Meade '04 (Novice Flat).
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