Spring 2006 Results

2006 IDA Nationals Hosted by St Andrews College
April 22-23, 2006

Day 1 Overall Team Placing: 3rd
Asheley Ireland 7th First Level
Valerie Shepard 3rd Upper Training
Ana Schreck 5th Lower Training
Janne Matzner-Gore 3rd place Intro

Today was a very exciting day for the dressage team at nationals! The team finised a very FABULOUS 3rd with a very tough horse group. Every MHC rider today had the highest score on their horse and made significant improvements in each mount's way of going.

In first level, Asheley rode a very LARGE 17.3h horse who enoyed leaping thru the air a little bit more one would hope but managed a 7th place finish. In upper training, Val rode a beautiful test and tied for 2nd place with a 68.925 (and only a few points away from 1st) Unfortuantely J&W won the tie and Val ended up 3rd. In lower training, Ana put in an amazing ride. Her horse was scoring in the 50s and was tense and jigging. Ana rocked it and had the horse round and thru for a 4th place finish. In Intro level, Janne rode a cute little TB named Moses finishing 3rd and allowing the team to finish in the top 3!!

The tope three teams were as follows:
Virgina Intermont First
Lake Erie Second
Mount Holyoke College Third

Day 2: Individual Placings

Asheley Ireland 7th place First Level
Katie Herbst 6th place Upper Training
Valerie Shepard 10th place Upper Training
Ana Schreck 3rd place Lower Training
Sarah Robison 8th place Lower Training
Lucy Cheney 9th place Lower Training
Janne Matzner-Gore INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION INTRO LEVEL

Huge congrats to Janne who is the now the IDA 2006 intro level champion! She is also the first name to ever be inscribed on the intro trophy!

Year End Regional Placings:

TEAM: Northeast Region Champion

INDIVIDUAL:
First Level- Asheley Ireland 1st place
Upper Training- Katie Herbst 2nd place, Valerie Shepard 3rd place.
Lower Training- Ana Schreck 1st place, Lucy Cheney 2nd place, Sarah Robison 4th place.
Intro Level- Janne Matzner-Gore 5th place.

Johnson & Wales IDA Show
April 7, 2006

Team A: First Place Overall
Asheley Ireland First Level
Katie Herbst 2nd place Upper Training
Lucy Cheney 1st place Lower Training (High Point)
Janne Matzner-Gore 1st place Intro (Reserve High Point)

Individual: Sara Jane Mckinstry 5th place Lower Training


University of Massachusetts IDA Show
April 1, 2006

Team A: First Place Overall
Asheley Ireland 1st place First Level
Katie Herbst 8th place Upper Training
Ana Schreck 1st place Lower Training (High Point Rider)
Emily Maus 5th place Intro

So Umass proved to be quite the FABULOUS time!! ANA WON HIGH SCORE with a 73%! Katie did a awsome job with Bear and finished just outside the ribbons Emily rode her first ever dressage test (and first show not on a Appy) and was 5th Captain Asheley Ireland won first level. The team won beating Umass and J&W who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Mount Holyoke Home Show
February 25, 2006

Team A: First Place Overall
Asheley Ireland 1st place First Level
Val Shepard 2nd place Upper Training
Ana Schreck 1st place Lower Training
Janne Matzner-Gore 5th place Intro

Team B: Fifth Place Overall
Virginia Taylor 7th place First Level
Katie Herbst 3rd place Upper Training
Lucy Cheney 7th place Lower Training
Chelsea Shields-Mas 7th place Intro

The MHC Dressage Club had a very succesful show and with equally good results. We are especially thankful to the individuals that contributed to this effort that are not on the team and also to our horses that tried so hard to do what was asked of them. MHC Team A won the Team Championship. Riders Asheley Ireland (Captain) won First level on Jake with a 74.07%. Valarie Shepard was 2nd in UT with a 68.33% on Mackenzie. Ana Shreck was 1st in Lt with a 71.54% on Kiss, and Janne placed 5th with a 68.57% in Intro on Billie. MHC Team B was 5th today. Virginia Taylor had a 67.78% on Blinky in a very competitive First level division. Katie Herbst was 3rd in Upper Training on Milton with a 68.3 (tied with Val). Lucy Cheney had a 60.77% on Lizzy in Lower Training (7th place). And Chelsea Shields Mas rode Buc and placed 7th with a 68.10%.

Fall 2005 Results

Mount Holyoke Home Show
November 19, 2005

Team A: Second Place Overall
Amelia Newcomb 1st place First Level
Val Shepard 3rd place Upper Training
Sarah Robison 3rd place Lower Training
Janne Matzner-Gore 7th place Intro

Team B: First Place Overall
Asheley Ireland 3rd place First Level
Katie Herbst 1st place Upper Training
Lucy Cheney 1st place Lower Training
Nicole Jederlinic 1st place Intro

University of New Hampshire
October 30, 2005

Team B: Seventh Place Overall

Asheley Ireland 6th place First Level
Sarah Robison 2nd place Lower Training, Reserve High Point
Lucy Cheney 4th place Lower Training

University of Massachusetts Amherst
October 22, 2005

Team A: Third Place Overall

Asheley Ireland 5th place First Level
Valerie Shepard 2nd place Upper Training
Katie Herbst (Individual) 1st place Upper Training
Ana Schreck 6th place Lower Training
Nicole Jederlinic 2nd place Intro

Our riders Asheley Ireland, Valarie Shepard, Ana Shrek and Nicole Jederlinic represented MHC and placed the highest on their horses out of the 3 tests. Katie Herbst rode as an individual placing 1st in UpperTraining with a 68.462% and had the third highest score of 48 rides. Asheley was 5th, Valarie placed 2nd, Ana was 6th and Nicole placed 2nd. The team was 3rd overall and scored 12 total points with their horse group. The other teams earned 2 and 0 points on the same horses. Their average score was a 63.76%. Johnson and Wales had 2 teams (different horse group) and were 1st and 2nd. It was a good learning experience for all and there is much work to be done to stay on top. Congratulations team and best of luck preparing for UNH!

Johnson & Wales University
October 1, 2005

Team A: First Place Overall

Amelia Newcomb 2nd place First Level
Valarie Shepard 1st place Upper Training
Ana Schreck 3rd place Lower Training
Chelsea Shields-Mas Intro

Team B: Second Place Overall

Asheley Ireland 1st place First Level
Katie Herbst 9th place Upper Training
Sarah Robison 5th place Lower Training
Janne Matzner-Gore 2nd place Intro, Reserve High Point Rider

The Mount Holyoke had a very succesful weekend at the Johnson & Wales IDA show this Sunday. The A&B team were Champion & Reserve Champions beating the other schools whom drew the same team of horses by a large margin. J&W were 3 & 5th, UVM 4th and UNH 6th. Umass was 7th and 0 placing. Janne Metzner-Gore placed second in the Intro division with a 71.90% and was reserve High Score Champion. Ashley Ireland and Amelia Newcomb were 1st and 2nd in First level with a 65.88% and 64.12%. MHC Valarie Shepard won the Upper Training Level Division with a 71.670%. She had an exemplary ride and finished with the 3rd highest score of the day out of 48 rides. Freshman Anna Shrek placed 3rd in her first IDA show with a 65.77%, and Sarah Robison placed 5th wit a 64.23% at lower training level. Also cometing for the MHC A & B teams were Chlesea Shields-Mas in Intro and Katie Herbst at Upper Training.

Spirits were high and they all showed great composure in the arena and throughout the day. On to Umass in 2 weeks! Congratulations ladies!

University of Vermont
September 24, 2005

Amelia Newcomb 2nd place First Level
Valarie Shepard 2nd place Upper Training
Sarah Robison 2nd place Lower Training
Nicole Jederlink 3rd place Intro

The team placed second overall to Umass at their first show of the season for a great start!