October 11th - 13th, USEA Area IX Championships & Colorado Horse Park Fall Horse Trials

The USEA Area IX Championships and Colorado Horse Park's final Horse Trials of the year was very well attended. PSEC had a powerful team presence in ten of the 14 divisions. And we showed up to play!

Madeline and Ari placed 1^st in Open Preliminary and was Area IX Reserve Champion with Deanie in the Training Championship division;

Ashley Demander also rode two horses - she and BeBe LaRue placed 5^th in Open Training and 7^th on Vincenzo in Open Beginner Novice;

Grace Simpson finished a very respectable 7^th on Po in the Training Championship division;

At Novice level, Amy Dalrymple and Triton’s Echo were 5^th in the Novice Championship division and Jill Hopcroft and Mikey finished 2^nd in the Novice Rider division;

At Beginner Novice, Emma Ciafone and Gabe took the Reserve Champion honors in the Area IX Beginner Novice Championship division with Emily Robbins and Carlos only 2.5 points behind them finishing 5^th. Melinda Hofmeister took home the blue ribbon in the Beginner Novice Rider division, Noa Crowley, in her first ever horse trials, riding Banks finished 10^th in the Jr. Beginner Novice Rider division and Rhonda Roberts and Dan’s Bravado finished 4^th in the Open Beginner Novice division.

What a way to end the season!