Overnight Leaders Become Blue Ribbon Winners at GMHA
All three divisions of the SmartPak Equine/USEA Training Three-Day at GMHA ended with the overnight leaders putting in clear show jump rounds to take home the blue. In the Junior division, Sarah Epstein and Insync (Pictured Above) led the competition from start to finish, clinching the win on a score of 29.8. Stacy Taylor and Tower Hills Darby Dun finished on their dressage score of 30.8 to lead the victory gallop in Division A, while last blue ribbon of the day went Allison Springer aboard Nancy Winter’s Gold Dust Moon, who also led from the beginning, finishing on their dressage score of 28.4.
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