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May 27, 2018
Wagner Brings Blue Home for Auburn at the 2018 USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship
“He was amazing; I can’t thank him enough,” Aubrey Wagner, winner of the CCI* at the Virginia Horse Trials, credited her horse, Clooney MS (Clinton II x Stutbuch). The only horse and rider pair to jump clean in the challenging Coliseum arena in the CCI*. Wagner and her 9-year-old German Sport Horse gelding moved from seventh to first place. It’s their first one-star together and they bring home the blue ribbon for Auburn Orange team at the 2018 USEA Intercollegiate Championship.
“That last rail we hit, and it started rolling in the cup, that made me a little nervous.” Managing to leave all the rails up, Wagner was all smiles after her double clear show jump round. “We’re still figuring each other out but he’s such a good horse. I’m so proud of him,” Wagner said.
“[There was] a little pressure knowing that I had to jump clear, [for Auburn Orange], but it was definitely a team effort all around.” Her teammate Sallie Johnson completed her first one-star on Looking Rosey (Ludwig H x Rose’s Double), Cynthia and Mark Rowan’s 13-year-old Thoroughbred mare, to finish seventh.
University of Kentucky’s Jackie LeMastus was hot on Auburn’s heels as she put in a strong show jumping round, to finish third in the CCI*. Similar to Wagner, LeMastus piloted her new horse, Indian Mill (Millkom x Charwelton), a 13-year-old English Thoroughbred owned by James LeMastus, in their first CCI* together. “He was lovely. This is my sixth event on him, and it’s just getting better.”
A couple other Intercollegiate Championship riders put in strong efforts on the final day. Sydney Ayres and her horse, Free and Easy, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, earned a completion for University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s championship debut in the CCI*.
University of Virginia’s Madeleine Ix completed her first ever one-star with The Gambler (Century City x Last Offer), a 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by Justine Ix.
Texas Christian University’s sole rider, Caroline Madden, and her own Kilpatrick Orlanda (Lux Z x Kilpatrick Miss Cruise), a 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, had a very successful weekend by finishing sixth in the CCI*.
Stay tuned for more team updates as we wrap up the final day of the Intercollegiate Championship!
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About the USEA Intercollegiate Program
The USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Program was established in 2014 to provide a framework within which eventing teams and individual competitors could flourish at universities and colleges across the country. The USEA offers a discount of $25 on annual USEA memberships for current students of universities and colleges registered as Affiliates with the USEA and many events across the country now offer Intercollegiate Team Challenges throughout the year, where collegiate eventers can compete individually as well as on teams with their fellow students. In Intercollegiate Team Challenges, each rider’s score is multiplied by a coefficient appropriate for their level to account for differences in level difficulty and then the individual scores are added together to determine the team score. Click here to learn more about the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Program.
The USEA would like to thank World Equestrian Brands and US Equestrian for sponsoring the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship.
About the Virginia Horse Trials
The Virginia Horse Trials has been a premier eventing destination for over 25 years. Situated on 600 acres, the Virginia Horse Center is a first-class venue. Brian and Penny Ross founded the Virginia Horse Trials in 1989 and organized the event through its 25th Anniversary in 2014. Andy Bowles took over the organization of the Virginia Horse Trials in 2015 and looks forward to maintaining it as a destination for east coast eventers in the years to come.
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Intercollegiate
Eventing at NC State Treasures Horsemanship and Friendship
Eventing at NC State was founded in 2016 and we currently have 18 undergraduate members as well as a supportive group of alumni riders. We are proud to be the first intercollegiate team in North Carolina located at the heart of the 1862 Land Grant Institution, NC State University. We have riders just beginning their eventing careers as well as those that are seasoned competitors, competing from Maiden through Training level.
Feb 18, 2020
Instructors
Dibowski Wants You to Feel the Rhythm at the 2020 ICP Symposium
Yesterday Andreas Dibowski said that he was ready for the “fun stuff” and today he had the chance to share his knowledge of both show jumping and cross-country to a large audience who attended day two of the USEA Instructors’ Certification Program (ICP) Symposium. The morning started out in the ring at Barnstaple South with three groups of riders – Beginner Novice, Training, and Preliminary, and three groups of the same levels took to the cross-country in the afternoon. While the exercises and jumps got progressively harder throughout the day, the warm-ups and themes stayed the same.
Feb 18, 2020
Education
Top 10 Tips for Introducing Your Horse to Cross-Country with Tim Bourke
A horse’s first steps out in the cross-country field determine the foundation upon which his entire cross-country education will be laid. How can you give your horse the best chance of success? What are some of the ways you can help teach your horse about cross-country jumping?
Feb 17, 2020
Instructors
Andreas Dibowski’s Words of Wisdom From Day 1 of the 2020 ICP Symposium
The USEA Educational Symposium is a unique opportunity each winter for eventers to gather together to soak in knowledge. The first two days of the 2020 Symposium focus on the USEA Instructors’ Certification Program (ICP) with attendees learning how to be better, more effective instructors. German Olympian and world-renowned rider Andreas Dibowski is this year’s guest instructor and he spent the first day dedicated to dressage with one Advanced show jumping group to wrap-up the day. Dibowski taught the instructors to teach using demo riders and horses from Beginner Novice to Advanced of all ages, breeds, and sizes.
