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Massaro
Tops The Field In Pony Medal Championship
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Megan
Massaro, 14, of Summerfield, FL, riding the large pony Wait A
Minute, was named Grand Champion of the 2003 Pony Medal Championship,
held August 6, at The Andrews School in Willoughby, OH. The championship
was held as part of the State Line Tack/USAE Pony Finals held
August 5 – 8. The winner of the Pony Medal Championship received
the Easter Sunday Memorial Trophy donated by Ms. Catherine A.
Kaiser and Ms. Jennifer T. Pesko, a tack trunk donated by Oakcroft,
and a Triple Crown Custom Cooler. The trainer of the 2003 Pony
Medal Champion is Bibby Farmer.
Judges
for the Pony Medal were Sue Ashe of Wellington, FL and Chuck Keller
of Hagerstown, MD.
Competitors
qualify to compete in this event by winning a blue ribbon or by
accumulating 30 points in a USA Equestrian Pony Medal Class at
a USA Equestrian sanctioned competition between July 2, 2002,
and July 1, 2003.
Results
are as follows:
·
Champion: WAIT A MINUTE (Welsh/Quarter Horse: Cymraeg Creek –
Top Flight) ridden by Megan Massaro
· Reserve Champion: POW WOW (Pinto) ridden by Sara Bryan
of Statesboro, GA
· Third: HALCYON HAWTHORN (Welsh: Dorian Gray – Halcyon)
ridden by Samantha Schaefer of Westminster, MD
· Fourth: ROSE CREEK (Welsh/Arab: Cymraeg Creek –
Countess Rhozette) ridden by Chase Scott Boggio of Alpharetta,
GA
·
Fifth: PICTURE THIS (Welsh/Thoroughbred: Welsh Hills – Queens
Acres Ruffin) ridden by Brittany Denton of Alpharetta, GA
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Sixth: TOY STORY (Welsh cross) ridden by Jennifer Waxman of Chagrin
Falls, OH
· Seventh: OTTERIDGE BLACK HAWK (Paint cross: Forge Nimbus
– Miss Bar Dee) ridden by Amanda Groher of S. Glastonbury,
CT
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Eighth: DAPHNE – DOO (Welsh/Thoroughbred: Halcyon Sir Lancelot)
ridden by Taylor Kain of Lakeworth, FL
· Ninth: WOODLAND’S BLUE VELVET (Welsh/Thoroughbred:
Woodlands Velvet Rain – Woodlands Dark N Cloudy) ridden by
Kelsey Silverstein of New Canaan, CT
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Tenth: SILHOUETTE ridden by Cate Billings of Tallahassee, FL
USA
Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the
U.S., is the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship
sports of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show
jumping, and vaulting, as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines
of equestrian competition. As
the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation
has over 80,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions
nationwide each year. It governs all aspects of competition, including
educating and licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates
who officiate at these shows.
VISION STATEMENT
The vision of USA Equestrian is to provide leadership for equestrian
sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of
excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on
a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its
horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian
federation in the world.
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