DURHAM, N.H. - Endicott equestrian started its spring season with three first place ribbons and dominated the Open Flat classes, winning both. Gareth Benschoff, Monica Carrera and Susie Pelick brought home blue ribbons.
HANOVER, N.H. - Dartmouth College hosted an uncharacteristically warm IHSA Show on Saturday. The Endicott riders started strong with firsts in Open and Intermediate but were unable to sustain the momentum against an overwhelmingly strong UNH squad. Endicott finished fourth out of 11 schools for the day.
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Endicott made a solid showing at the ISHA show hosted by University of Vermont on October 14. Mistakes were few and ribbons plentiful, with Freshman Gareth Benschoff taking the blue in her first Open Flat showing, Susie Pelick winning Novice Flat and David Rahn winning his Walk-Trot class. Red second place ribbons were awarded to Megan Gutwillig, who pointed out of the Walk-Trot Division, Taylor Chisholm in Novice Flat, Erin Zani in Novice Fences and Anna Pavlov in her Open Fences class. Marissa Ricard pointed out of Intermediate Flat and will now ride in Open flat and fences.
BEVERLY, Mass. - Endicott Open rider, Monica Carrera, was ecstatic when her horse, Lincourt Gino, won the $200,000 American Gold Cup Grand Prix on Sunday, Sept 16th. Piloted by Olympic Silver Medalist Peter Leone, Gino bested some of the top jumpers in the country at the event held at Old Salem Farm in New York.
BEVERLY, Mass. - Senior Open rider Anna Pavlov (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) is getting ready to ride for Endicott in a big way. Competing in the Zone 1 Finals this week, Pavlov came in second in the equitation challenge, was champion in Adult Hunters and won the Zone 1 Adult Hunter Champion Class. Anna also won the overall high score award with a score of 88.