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The 2015 Aiken Challenge Series officially came to a close today at Highfields Event

Center as exhibitors enjoyed an early finish to the day and warm, sunny skies for barn

pack-up! We were happy to see lots of new faces this year in Aiken and hope that you

had an enjoyable show experience! Please feel free to email or call us with any questions

or comments regarding your show experience.

We would like to again thank all of our 2015 Elite Sponsors (see above logos) for their

continued support of equestrian endeavors in South Carolina. Don’t forget to reserve

your stalls today for the USEF National Camden Spring Class, PSJ Camden Spring Show and

Aiken Spring Classic. Prize Lists, Entry Forms and more available on our website!

Congratulations goes out to all of our Circuit Champions for your hard work and

dedication during the series. A listing of all of our Past Circuit Champions is at the end of

the Daily Highlights. Many Thanks to Fairy Tale Farms for sponsoring the Junior Hunter

3’3” and Select Sport Horses for sponsoring the Hunter Breeding!

Junior Hunter Circuit Champion – Little Manhatten, Fairy Tale Farms & Megan Rosenthal

Junior Hunter 3’3” Circuit Champion – Ledger & Avery Lynch

High Child/Adult Jumper Circuit Champion – Cora & Christina Couper

Amateur Hunter Circuit Champion – Sail On & Kimberley Quinn

Green Pony Hunter Circuit Champion – Finest Feather By Far, Katrina Hutto & Gigi Manigault

Pony Hunter Circuit Champion – Foxmor Starstruck & Dawson Amick

Children’s Hunter Circuit Champion – Bewitched & Nolan Thompson

Adult Amateur Hunter Circuit Champion – Emmett, Kelly Seger & Rebecca Cameron

Green Hunter Circuit Champion – Enticement, Charlotte Warren & Julie Curtin

Performance Hunter Circuit Champion – Signal Hill, Thomas Visconsi & Daniel Geitner

Pre-Green Hunter Circuit Champion – Sigh, Leslie Wheat & Bruce Christison

Low Junior/Amateur Jumper Circuit Champion – Contango & Maddie Wedderspoon

Pre-Child/Adult Hunter Circuit Champion – Renoir Z & Allison Mills

Hunter Breeding Circuit Champion – Apua Point, Chase Meadows Farm, LLC & Brandon Gibson

MAIN HUNTER RING

The Main Hunter Ring was our busiest ring on Sunday, starting with the

PESSOA/USEF Hunter Seat Medal & ASPCA Maclay. Emmy Reynolds took top call

in both classes over Darby Pease who took second in the USEF Medal and Megan

Rosenthal who took second in the Maclay. 3’3 Junior Hunters were next and Kylee

Buchholz won the first round with her mount Epic and Avery Lynch took the

second round with her mount Ledger. The Champion award went to Vegas with

owner Carson Powell and the Reserve Champion award went to Sophia with

Kendall Edwards. Megan Rosenthal and Little Manhatten topped both rounds in

3’6” Junior Hunters over Cameo Appearance with Madeleine Lohr and they took

the Champion and Reserve Champion awards. The $1,000 Junior Hunter Classic

was won by Ledger and Avery Lynch, Little Manhatten with Megan Rosenthal were

second and Cameo Appearance and Madeleine Lohr were third.

Ava and Kathryn Jarriel won the first round in Amateur Owner Hunters 3’6” over

Instantaneous and Amanda Hone who won the second round. Instantaneous was

the Champion and Ava was Reserve Champion. The first round in Amateur Owner

Hunter 3’3” was won by Ashley Hurteau with her mount Semper Fi and Victoria

Free was second with her mount A Step Above, but won the second round giving

them enough for the Champion award, and Semper Fi was the Reserve Champion.

The $1,000 Amateur Owner Hunter Classic was won by Sail On and Kimberley

Quinn, Trade Mark and Alexandra Dow were second and A Step Above with

Victoria Free was third.

Top call in the first round in Children’s Hunters went to Madison Imbus with Robb

Imbus’ Canadian Club over Bewitched with owner Nolan Thompson. Wat Tyler

with owner Sara Nason won the second round over Accomac with owner Ashlen

Row and the two also took the first and second place in the $1,000 WIHS/NAL

Children’s Hunter Classic.

The Adult Equitation and Hunter classes ended the day in the Main Ring. It was a

clean sweep for Megan Godard and Elizabeth Tarumianz’ Contemporary who won

all three classes and the pair also ended up with the Championship award as well as taking the top call in the $1,000 WIHS/NAL

Adult Hunter Classic. Reserve Champion in the Adult Hunters was Revilo with Cristen Sherrod. Caleigh Cianci was the Adult

Equitation Champion and Emily S. Rhodes was the Reserve.

DIETRICH DERBY FIELD

The March Madness II Finale Mini Prix was the featured event on the Dietrich

Derby Field on our final day of showing. A field of 9 competitors challenged

the course with Michael Walton taking the top prize with Mia Marano’s

Wodca (pictured by results) with an exciting finish, crossing the timers 4/100 of

a second faster than Christina Jason who took second place with Susan

Strecker’s Vancouver IV.

Rider Bonuses went out to Wodca with Michael Walton & Six Gun City with

Trina Green who had their entry fee paid for today’s mini prix for showing in

every Mini-Prix Class during the Aiken Challenge Series!

Mini Prix Full Results:

1 – Wodca, Mia Marano & Michael Walton

2 – Vancouver IV, Susan Strecker & Christina Jason

3 – U-Turn, Maggie Sjoberg & Abbie Sjoberg

4 – Morrsion, Burmonds & Wetmore & Casey Mason

5 – Roc Canyon & Rebecca Young

6 – Paddington, Gene Beaulieu & Casey Mason

7 – Wouter, Cloverleaf Farm & Christina Jason

8 – Six Gun City, Dustin Ball & Trina Green

9 – Just Ask Eric & Dustin Ball

En Feugo with owner Mel Mueller won the Low Child/Adult Jumper class over

The Gardenlology Group’s Pinchona and Adair Roper. The Low Child/Adult

Jumper Classic was won by Nick Edmunds’ Noble Contessa with Caroline Faith

Kornegay, Cindy Wilberding took the second place with her mount Wow. En

Feugo was the Champion and Wow was Reserve Champion. In the High

Child/Adult Jumpers, Cora with owner Christina Couper won blue and took

second in the $1,500 WIHS/NAL High Child/Adult Jumper Classic to Casino

Royale with owner Sam Tetterton who also took the Champion award over Cora

who was Reserve Champion. Axiom and owner Rileigh Tibbott won the $1,500

Low Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic over Contango with owner Maddie

Wedderspoon. Contango was the Low Junior/Amateur Jumper Champion and

Keegan Rawls’ Habanera was the Reserve Champion. Anna Reising took the the

top call in the Pony Jumpers with Carolina Country Acres’ Blue Me Away over

Barn Gossip and owner Parker Walters.

HUNTER RING 2

The Green Pony Hunters were first up in Hunter Ring 2 on Sunday and started with

Sara Gates May winning the first round with her pony After Shock over Mischief

Maker and owner Clara Saad who won the second round. Foxlair Syncopation with

Kayla Jacobs was the Green Pony Hunter Champion and Finest Feather By Far with

Gigi Manigault was Reserve Champion.

The first round of Small Pony Hunters was won by Farnley Byron and Elizabeth

Cram over Penelope Cruisin’ and Madeline Rubin and Elizabeth Cram and Farnley

Byron won the second round over Victoria Haynes’ Our Song with Erica Felder,

giving the two enough for Champion and Reserve Champion respectively.

Dawson Amick and her pony Foxmor Starstruck won both rounds of Medium Pony

Hunters over Hannah Holik’s Rockport with Celia Cram in the first round and

Victoria Haynes’ Champlain Rowboat with Erica Felder in the second round. The

Champion award went to Foxmor Starstruck and owner Dawson Amick over

Rockport and Celia Cram who were Reserve Champion. Kayla Jacobs won the

WIHS Pony Medal aboard Mia Paletta’s large pony Mapleside Knight Spot for the

second week in a row. In the Large Pony Hunters, Bennett Bunn Plantation’s Mr.

Bojangles with Dawson Amick won both rounds. Mr. Bojangles was the Large Pony

Hunter Champion and Maple Side Knight Spot with Kayla Jacobs was the Reserve

Champion.

The $1,000 Pony Hunter Classic was won by Foxmor Starstruck with owner Dawson

Amick over I Candy with owner Elle Gibbs in second and Mr. Bojangles and rider

Dawson Amick in third.

Rollingwoods Unequaled and Victoria Kirby won the first round in Children’s Pony

Hunters and the second round blue went to Trey Prather’s Dyno B with Sydney

Burkle giving Rollingwoods Unequaled the Champion call and Dyno B the Reserve

Champion.

Bridesmaid and owner Zoe Phillips took a clean sweep of the Pre-Child/Adults today

winning the equitation round as well as both hunter rounds. Zoe Phillips took the

Championship calls in both the Equitation and Hunter Divisions with her mount

Bridesmaid over Timing with owner Grace Carew who were Reserve Champion in

both divisions.

Check out our remaining USEF, PSJ & Just for Fun dates at psjshows.com –

click on “Shows”

The next few stops on our calendar are:

• Camden Spring Classic – USEF National – April 1-4

(Classes Wed-Sat) – Featuring a $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby,

Exhibitor’s Parties

• Joe Fargis Clinic – April 6-7 (Contact Info in the USEF Camden Prize List)

• PSJ Camden Spring – PSJ Show – April 10-12

Featuring a $2,500 SCHJA Palmetto Hunter Derby, Pony Classic, PSJ Mini-Medals

• Aiken Spring Classic Masters – USEF Premier – April 15-19

Featuring a $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, $25,000 Grand Prix and

Benefit Brunch for Aiken County Honor Park, Young Jumpers

• Aiken Spring Classic Finale – USEF Premier – April 22-26

Featuring a $25,000 Grand Prix and Benefit Brunch for Women Beyond Cancer,

$5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby, WCHR, Circuit Champions

Don’t forget to check out the Official Show Photographer’s Website – barrykosterphotography.com

to view and purchase photos from the March Madness Horse Shows!

Feel free to email any photos that you would let us use in Daily Highlights and our website/prize lists/advertising

to appalashlyn@gmail.com and we will give you photo credit! Any photo without a credit is by Ashlyn Bell.

Aiken Challenge Series Circuit Champion History

Junior Hunter 2012-Echo, Kacie Fogg 2013-Casallo, Erin McGuire 2014-Lion's Share, Cecilia D'Amore 2015-Little Manhatten, Fairy Tale Farms Junior Hunter 3’3”

2015-Ledger, Avery Lynch Amateur Hunter 2012-O.C., Kaitlin Porath/Meadow Hill Stables 2013-Magic Carpet, Susie Clarke 2014-Sail On, Kimberley Quinn 2015-Sail On, Kimberley Quinn Children’s Hunter 2012-Cool Music, Megan Rosenthal 2013-Shakespeare in Love, Emily Alvarez 2014-Honor Council, Nancy Wilson 2015-Bewitched, Nolan Thompson Adult Amateur Hunter 2012-Revilo, Christen Sherrod 2013-Prime Time, Taylor Shearin 2014-Chechessee Circle, Joan Alberti 2015-Emmett, Kelly Seger

Green Hunter 2013-Signal Hill, Thomas Visconsi 2014-Limited Edition, Frances Porter 2015-Enticement, Charlotte Warren Regular/Performance Hunter 2013-Blackmail, Brittany Davis 2014-Signal Hill, Thomas Visconsi 2015-Signal Hill, Thomas Visconsi Low Junior/Amateur Jumper 2013-Cedric, Susie Clarke 2014-Forever Blue, Cathleen Driscoll 2015-Contango, Maddie Wedderspoon High Child/Adult Jumper 2012-Lorenzo HB & Hunter Kay 2013-Kipteen, Caroline Williamson 2014-Aurora, Crawford Anderson 2015-Cora, Christina Couper

Low Child/Adult Jumper 2013-Hidden Creeks Tamale, Hallie Anderson 2014-HJ Danubio, Beth Shepherd 2015-

Green Pony Hunter 2012-Brighton Adamantly & Megan Rosenthal/Briar Field Farm 2013-Arkady, Madison Meek 2014-Captain America, Grace Angelino 2015-Finest Feather By Far, Katrina Hutto Pony Hunter 2012-Tantallon Co-Captain & Cecilia D’Amore 2013-Orchard Hills Fine By Me, Zoe Phillips 2014-Elegance, GC Ponies 2015-Foxmor Starstruck, Dawson Amick Pre-Green Hunter 2013-Rainbow Row, Madison Golinski 2014-Rose Gold, Oak Ledge Farm 2015-Sigh, Leslie Wheat Pre-Child/Adult Hunter 2013-Rigo Barcardi, Virginia Barnette 2014-Silent Movie, Carolyn Donahue 2015-Renoir Z, Allison Mills Hunter Breeding 2014-Ricochet, Westwood Farms 2015-Apua Point, Chase Meadows Farm