IHSA

Lexington, Ky.—May 6

Centenary College (N.J.) held onto its lead in the Collegiate Cup in Day 2 of the IHSA National Championship. A win by Natasha Klingenstein in the intermediate equitation over fences and Kayla Felstedt's third in the walk/trot/canter hunter seat equitation boosted the team's score to 26.

Skidmore College, the reigning national champions, still sit in second with a team score of 19 points, closely followed by another New York college, St. Lawrence University, with 18.

Centenary College charged into the lead with consistent rides during the May 5 opening day of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park. Centenary (N.J.) finished the day with 15 points, and Skidmore College (N.Y.) and St. Andrews Presbyterian College (N.C.) trail behind with 8 points each.

The race is heating up on the road to Lexington, and no, we’re not talking the Kentucky Derby. The 2011 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships are returning May 5-8 to the Kentucky Horse Park, and it looks like the 37th of the nation’s leading collegiate battle for year-end titles promises to be a fight to the finish.

Feb. 11, Wellington, Fla.

Sixteen collegiate riders competed for the Winter Equestrian Festival Collegiate Equitation Challenge Trophy. The trophy, sponsored by the South Florida Hunter Jumper Association, was captured by Texas A&M senior, Brooke Coleman. Coleman defeated Auburn's (Ala.) Maggie McAlary, who was last year's champion, in the final round of competition.

PLANTATION, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University’s Equestrian Team, in its first competition and with a complement of Palm Beaches riders, made a strong showing on Feb. 5 versus the Southeast’s top collegiate programs.

The riding Owls placed in nine classes at the IHSA (Intercollegiate Horse Show Association) show hosted by the University of Miami at Plantation Equestrian Center in Broward County.

On Jan. 29, Virginia Intermont became the new leader in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Tournament of Champions series. Their point total of 36 secured the win at the Winter Classic horse show in Chatham, Va., and was enough to propel them into the lead for 2010-2011 Series Champion Team. The VI Cobras have not won a Tournament of Champions show since 2008

Thirty-two high school aged riders participated in the Collegiate Equestrian Talent Search (ETS) clinic at the Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center, Jan. 22-23. The weekend event began with a Friday night seminar for riders and parents which discussed the differences between IHSA and NCAA riding and recruiting. Clinicians outlined benefits and drawbacks of each association and worked on strategies for getting recruited.  They also talked about collegiate dressage and high school riding opportunities.