Molly Parker Crosland, a top amateur hunter rider and horse show supporter, died suddenly on July 6. She was 54.

Ms. Crosland, Charlotte, N.C., graduated from St. Anne’s Belfield School in Charlottesville, Va., and attended East Carolina University (N.C.).

She began her long show career competing the successful amateur-owner hunters Dun Blew It and The Right Stuff during the early 1980s in Franklin, Tenn. During the ’90s she owned and showed some of the country’s most prize-winning chestnut mares, High Hearts, Juliette and her beloved Fine Print, with whom she won top ribbons in the amateur-owner division at New York’s National Horse Show held at Madison Square Garden.

Most recently, Ms. Crosland had enjoyed great success with a new string of mounts including Torch Song, Entourage and Ivy Road. Her love of horses and riding extended beyond the show ring too. She earned her colors with the Camden Hunt (S.C.) and could often be found exploring the trails of Camden’s hunt county during the off season.

Ms. Crosland was an exhibitor, sponsor and benefactor of the American Hunter Jumper Foundation, the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The Blowing Rock Horse Show Foundation Inc., and the Charlotte Steeplechase Association. These are but a few of the organizations she supported to help promote the growth of the sport she loved.

Ms. Crosland was predeceased by her mother, Mary Parker Shackelford Crosland. She is survived by her father, John Crosland Jr.; her stepmother, Judith Elza Crosland; her brother, John Crosland III; her uncle, George Scott Shackelford; and three cousins.

Memorial donations may be made to the Charlotte Steeplechase Association, Inc., P.O. Box 70, Mineral Springs, NC 28108-0070 or The Blowing Rock Horse Show Foundation, P.O. Box 650, Blowing Rock, NC 28605.