UMC Hunt Seat Equestrian Hosts Home Shows This Weekend

CROOKSTON, Minn. – The University of Minnesota, Crookston hunt seat equestrian team will host their winter home show this weekend at the University Teaching and Outreach Center (UTOC). The show will begin at 11 a.m. Sat., Feb. 9 and continue Sun., Feb. 10 at 9 a.m. Competitors at the home show will include UMC, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, among others.

The Golden Eagles last hosted a home show Nov. 17 and 18 at UTOC. The Golden Eagles finished second as a team in the Saturday show and earned the team High Point Title in the Sunday show when they last hit the floor at UTOC. UMC was led in the competition by Sable Bettencourt (Fr., Cloquet, Minn.) who tied for the Reserve High Point Rider in the Sunday competition.

UMC also had wins in the competition from Angela Peterson (Sr., Detroit Lakes, Minn.) and Denise Thompson (Sr., Rochester, Minn.) in Intermediate Equitation over Fences. Amanda Overman (Jr., Lindenhurst, Ill.) picked up a win in the Novice Division of Equitation over Fences. Emily Steeley (Fr., Portsmouth, R.I.) had a victory in Open Equitation on the Flat. Chelsea Roetman (Jr., Owatonna, Minn.) had a big win in Open Equitation over Fences Sunday while Bettencourt picked up a victory in Novice Equitation on the Flat. The Golden Eagles also got victories from Tiffany Rask (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn.) and Sam Kramer (So., Corcoran, Minn.) in Novice Equitation on the Flat while Katherine Berg (Fr., Minnetonka, Minn.), Rachel Gaardsmoe (Fr., Petaluma, Calif.) and Paige Clark (Fr., Andover, Minn.) had wins in Walk Trot Canter.

The Golden Eagles will look to build off November’s performance at UTOC in this weekend’s home shows.

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