The following photos were taken at the Southwest Virginia Hunter and Jumper Association annual horse show Nov. 7-9 at the Virginia Horse Center, where Sweet Briar riders were in the spotlight for much of the weekend. Read the related story.
Sweet Briar hunter team coach Mimi Wroten (left) and Morganne Young ’11 after Young won the SWVHJA Hunter Seat Medal Finals.
Alison Sims ’09, riding SBC’s Chinook, was the Adult Hunter Champion.
Katie Davilli ’09 was the reserve champion in the SWVHJA Adult Medal Finals riding her horse, Juliet.
Alison Sims (left) and Morganne Young after finishing first and second in the Child/Adult Hunter Derby.
Morganne Young (left) won Best Child Rider for the show and Alison Sims won Best Adult Rider for the show.
The Vixens were the high-point team winner at the last Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competition of the fall, held at Bridgewater College on Nov. 1. The win improved the Sweet Briar team’s overall points standing to third place in its division heading into the spring portion of the 2008-09 IHSA season.
The Vixens finished the fall portion of the IHSA schedule by grabbing five first-place wins in the IHSA show at Bridgewater College on Nov. 1.