Traverse City, Mich. - Flintfields Horse Park hosted a full day of hunter talent as competitors in the 2023 Adequan^®/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships completed their classic rounds. In mild late-June weather, more than 300 entries had their first turns in front of the judges.

The 3’6” height took center stage in the Turtle Creek Casino International Ring over Joe Carnicom’s flowing classic course. The day’s top score went to Avery Glynn (Petaluma, Calif.) riding Day Won, a 2017 Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by Balmoral. The pair won the Small Junior Hunter 16-17 section and earned an impressive 270 from the judges.

Over in the Main Hunter Ring where the 3’3” entries competed, Aedan Mooney (Golden, Colo.) rode She’s All That, a 2015 Westphalian mare owned by Linda Yarborough, to a score of 270. The pair won the classic round for the Large Junior Hunter 16-17 section and took the lead in the overall 3’3” standings.

US Equestrian College Fair Presented by Upper Echelon Academy

For the second year in a row, riders and their families had an opportunity to meet with representatives from colleges and universities at the US Equestrian College Fair Presented by Upper Echelon Academy. Ten colleges with equine academic programs and/or equestrian teams were on hand to provide info to prospective students and answer questions. Traverse City Horse Shows provided a pizza lunch for participants, giving competitors a break to relax and socialize during a busy day of competition.

Current Standings

3’6” Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under

1. Deja Blue and Djuna Lauder – 259.25
2. Ever So Often and Paige Walkenbach - 259
3. Golden Ticket and Addison McQuaker (CAN) - 256
    

3’6” Small Junior Hunter 16-17

1. Day Won and Avery Glynn - 270
2. Advent and Eleanor Rudnicki – 266.5
3. Bettina and Mary Caroline Nolan - 258
    

3’6” Large Junior Hunter 15 & Under

1. Arabesque and Clara Propp - 266
2. Casino Cash and Brooke Hagerty - 259
3. Symbolic and Hailey Guidry – 256.5
    

3’6” Large Junior Hunter 16-17

1. Small Love and Caroline Signorino – 268
2. Skyhawk and Carlee McCutcheon – 265.5
3. No Secret and Isabelle Ehman – 2675

3’3” Small Junior Hunter 15 & Under

1. High Vigour and Rylie True – 259
2. Gio Candio and Abigail Davis – 258.5
3. The Politician and Meredith Smith - 254
    

3’3” Small Junior Hunter 16-17

1. Central Park and Vivian Palmer – 252.5
2. Calou and Sadie Furr – 248.5
3. My Everything and Avery Sheppard – 242.5
    

3’3” Large Junior Hunter 15 & Under

1. Debonair and Veronica Feeley – 259.75
2. Easter and Colvin Hall – 256
3. Counselor and Claire Mullally - 254
    

3’3” Large Junior Hunter 16-17

1. She’s All That and Aedan Mooney - 270
2. Calamanzo and Grace Shipman – 264
3. Casa Quo Vadis and Chelsea Stopford – 257.5

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