HARRISBURG, PA – OCTOBER 13, 2009 – As the 2009 show season drew to a close, 237 of the Nation’s top equitation riders gathered in Harrisburg, for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show where the riders competed in the Pessoa / USEF Hunt Seat Medal Final. The competition took place over two rounds on a challenging set of courses by designer Steve Stephens.
Ashland Farms had worked throughout the season to prepare Jennifer Waxman for the challenge of competing for the Nation’s top equitation prize and the pair of riders came through, posting n outstanding performance.
Waxman qualified for the second round of competition and earned a top ten finish. Waxman, aboard “Falcon” finished just out of the top four in fifth position.
Waxman rounded out the Pennsylvania National Horse Show with a championship and high points finish in the 16-17 year old large junior division, riding “Vida Blue”.
Ashland Farms will make the journey north to Syracuse for the final leg of the 2009 show season, before returning back to Wellington, Florida to begin training for the 2010 WEF circuit.