Skidmore Riding Team Has Strong Showing in Holiday Tournament of Champions

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Skidmore College riding team recently traveled to Virginia Tech to compete in the Holiday Tournament of Champions, finishing sixth overall.

Kenya Sanders started the day for the Thoroughbreds with a third in the Open Fences, followed by Carolyn Albright taking fourth in the Intermediate Fences. The Open and Intermediate riders returned directly for their rides on the flat. Charlotte Lyon took fifth place in the Intermediate Flat.  Harper Sanford had a strong showing in the flat phase of the High Medal on a difficult horse, and Sanders returned in the Open Flat to finish just out the ribbons.

Ani McIntyre kept busy at the competition, placing fifth in Limit Flat, fourth in Limit Fences, and returning for the jumping phase of the Low Medal, riding to Reserve Champion. Stella Allen took second in the Novice Equitation, and Alice Wrede was second in Introductory Equitation.

The team will next travel to Savannah, Georgia to compete in the Tournament of Champions Winter Classic on January 25.  Regular season competition resumes at Van Lennep Riding Center on February 15.