Jayne distinguished herself early in the class of 254 riders, going 22nd.

"I like singles and rollbacks (changes of direction)," she said. Apparently Grappa, the 13-year-old Hanovarian she rode, liked it too. A veteran campaigner, he won two years ago with his owner Sarah Willeman.

"We wanted a course to test the basics, not a 'follow the dots' course," said Kip Rosenthal who co-designed the course with fellow judge George H. Morris. "It was a handy hunter course right out of the Sixties." Translated that meant there was only one measured line, the in-and-out; every other fence the rider had to find the distance and ride their horse.

"Maggie rode the course. She has beautiful basics. She was neat and efficient," said Rosenthal. "She was on top after the first 50, and stayed there throughout the day. On the second course, she rode to win."

"She was better in the second round," added Morris. "She went for broke and no one went out to beat her."

Behind Jayne, the field of 22 reshuffled itself slightly. The 11th place Kathryn Volk moved up to 4th. Katie Gardner, Westlake Village, CA, snatched second from an eighth place call back. Derek Braun, Ocala, FL, held onto third, his position in the call back.

Required by the rules to further test four final contestants, judges chose a simple, perfunctory walk, trot, canter, halt test.

"I was very surprised the course eliminated as many as it did. Scores were lower as the day wore on. I think the second half of the class got psyched out," said Morris. There were 130 refusals. Dropped rails could also eliminate riders. Reserve champion Katie Gardner made the final call back despite knocking down one pole in the first round. The class took just under 11 hours to complete. Riders came from thirty-one states, Ontario, British Columbia and Bermuda. The 57th Penn National Show was held from October 10-19, 2002 at Farm Show Arena, Harrisburg, Penna.

Final Results:
1 Maggie Jayne
2 Katie Gardner
3 Derek Braun
4 Kathryn Volk
5 Allison LaJoie
6 Lara Gay
7 Katelyn Denby
8 Michael R. Morrissey
9 Clara Lindner
10 Whitney Hollinger
11 Kate Landau
Judges: George Morris, Kip Rosenthal

2002 ASPCA Maclay National Championship results from the Washington International Horse Show held at the MCI Center in Washington, DC, from October 22 - 27th are as follows:

1 Erin Stewart, Ocala, FL
2 Jamie Taylor, Tarzana, CA
3 Katie Gardner, Westlake Village, CA
4 RandySherman, Pasadena, CA
5 Lauren VAn Eldik, Ocala, FL
6 Nicole Adamson, Los Angeles, CA
7 Tedra Bates, Carmel, CA
8 Danielle Goldstein, New York, NY
9 Daisy Johnson, New York, NY
10 Whitney Roper, Rumson, NJ

To see the complete list of 2002 competitors from all eight Regional Finals, click here.

On Sunday October 20, riders squared off in the first round of competition, narrowing the field of competitors to the top 15 who would advance to the Finals at the MCI Center on Thursday, October 24.

Heading into the final competition at the WIHS, the top 6 of the 15 finalists were Erin Stewart, Jamie Taylor, Kristy McCormack, Maggie Jayne, Jennifer Berol Bliss, and Derek Braun. Judges Frank Willard, Phil deVita and Christine Tauber had their work cut out for them with the high quality of riding in the group of 2002 finalists.

Stewart and Taylor were called back for further testing. Though both riders rode beautiful trips, the judges were unanimous in their decision to award the championship to Stewart.

"When we tested these two, neither child made a mistake of any kind, and the numerical difference would have been 92 and 86. The 86 [Taylor] did nothing wrong, but the winner won the class," said Willard.

Katie Gardiner made the most impressive move up the list, entering the final competition at the MCI Center in 13th place and finishing in 3rd place.

The 45th annual Washington International Horse Show took place October 21 through 26, 2003 at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. Highlighted competitions included the Puissance, the President's Cup Grand Prix, the Pro-Junior Costume Relay, and the Gambler's Choice. Source: WIHS press release, www.wihs.org

Penn National information source: Stephanie Lawson, Pennsylvania Equestrian, P. O. Box 8412, Lancaster, PA 17604 Tel: (717) 898-5874 - Fax: (717) 898-1458