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We told Colgate University seniors Ruby Verga (on left) and Dulcie
Morris (on right) that they would know that the Region 3 photos
had changed when they saw their picture at the top of this page!
From Westfield, New Jersey, Verga is one of seven Colgate hunter seat
riders to qualify for Regionals during the fall. Verga is in on the
intermediate fences while Morris (from Malibu, California) sits in
fifth place in the Region 3 hunter seat open rider standings.
If your show starts with open fences, and the Skidmore College
Thoroughbreds are entered, it is a very good bet that Sophia Olivero
(on left) will be in one of the first two classes. From Katonah, New York,
Olivero rode in the first class at both Skidmore's final Region 3 fall
show and at the Holiday Tournament of Champions invitational in Long
Valley, New Jersey on December 2nd. And the Skidmore sophomore won
both of those classes! Head Coach Belinda Colgan (on right) was
especially happy when the final fall Region 3 show was over, as
Skidmore posted an immaculate "56" score on their point card (even
the drop was a first place ribbon). This was the first time since
Colgan became head coach in mid-2019 that Skidmore accomplished this feat.
At IHSA Semifinals events the top four individuals in each division and
(starting in March of 2023) the top four teams advance through to IHSA
Nationals. Maggie Herbert of Morrisville State College placed fifth in
team open western horsemanship at the Findlay, Ohio Semifinal event on
March 19th to put the Mustangs one point ahead of Mount Holyoke College
for the fourth and final seat at Nationals. From Jeffersonville, New
York, Herbert is seen here with her number 262 that she wore in four
different classas at 2023 IHSA Nationals in Lexington, Kentucky.
Between May 5th and 7th Herbert was fifth in team open reining, ninth in
individual open reining, sixth in team open western horsemanship and
eighth in the High Point Open Rider Championship which determines the top
western rider for the season. Region 3 Western has a slightly different
look in 2023-24, as the State University of New York at Oswego and the
University of Guelph have joined Morrisville State, Colgate and Syracuse
in the new, larger Region 3 brought about in part due to the demise of
Cazenovia College. And through the first two shows the Mustangs had a
healthy 27 point lead on Guelph prior to a doubleheader at Morrisville
on December 3rd.
The Morrisville State College hunter seat team has been second to
Skidmore at the end of the year too many times to count, but the
Mustangs managed a rare feat when they outscored the defending IHSA
National Champions not once but twice in a two-day span November 4th
and 5th. Morrisville won outright 41-40 at the first of their two home
shows, then the total was 35-33 over the Thoroughbreds the next day
(how about this for 'close' on November 5th: Skidmore and Siena with
33, Morrisville with 35, State University of New York at Cobleskill 36
and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute high point team with 37). Sarah
Wood made good for the Mustangs at both shows, winning her intermediate
fences while placing second in intermediate flat on November 4th, then
flipping those placings the next day. A junior from DeRuyter, New
York, Wood is seen here at the November 18th Skidmore show where her
second in intermediate flat made her a regional qualifier in the
division.
It is becoming more and more common to meet team captains who are only
sophomores at IHSA shows. One of them is Sophia Rose of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (on left, with head coach Megan Rogers). From
Colchester, Connecticut, Rose started her 2023-24 season by placing
third in limit flat on October 28th to qualify for Regionals in the
division. Then her first in intermediate fences on November 5th
helped make RPI high point team for perhaps the first time in program
history! Through five fall shows Rogers has the Engineers in third
place, only 12 points behind Morrisville but only three points ahead of
Siena.
Retired Formula One race car driver Sebastian Vettel drove for the likes
of Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin among others from 2007 through
2022. Olivia Witkowski of Siena College (pictured) is a fan of
Vettel's, and after a second in novice equitation on November 18th
qualified the junior from Glenmont, New York for Regionals Witkowski
made the same gesture that Vettel was known to make after his races.
Witkowski is one of seven Saints qualified for Regionals which ties the
school with Colgate for most Region 3 hunter seat riders qualified
during the fall.
The State University of New York at Cobleskill finished the fall in
fifth place. Head coach Ray Whelihan (on left) cannot call out the
name "Palmer" at lessons since he has two riders with that last name,
and both have first names which start with the letter "C." Courtney
Palmer (not pictured) has qualified for Regionals in introductory
equitation while Caroline Palmer (on right) is the only Fighting Tiger
so far in 2023-24 to point up in two divisions. The sophomore from
Pittsfield, Massachusetts is going to Regionals in both limit flat and
intermediate fences.
There are four schools which are part of the State University of New
York system in Region 3. They are Morrisville State, S.U.N.Y. -
Cobleskill, Oneonta State College and the University at Albany. Great Danes head coach
Tracy Pedersen (center) poses with MaryClaire McKenna (on left, a
senior from Buffalo, New York) and Sarah Decker (a senior
coincidentally from Albany, New York) during the November 18th
Skidmore show. Decker's first in limit fences that day made her the
first Albany rider to qualify for Regionals this season. The Great
Danes have been the most consistant team within Region 3 this season,
having scored 16 points, then 18, then 18, then 16 again and finally
18 on November 18th.
Two of the three Oneonta State College riders competed at the November
18th Skidmore Show. Taylor Teachout (on left), a junior from Yorktown
Heights, New York, won her limit flat class for the second time this
season while Hayley Harrell (on right), a sophomore from Ithaca, New
York, was third in intermediate fences. Head coach Deb Purnat (center) saw
Harrell point out of both limit divisions during the November 4th/5th
weekend at Morrisville State.
From Bilbao, Spain, Hartwick College junior Nuria Santos (pictured)
pointed out of intermediate fences with a fourth in the division at
the November 11th Skidmore show. Santos needs only three points in
early 2024 to qualify for Regionals in intermediate flat.
While most of the photos currently on this page are from the
November 18, 2023 Skidmore show this photo of the Thoroughbred's
Elise Sigety dates from February 19, 2022 when she won her limit
fences class. Some may recall that from the mid-1980's until the
spring of 1999 Cazenovia College trained and hosted shows out of a
facility called the Sigety Horse Center. That facility was the
brianchild of Elise Sigety's grandfather, who had an obsession with
all things Cazenovia and was responsible for other donations to the
school. The senior from Pipersville, Pennsylvania
told us that her grandfather was not a horseperson, nor was anyone
else in the Sigety family until Elise herself developed an obsession
with ponies in her youth. Sigety was a blue ribbon winner in limit
flat at the November 18th Skidmore show. Skidmore will be back in
action at both the January 27th Tournament of Champions invitational
in Hardeeville, South Carolina and will face the rest of Region 3
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competing in Zone 2, Region 3 during the 2024-2025 school
year: Colgate University, Hamilton College,
Morrisville State College, Oneonta State College,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Siena College, Skidmore
College, the State University of New York at Albany and
the State University of New York at Cobleskill.
Fall
2024 Show Schedule for Zone 2, Region 3:
 Saturday,
October 26 Siena College (Host) at Dutch
Manor, Guilderland, NY 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Saturday,
November 2 Morrisville State College (Host) at the Sheila Johnson Hunt Seat Riding
Arena, Morrisville, NY 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Saturday,
November 9 Morrisville State College (Host) at the Sheila Johnson Hunt Seat Riding
Arena, Morrisville, NY 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
 Sunday,
November 10 Syracuse University (Host) at the Morrisville
State College Equine Center, Morrisville, NY 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY
Saturday,
November 16 Skidmore College (Host) at the Van Lennep
Riding Center, Saratoga Springs, NY 8:30AM ENGLISH ONLY
Saturday,
November 23 Skidmore College (Host) at the Van Lennep
Riding Center, Saratoga Springs, NY 8:30AM ENGLISH ONLY
Saturday,
December 7 Morrisville State College (Host) at the Morrisville
State College Equine Center, Morrisville, NY Time TBA 2 WESTERN ONLY
Sunday,
December 8 Morrisville State College (Host) at the Morrisville
State College Equine Center, Morrisville, NY Time TBA WESTERN ONLY
Zone 2, Region 2 and Zone 2, Region 3 show as one region for Western in 2024-25. Show Schedule subject to change.
Recent Region 3 Team Champions (Region 3
created by spinning off eleven schools from Region 2 prior
to the 2000-01 season for hunter seat and 2002-03 season for
stock seat)
Hunter Seat:
2001 - Skidmore College
2002 - Skidmore College
2003 - Skidmore College
2004 - Skidmore College
2005 - Skidmore College
2006 - Skidmore College
2007 - Skidmore College
2008 - Skidmore College
2009 - Skidmore College
2010 - Skidmore College (2009-10
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2011 - Skidmore College
2012 - Skidmore College
2013 - Skidmore College (2012-13
IHSA Hunter Seat Co-National Champions)
2014 - Skidmore College
2015 - Skidmore College
2016 - Skidmore College
2017 - Skidmore College
2018 - Skidmore College (2017-18
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2019 - Skidmore College
2020 - Skidmore College
2022 - Skidmore College
2023 - Skidmore College
2024 - Skidmore College
Western:
2003 - S.U.N.Y. - Morrisville
2004 - Morrisville State College
2005 - Morrisville State College
2006 - Morrisville State College
2007 - Morrisville State College
2008 - Morrisville State College
2009 - Morrisville State College
2010 - Morrisville State College
2011 - Morrisville State College
2012 - Morrisville State College
2013 - Morrisville State College
2014 - Morrisville State College
2015 - Morrisville State College
2016 - Morrisville State College
2017 - State University of New York at Cobleskill
2018 - State University of New York at Cobleskill
2019 - Morrisville State College
2020 - Morrisville State College
2022 - Morrisville State College
2023 - Morrisville State College
2024 - Morrisville State College
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