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SCOTT STEWART
SCOTT STEWART One of America’s leading hunter riders, Scott Stewart has time and again shown his talent and brilliance in the hunter ring. In 2017, Stewart and his mount Catch Me claimed their second consecutive $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular win in Wellington. In the 20-year history of the WCHR and his long-running and decorated career, Stewart never made it onto the roster of winners, until 2016. He had competed in the class almost every year since its beginning, and the winning prize had eluded him. In 2017, at the prestigious horse show at Devon, he earned the Devon Leading Hunter Rider award. At the Capital Challenge Horse Show, he was also recognized with the best hunter horses and riders in the country at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Maryland. Then Stewart and Lucador won Leading Hunter Rider, Grand Champion Professional Hunter and won at the 2017 Lexington CP National Horse Show. Stewart grew up in Norwalk, Conn., and competed in the equitation and Medal/ Maclay Finals, making it into the final group twice. He has ridden jumpers, taught the up-and-coming equitation riders to the finals and placed at the top in the hunter classes with victories year after year.
wellington the magazine | february 2018
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