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2016 HQC
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National Finalists
Toni Anderson, 16, Alamda, CA Tyler Anderson, 15, Novi, MI Maya Aryal, 13, Fairfax, VA Audrey Baker, 14, Tyler, TX Devyn Borden, 11, Purcellville, VA Maclay Bowers, 15, Murfreesboro, TN Kelsey Center, 16, Farmington Hills, MI Kylie Cohen, 14, West Bloomfield, MI Kathryn Craig, 20, Lacey, WA Kearra DeJack, 15, Brighton, MI Alexis DiPasqua, 17, West Chester, PA Celeste Fazioli, 15, Seabrook, TX Celia Hilden, 16, South Lyon, MI Rebecca Hopkins, 15, Northville, MI Nicole Lindquist, 17, Plymouth, MA Alix Morrison, 21, Ann Arbor, MI Lesley Newcome, 20, Renton, WA Lori Ohannessian, 15, Burke, VA Sabrina Ohlrogge, 13, Littleton, CO Kiersten Pratt, 18, Arlington, IL Julia Stone, 15, Santa Barbara, CA
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After four days of the USHJA Emerging Athletes Program (EAP) National Training Session at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, Gracie Marlowe, 20, emerged as the 2017 Champion. Trained by her mother Debi Marlowe and Leslie Steele, Marlowe, of Lake Balboa, CA, impressed clinicians Peter Wylde, Sally Ike, Mary Babick, Janus Marquis, Kip Rosenthal, and Anne Thornbury over the course of competition. Marlowe’s riding throughout the weekend culminated in two clear round efforts for her Nations Cup team and she effortlessly switched horses in the work-off. From EAP, four riders will advance to the 2017 George H. Morris Horsemastership Clinic in Wellington in January: Marlowe and Reserve Champion Caroline Dance (West Chester, PA) as riders; and Hannah Bentz (Boca Raton, FL) and Matthew Drohan (Brooklyn, NY) as stable managers.
Look for up-to-the-moment coverage of the 2017 George H. Morris Horsemastership Clinic from Wellington, Florida on theplaidhorse.com in January.