Photo Above This Article: Keeping the tradition of biting medals they just received, Middle Tennessee State University equestrian team members include, from left, coach Ariel Higgins, Audrey Ferrie, Sadio Barnes, Mackenzie Latimer, Jordan Martin, Jessie Kauffman and assistant coach Andrea Rego. The team earned the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association Western championship — a first for the Blue Raider program — at the national competition at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., M .
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A first-place finish at the 2021 YEDA Western Collegiate Celebration, hosted by the Youth Equestrian Development Association recently in Cleveland, Tennessee, completed an outstanding year for the MTSU equestrian team.The team, coached by Ariel Herrin Higgins and undefeated during the regular season, took 12 riders to the competition. Eleven earned awards.In the 16-team field, MTSU finished ahead of two West Texas A&M squads, fourth-place St. M .
MTSU Raiders ride home with top individual honors at stock horse nationals Apr 27, 2021 at 06:23 am by WGNS
Riding Dontjacwithmyspook Lindsay Gilleland, a senior horse science major from Powder Springs, Ga., earned ASHA National Non-Pro Trail & Pleasure Champion, Collegiate Limited Reserve Champion Cow horse and sixth all-round Collegiate Limited Non-Pro honors. The competition was held April 16-17 in the Nolan County Coliseum in Sweetwater, Texas. (Submitted photo by High Cotton Promotions)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. They were the new kids in the saddle, but coach Andrea Rego and the determined riders of the 2021 MTSU stock horse team rode into the Sweetwater, Texas, outdoor coliseum ready to defend their American Stock Horse Association National Show Division 2 championship with a well-executed plan of preparation and mental skills training.