Lexington, Ky. – Nov. 1, 2020 –
6:10 p.m. – At the conclusion of the second over fences round, judges Emil Spadone and Mark Jungherr have elected to test the following top four riders:
102 – Sophee Steckbeck
36 – Gigi Moynihan
99 – Taylor Griffiths-Madden
108 – Dominic Gibbs
4:45 p.m. – The flat phase has concluded, where horse-and-rider combinations’ adjustability, balance and connection were put to the test by the judges, who asked for a series of skill demonstrations such as the counter-canter and sitting trot, among others. The course for the second over fences round is now being set and the order-of-go has been posted, in reverse order of judges’ preference:
263 – Nora Andrews
148 – Chloe Terestchenko
18 – Aristea Santoro
71 – Caroline Blake
54 – Hensley Humphries
86 – Skyler Fields
192 – Eliza Kimball
140 – Rylee Shufelt
2 – Isabella David
224 – Charlotte Murray
45 – Zayna Rizvi
68 – Chase Finizio
176 – Hannah Hoch
79 – Natalie Jayne
245 – Kierstin Antoniadis
222 – Hannah Dodd
240 – Skyler Wireman
223 – Alexia Rule
75 – Ellie Ferrigno
36 – Gigi Moynihan
102 – Sophee Stechbeck
99 – Taylor Griffiths-Madden
53 – Mimi Gochman
108 – Dominic Gibbs
4:00 p.m. – The first round of the 2020 ASPCA Maclay National Championship is complete! The final group of 24 riders will be advancing to the flat phase, which will be split into two groups. Those top 24 riders are as follows in reverse order:
Section A
148 – Chloe Terestchenko
18 – Aristea Santoro
71 – Caroline Blake
263 – Nora Andrews
54 – Hensley Humphries
140 – Rylee Shufelt
192 – Eliza Kimball
2 – Isabella David
79 – Natalie Jayne
86 – Skyler Fields
224 – Charlotte Murray
245 – Kierstin Antoniadis
Section B
45 – Zayna Rizvi
176 – Hannah Hoch
222 – Hannah Dodd
68 – Chase Finizio
240 – Skyler Wireman
75 – Ellie Ferrigno
102 – Sophee Steckbeck
223 – Alexia Rule
53 – Mimi Gochman
99 – Taylor Griffiths-Madden
108 – Dominic Gibbs
36 – Gigi Moynihan
1:20 p.m. – 195 riders down! The next updated standby list of 24 riders in the judges’ order of preference includes:
36 – Gigi Moynihan
108 – Dominic Gibbs
99 – Taylor Griffiths-Madden
53 – Mimi Gochman
102 – Sophee Steckbeck
75 – Ellie Ferrigno
68 – Chase Finizio
176 – Hannah Hoch
45 – Zayna Rizvi
86 – Skyler Fields
79 – Natalie Jayne
2 – Isabella David
192 – Eliza Kimball
140 – Rylee Shufelt
54 – Hensley Humphries
71 – Caroline Blake
18 – Aristea Santoro
148 – Chloe Terestchenko
8 – Elli Yeager
146 – Sophia Mitchell
131 – Madison Rauschenbach
77 – Kathryn McCarthy
132 – Sophia Ahearn
89 – Elizabeth Bunt
11:00 a.m. – The second standby list has been posted! With 130 riders seen so far, we are halfway through the first round with 133 more riders to go. The standby list has now been updated to include the following 24 riders:
36 – Gigi Moynihan
108 – Dominic Gibbs
99 – Taylor Griffiths-Madden
53 – Mimi Gochman
102 – Sophee Steckbeck
75 – Ellie Ferrigno
68 – Chase Finizio
45 – Zayna Rizvi
86 – Skyler Fields
79 – Natalie Jayne
2 – Isabella David
54 – Hensley Humphries
71 – Caroline Blake
18 – Aristea Santoro
8 – Elli Yeager
77 – Kathryn McCarthy
89 – Elizabeth Bunt
83 – Hallie Grimes
109 – Emma Raith
46 – Layla Kurbanov
69 – Brennan Clare
126 – Aedan Mooney
60 – Molly Canfield
38 – Grace Defoe
8:30 a.m. – After the first 65 riders, a standby list has been announced for the following 12 riders in the judges’ order of preference:
36 – Gigi Moynihan
53 – Mimi Gochman
45 – Zayna Rizvi
2 – Isabella David
54 – Hensley Humphries
18 – Aristea Santoro
8 – Elli Yeager
46 – Layla Kurbanov
60 – Molly Canfield
38 – Grace DeFoe
39 – Cara McFadden
30 – Ansley Wright