Sara McCoy Palmer was sitting comfortably in second place when judge Mary Babick lined the top four competitors in the Alumni Cup, without trainers, facing away from the ring. However, Sara bested the other three competitors to come out on top. Seventeen riders started the day in our Alumni Cup riding over fences in a course that contained eight fences but questioned the riders with a trot fence, option fence, and hand gallop fence. All seventeen returned to ride in two heats for scores on the flat. The top four were tested with an extended trot across the diagonal, showing a turn on the haunches and then three changes of lead along the long side back to line. Caitlin Doran of Rutgers University moved up from third place to claim the reserve title. Finishing out the top four were Aidan Mewha from Westminster College and Jordan Rooney from Lynchburg.
