Avery Glynn Wins Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final – West
One did not have to search far to find incredible talent in this year’s Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final – West, but from among the field of 26 talented young riders, one stood out at the end of the four phases of competition: Avery Glynn. The 19-year-old from Petaluma, CA, rode Change Up PS to the victory, adding her name to a prestigious list of winners before her.
“I’m so happy, and I feel so excited to be included in the same list as so many other incredible riders,” said Glynn. “It’s really a pretty indescribable feeling.”
Finishing in second place in the final, held November 8-10 at the Desert International Horse Park, was Paige Walkenbach aboard Emi Initia. Third place went to Victoria Zahorik on Quiwian, and Katharine Reuter and Dior PZ took home fourth.
Those results were decided by judges Kirsten Coe and Michael Tokaruk over four phases of competition.
Phase I, held on Friday, November 8, saw riders tested on the flat, with the required flatwork exercises including flying lead changes, a turn on the haunches and a counter canter in each direction. At the end of the opening phase, Glynn sat in ninth place on a score of 83.8, and Walkenbach held the lead with a score of 90.
Next came Saturday’s Phase II, or the gymnastics phase. There, Zahorik made her move up the leaderboard, taking over the top spot with a Phase II score of 88.
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