Custom Saddlery Awards Intercollegiate Dressage Association National Winners with “Advantage” Saddles
South Hadley, MA (May 7, 2013) – Custom Saddlery, the official saddle of the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA), awarded eight Custom “Advantage” saddles to the IDA Nationals team and individual winners. One of this years winners, Julia McNellis, comments, “When I found out that I won my second National Championship title, I was ecstatic but when I learned that the saddle I won was a Custom Saddlery Advantage dressage saddle I was completely over the moon!”
The 12th Annual IDA National Championships took place on April 27-28 at Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center in South Hadley, Massachusetts. On Team Championship Day, The Mount Holyoke College dressage team came away with the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) National Team Championship title at the MHC Equestrian Center with Johnson & Wales University finishing second and Delaware Valley College coming in third. Each rider of the winning team will receive a Custom “Advantage” saddle courtesy of Custom Saddlery.
In addition, on Individual Championship Day, four riders took home the National Individual Championship title along with winning their own Custom Saddlery “Advantage” dressage saddle. Winner of the IDA Nationals First Level division, McNellis of Johnson and Wales University comments, “I have always dreamed of riding in a Custom Saddlery saddle, and now I am a proud owner! Thank you Custom Saddlery and their representative, Andrea, for making my first Custom fitting easy and super enjoyable!”
