06/02/2026
🌷Catching up on May - We had a great week at the Sandhills Classic, at the Carolina Horse Park! Thank you to Joan, & the Triangle Farms team for hosting such a fun, great show!
Highlights include:
Evynn Morelli & her ‘Orchard Hills Dipped in Gold’ were on fire, finishing 🏆Champion in the Children’s Large Pony Hunters, & the Schooling Pony Hunter out of 20+ ponies!
Evynn Morelli & her ‘Smallwood Emma’ were 🏆Champion in the Medium Green Ponies & finished 6th in the USHJA Pony Derby w/ an 85 in the Handy round!
Elizabeth Smith’s ‘Stellar’ finished 🏆Champion in the 3’ Greens & won 🥇the Green Incentive with an 86!
Paige Bartosh’s ‘Coolest Choice’ was Reserve Champion in the 3’ Greens w/ Sam winning 🥇 a class & placing top 3 in all the others! He also finished 8th w/ Paige in the USHJA National Derby out of 20+ horses, & they won the Child/Adult Classic w/ a 2nd round score of 87!
Grace Littreal & her ‘Epic’s La Mia’ were class winners 🥇in the 3’3” Older Juniors & tied for Reserve Champion! They also finished 5th in the Junior Classic!
Logan Smith’s ‘Paradise City’ & Sam finished 🥈in the USHJA National Derby! They also had multiple top 3 placings in the 3’3” Performance!
Madelyn Meacham’s ‘Content’ finished 5th in the USHJA National Derby & finished top 3 in every class of the 3’3” Performance!
Lauren Delalla’s ‘Simply Sensational EA’ teamed up w/ Byrdie Paisley for the first time, & finished 🥈in the Junior Classic w/ a first round score of 87! They also had top placings in the other classes! Sam & Otto also were class winners 🥇in the 3’3” Greens!
Elizabeth Smith’s ‘Stargold Balou’ was Reserve Champion in the 3’3” Greens winning multiple classes 🥇& finished 🥉in the Green Incentive! He was also 4th in the USHJA National Derby with the highest ‘Go’ score of 9️⃣0️⃣!
Jenn Sabella & her ‘Umiliano Van Orshof’ were class winners 🥇& had other top placings in a huge Open Hunter division!
Brittany’s ‘Jack Flash’ finished Champion in the USHJA 2’6” Hunters winning🥇multiple classes w/ Sam! Brittany also had top 3 placings in the Low Adults out of 20+ horses 🥈🥉!
Thank you as always to Melvin, Denis, & Lorelei for all their hard work!