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2CONGRATS on a great 2010-11 !

2011 Champion Varsity Team at IEA Zones

2011 Champion Futures Team at IEA Zones

2011 Champion Varsity Team at Regionals

2011 Res Champ Futures at Regionals 

Champion Varsity Team at the Beckett Run show, February 19 - show 1.

Champion Varsity Team at the Beckett Run show, February 19, show 2.

Champion Futures Team at the Beckett Run show, February 19, show 2.

Champion Varsity Team at the Stonegate Farm show.

Champion Futures Team at the Stonegate Farm show.   

Champion Varsity Team at the Andrews Osborne Academy in snowy Cleveland, Ohio.  Also...

•  CHAMPION OPEN RIDER Karie Dupps, Little Miami High School; 
• Kai Smith, freshman at Sycamore High School tied for HIGH POINT RIDER. 

CLICK HERE for 2010 Summer Newsletter for Beckett Run Equestrian Team 

CLICK HERE to link to a very nice article about high school and college riding - with a healthy mention and photo of Beckett Run - from the Equine Journal, a national print and internet magazine.

Beckett Run Equestrian Team competes in the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (see www.rideiea.com, the national sanctioning organization for high school and middle school equestrian.  We compete throughout the year in IEA Zone 5 - Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana - as our riders try to score enough points to qualify for Regionals.  Top riders and teams at Regionals qualify for Zones, and top teams and riders at Zones qualify for Nationals.  Our typical schedule includes shows in September, October, November, and February thru April. 

Team members are required to ride at least one lesson per week at Beckett Run, although most do two lessons per week - a half-hour private, and a one-hour group lesson with teammates.  We also encourage team members to ride at schooling shows at the farm, and we attend OHJA shows, focusing on the equitation and OHJA medal.  Our goal is to get as many team members as possible qualified for Medal finals.

We'll begin fornal practices in August.  Riders who miss the August practices will not be eligible for the first shows in September.

The next show season runs from mid-September till the end of April.  We compete in about ten shows all through the school year, but each kid is limited to 5 shows to score the points they need to qualify for Regionals.  Top riders and teams from Regionals qualify for Zones, and tops from Zones qualify for Nationals. Our region (nearly all the shows we attend) includes southern Columbus area, Indianapolis area, down into northern Kentucky. 

 Click Here to download the Fall 2008 Beckett Run  Equestran Team newsletter.

New team members need to submit a questionnaire that helps us place you into the appropriate class level, based on your previous experience.

     Please Click Here to download the placement form.  

Choosing riders

Not everyone goes to all the shows - each show places limits on how many can enter from each team.  Also, there are bigger choices to be made at the end of the year, as to which rider in each division will represent our team at Regionals, Zones, Nationals.  It is the BIGGEST honor to be chosen to represent your team.  Moreso than skill, these are the considerations in being chosen...

Work ethic - attendance in lessons, open to instruction, willing to do what it takes to be stronger and more prepared.

Horsemanship - clean tack, well groomed horse, professional and workman like in every way. This attention to detail in lessons is carried over to showing and many other aspects in life in general.

Appreciation of the lesson horses. They are the most important teacher. Their care before and after the lesson is very important.

Readiness - I would like to enter the most ready riders in as many shows as possible. I would also hope they would earn their needed points early to possibly open up opportunities for other teammates later in the year. The more riders our team qualifies for Zones, the more chances we have in taking riders on to Nationals.

Dedication - Mostly demonstrated through all the concepts above.

Concept of team - Not normally related to showing horses but is very important to this kind of showing.  We coaches and the other riders need to feel comfortable that each rider holds the team's best interest above their own.

Accountability - mistakes happen, just don't make excuses. Own the mistake, learn from it and go on.  This is sport where you have to be able to laugh at yourself.

CONGRATS TO KAYLA AKERS, BRET CLASS OF 2011, RECIPIENT OF A RIDING SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRGINIA INTERMONT COLLEGE! 

2010 IEA Zone 5 Middle School Champions ! 

2009 IEA Varsity

Natonal Champions!

Click on each of the following links...

Channel 5 interview.

Community Press story.

Cincinnati.com story

hunterjumpernews.com

Channel 12.com story

Congratulations to the 2009 IEA National Champion High School equestrian team from Beckett Run!  The National Championships were held April 30-May 3 at Lake Erie College in Cleveland.  We are the first barn team in the ten -year history of IEA to win the varsity National Championship - all the others have been boarding school teams!  We are also the first from the Midwest - all other National Champs have been from New England and Virginia, with one from Colorado. 

Beckett Run also had individual National Championships from...

• Emily Kowalchik - Team Open Fences
• Allison Carey - Individual Novice Equitation; AND Team Novice Equitation

...and outstanding indivual performances from:

• Kelsey Williamson - Reserve Champion Team Intermediate Fences
• Kayla Akers - 4th Place in BOTH individual and team Intermediate Equitation.
• Meredith Finch - 4th Place in the Open Championship Medal class.
• Laura Smith - 8th Place in Team Novice Fences 

...with solid rides from Brooke Barnhill, Maddie Davis, and Mollie Kowalchik!

SEE MORE INFO AND LINKS TO STORIES ON THE "Beckett Run Equestrian" page!

Beckett Run Qualifies for 2009 High School Nationals

 Competing at the IEA Zone 5 Championships in Michigan, Beckett Run had a slow start, followed by a late run, but ended up just one point shy of Reserve Champion team, and qualified easily for the Nationals in Cleveland the first week of May. 

.  Beckett Run also managed more individual qualifiers – seven – than any other team in the zone; and had more Zone Champions – four – than any other team.  Beckett Run has placed as high as 4^th place previously in the National Championships.  Full Story, click on "News".

Regional Champions!

Beckett Run Equestrian   Team Wins Champion High School Team at IEA Regional Championship at Athens, Ohio March 14-15.  The Middle School team also qualified to advance to the IEA Zone 5 Finals, April 4-5 at Albion College in Michigan.  Full story - click on "News".

Two Beckett Run Equestrian Team seniors will participate in their schools' NCAA Athletic Scholarship Signing Days this spring!  Emily Kowalchik (left) of Loveland High School will ride for CornellUniversity in the fall; while TalawandaHigh School's Meredith Finch earned an equestrian  scholarship to Kansas State University

.  They will join several other former BRET riders competing for collegiate teams - click on BRET on the main menu for details

BECKETT RUN

OUTFITTING GUIDELINES

Ours is a sport of conservative tradition, and judges expect to see classic, well-tailored fit, colors, and styles that make you look tall and thin and don’t draw attention away from your horse.  What’s more, styles that work in hunters don’t necessarily work for equitation.  No offense intended, but much of what you see in the Quarter horse, 4H, open show ring won’t work.  CLICK HERE to download the full outfitting guidelines, including photos..