LEXINGTON, Ky.--Hilary McNerney and Olivia Sweetnam won the year end championships in their respective divisons of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series, East Conference.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame conducts the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series with classes at approximately 80 horse shows each year and hosts separate divisions for junior and amateur riders.
McNerney of Wellington, Fla., competes in the Jumper Classic Series Amateur, and her successful show season included her being named the Hall of Fame’s Rider of the Month in April following her victory in the $15,000 High Amateur Jumper Classic at WEF 12.
She topped the final standings for 2023 with her 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding Chato Lou, who was also named the Hall of Fame’s Horse of the Month in March.
Sweetnam of Wellington, Fla., soared above the rest In the Jumper Classic Series Junior.
Sweetnam rode HDB Quality, Sweet Oak Farm’s 10-year-old Westphalian mare, to several top-five placings in WEF’s $10,000 High Junior Jumper classics, then continued winning in the summer during the Split Rock tour and Great Lakes Equestrian Festival.
The overall Series Final ws held at the Washington International Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, Md.