Saunders, Barnett to ride on for Liberty equestrian teams at nationals in Kentucky
5/2/2023 4:49:00 AM | Equestrian
Liberty University equestrian riders Maggie Saunders and Virginia Barnett will be competing at this week’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) and American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)/National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) National Championships held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., after qualifying at their Hunt Seat Zone and Western National Semi-Final events, respectively, this spring.
Saunders, who was the individual Open Flat champion at the Region 4 Championships hosted by the Liberty Equestrian Center on Feb. 25, was also crowned the IHSA Zone 4 champion at the show held at Goucher College on April 1. The junior from Troy, Va., will be competing in the individual Open Flat championships on Thursday in Lexington.
Barnett, a senior from Jacksonville, Fla., who will graduate next weekend with a B.S. in Business Administration: Entrepreneurship with a minor in Government, won her class in Ranch Riding at the Western Semi Finals in Ocala, Fla., on March 17 to earn her spot in Friday’s AQHA/NRHA nationals event.
