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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 5 Equestrian team competes in first meet of new season By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent The Sisters High School equestrian team got the 2020 season underway with a strong start at the first Oregon High School Equestrian Team (OHSET) meet of the year at the Redmond Fairgrounds on February 21-23. With more than 20 dif- ferent events 4 which involve individuals, pairs, and four-person teams 4 the meet requires multiple days to complete. Some event names are more famil- iar than others, according to Head Coach Annie Winter. <A fan9s appreciation of the competition is enhanced when they understand what the names of the events mean and what is required of the rid- ers and their horses,= she said. She explained that at an OHSET meet, competitors take part in both performance events and gaming events. Participants can do up to five individual events if they choose. Overall team scores are determined by total scoring Hair, Skin & Nails 541-549-6566 484 W. Washington Ave. Suite B in individual events added to the events that include pairs or quartets. Sisters placed third over- all among the medium sized teams. Bend won the meet (448), followed by Mt. View (435), Sisters (409), Lakeview (350) and Hermiston (316). Ridgeview, one of two large-sized schools, won over- all with 530 points. Shea Robertson, a junior, led the scoring for Sisters by placing highly in four indi- vidual events and two relays. Robertson placed second in dressage (a performance event in which the horse and rider must perform a sequence of around twenty movements and is judged). She finished second in trail equitation and third in hunt seat equitation. In equitation events judges score the horse9s movement and form as well as the rider9s ability. Robertson also placed sixth in reining and fourth in Western horsemanship. Chloe Winter also had a strong showing, placing sec- ond in hunt seat over fences (jumping) and third in saddle seat equitation, while Sidney PHOTO PROVIDED Equestrian team members and their charges pose for a picture prior to their first meet of the year. Sillers took second in working rancher, fifth in reining, and fifth in keyhole. Working rancher requires contestants to replicate things that you would do while on the job at the ranch, including roping a dummy calf head, sort cattle, and ground-tie the horse. Keyhole is a timed event in which horse and rider gallop into a key-shaped area, turn about and race back out. Sillers and Winter came through with the team9s lone win of the meet as they scored 77 points in the working pair competition. The working pair ride a pattern together which could be likened to synchro- nized dancing, according to Winter. Sillers later paired with Hailee Kennedy to take second place in team sorting, which requires a pair of riders to sort calves into pens. Other high finishes for the Outlaws included Josie Berg, who placed fifth in barrels and sixth in steer daubing, as well as Hailee Kennedy and Madilyn Larrabee who placed fourth and fifth respectively in pole bending, which is a timed race requiring weaving through six poles spaced just over twenty feet apart. Steer daubing requires horse and rider to chase down a steer, and get a daub of paint on it for time. Sisters held its own in two Fun events roughout e week. See Facebook f details! 201 E. Sun Ranch Dr. 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 541-588-0311 It’s Been a Year! Come Celeb te Wi Us! four-person events as well. In the hand obstacle relay, Sillers, Robertson, Berg, and Winter got second overall, while the team versatility group of Sillers, Robertson, Berg, and Kennedy got fourth place. 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