Alicyn Roy Earns Clean Sweep at Verdugo Hills

Alicyn Roy was a top Open rider and Cachione participant for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association throughout college winning many riding competitions with the skills she learned as a "Catch Ride Kid". Alicyn Roy has competed and placed in a variety of medal finals and events throughout her career including winning local and nationally recognized associations high point awards. End Quote

Setero is a converted jumper, and so far he's turning out to be good; he's accepting being an equitation horse.

(1888PressRelease) June 20, 2011 - Orange County, CA - Alicyn Roy, a dedicated equestrian with a history of competition successes, started off the year earning various medals with a clean sweep of the Foxfield, CPHA Foundation, SFHJA Challenge, and the LAHJA LA Saddlery Junior/Senior medals with her horse Setero.

The Verdugo Hills event was an excellent start to the season for Alicyn Roy, her horse Setero and trainer, Kim Tasker. It was only six months prior to the Verdugo Hills event that Alicyn bought Setero; prior to his new partnership with Alicyn, Setero had spent much of his time in a pasture just hanging out.

"It was good, because he's a really green horse so it was nice to have him behave," Alicyn Roy said. "He felt like riding a keg of dynamite at first, but he settled down after a class or two. I bought him from Canada six months ago and he had been in a pasture doing nothing for a while, so it's been a fun experience bringing him along and getting better at every show."

Alicyn Roy is no stranger to taking in horses that are less than prepared to compete and turning them into equestrian-ready masterpieces. In fact, Alicyn Roy's history with horses and equestrianism began when she, willingly, purchased an underweight horse with no training and a variety of cosmetic and medical issues.

Alicyn Roy dedicated herself to the horse and eventually turned him into a beautiful, well-trained competitor. "Alicyn Roy is coming together with a new horse, so it was a nice way to start the year," trainer Kim Tasker recalled. "Setero is a converted jumper, and so far he's turning out to be good; he's accepting being an equitation horse."

The Verdugo Hills competition allowed many riders the opportunity to begin earning medal points for the year, and Verdugo Hills offers several LAHJA, SFHJA, and CPHA medal classes. Alicyn Roy has competed in 3'6" medal classes in the past and plans to participate in more this year, once Setero has had time to gain additional experience in the ring. For now, Alicyn Roy is focused on getting to know him.

About Alicyn Roy

Born in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts and raised in Claremont, California, Alicyn Roy developed a life-long passion for horses at an early age. It wasn't until Alicyn was 6 or 7 that she would finally meet a horse firsthand; her grandmother took her for her first pony ride at Griffith Park in LA and undoubtedly secured Alicyn's future in equestrianism.

Soon after her first riding experience, Alicyn Roy began taking formal riding lessons; lessons she helped pay for by helping out at the horse barn. As a teenager, Alicyn Roy used the skill, perseverance and ingenuity she had acquired during her youth to secure a deal that would lead to a horse of her very own; a horse that eventually became Alicyn's first major investment.

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