Riding Team

The Lake Forest College Riding Team was newly formed in 2010. The Lake Forest College Riding Team is a competitive equestrian team in both the English and Western disciplines. Within the English discipline, students compete in multiple levels of Hunt Seat Equitation on the flat and over fences. In the Western discipline, students compete in various levels of Western Equitation and Reining. The Lake Forest College Riding Team competes against multiple schools in the area through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). Practices include lessons once a week at Sunflower Farms.

Sunflower Farms, located in Bristol, Wisconsin, is home to the Lake Forest College Riding Team. It has numerous indoor arenas and school horses trained in both English and Western for the college to use. Phil May is the head trainer with plenty of experience in collegiate riding and showing.

The Club Sports program pays transportation costs and entry fees. Participants will pay for their lessons.

PARTICIPATION FEE: $50/semester plus lessons

2011-12 Roster

Fall 2011 News
We want to wish congratulations to our riders who participated in Lake Forest College's very first IHSA show, hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 1-2. This was a Hunt Seat show and the riders that participated were Alyssa Gembra, Emily Hampden-Smith, Yusuf Ismail and Lauren Tobin. All of our riders rode well and really made us proud. We came home with many ribbons and the results are...

Day 1
Alyssa Gembra placed 5th in her Novice jumping round and 2nd in her Novice flat class.
Lauren Tobin placed 3rd in her Novice flat class.

Day 2
Alyssa Gembra placed 3rd in her Novice jumping class and 4th in her Novice flat class.
Emily Hampden-Smith placed 3rd in her Novice flat class.
Lauren Tobin placed 4th in her Novice flat class.

On November 5, 2011 the Hunt Seat riders of the Riding Team competed at another show which was hosted by Notre Dame University and St. Mary's College at Culver Academy in Indiana. The riders that represented the team were Alyssa Gembra, Emily Hampden-Smith, Yusuf Ismail, and Lauren Tobin. Each rider did a great job and really rode well. Once again, the team came back with ribbons and the results are:

Alyssa Gembra placed 5th in her Novice jumping class and placed 1st in her Novice flat class.

Lauren Tobin placed 6th in her Novice flat class.

The Western branch of the Riding Team went to their first competition on November 19-20 at Black Hawk College East Campus in Kewanee, IL. The team sent three riders to compete which were Adriana Castrejon, Alyssa Gembra, and Emily Hampden-Smith. The team had a lot of fun and performed extremely well.

The results are:

Day 1

Adriana Castrejon placed 4th in her Beginner class.

Alyssa Gembra placed 6th in her Intermediate II class.

Day 2

Adriana Castrejon placed 5th in her Beginner class.

Alyssa Gembra placed 6th in her Intermediate II class.

Emily Hampden-Smith placed 3rd in her Intermediate II class.

Spring 2012

The Western branch of the Riding Team went February 25-26 at Black Hawk College East Campus in Kewanee, IL. Two riders competed: Alussa Gembra and Emily Hampden-Smith

Results:
Emily Hampden-Smith 5th in Intermediate II
Alyssa Gembra 6th in Intermediate II
The English Team competed at Fox Creek Stables hosted by Augustana. lauren Tobin, Alyssa Gembra, Emily Hampden-Smith and Yusuf Ismail all competed. The results are as follows:
Alyssa Gembra 2nd place in Novice over fences and 3rd place Novice on the flat,
Lauren Tobin 5th place Novice on the Flat
Emily Hampden-Smith 2nd place Novice on the flat

Day 2:
Alyssa Gembra: 5th plave on the flat
Lauran Tobin: 4th on the flat

The English team competed at a show hosted by UW Madison. Alyssa Gembra, Lauren Tobin, Yusuf Ismail, and Amanda Latmier all competed.
Results:
Alyssa - 3rd place in Novice over fences and 2nd place in Novice on the flat
Yusuf - 4th place in Walk Trot on the flat
Amanda Latimer - 6th place in Advance Walk Trot Canter on the flat

At the beginning of each semester there is an opportunity for interested students to sign up for any club sport at what is called the Involvement Fair. If a student decides to come to Lake Forest he/she can attend the Fair in the fall and/or spring and sign up for a club sport then. The Fair takes place in or behind Commons, depending on weather, within the first two weeks of classes. First-year students do not need to do anything before arriving at Lake Forest in order to participate in club sports.