(Lexington, KY) – Adrienne Sternlicht on the seven year old gelding Vanity Fair, won yesterday’s 2005 Wild Horsefeathers / USEF Green Pony Hunter Championship. The championship was held as part of the USEF Pony Finals being held August 10-13 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. As champion, the twelve year old Adrienne and “Coco,” a large pony, walked away with the Brownland Farm Perpetual Trophy, a Royal Rider Dress Sheet, a ten-inch Revere bowl keeper trophy and a Pessoa saddle. Her trainer is Patricia Griffith.

The reserve champion was Jennifer Waxman, with a 14th birthday today, on 11 year old Devon Walther’s Fort Knox, a medium pony gelding, age 7.

Exhibitors went head-to-head in three phases of competition, a model class, an under saddle class, and finally an over fences class. To vie for top honors, they competed against riders from across the nation who had qualified to compete in this event by winning a Champion or Reserve Champion at an “A” or “AA” rated United States Equestrian Federation competition between December 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005.

“The course was challenging because it wasn’t like a normal hunter course, although it wasn’t like an equitation course, the lines were off your eye and you had to basically figure out the course by yourself,” said Adrienne. “The option was the hardest part. I decided already when I went into the ring which one to take but I didn’t know how it was going to ride because some ponies were staying out and some ponies were staying in.”