Marin Roth (Bloomington, Ill.) has both a bronze and silver USEF Dressage Seat Medal to her name, and this year, she added a gold. Riding her own 2014 Zweibrucker gelding, Erin Meadows Jägermeister, she earned a score of 88% from the judges. Korey Denny (Williston, Fla.) finished in a close second place riding Hemingway KW, the 2012 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by her mother, Amy Denny, to win the silver medal. Olivia Martz clinched the bronze riding Brook Martz’s Ronvair, a 2004 Oldenburg gelding.

Photo – Marin Roth and Erin Meadows Jägermeister. (Photo: ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian)

Class Results

Final Results:

1. Marin Roth and Erin Meadows Jägermeister
2. Korey Denny and Hemingway KW
3. Olivia Martz and Ronvair

From the Mixed Zone:

Have you done the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Final before?.

Marin Roth: I’ve done all four years. This is my last year [of eligibility], and I’m just really happy to end it on a good note. But it’s been a long way coming. The first year I did it, I think I got dead last, and then the last two I got bronze and silver, so I’m ending it on a very good note.

Korey Denny: This is my third year. I did two years in the 13 & Under. I got reserve last year and this is my first year in the 14-18.

Olivia Martz: I did two years as well, in 2020 and 2021. In 2021, I won the 13 & Under Championship.

What makes you want to come back and compete in the medal year after year?

MR: I think the main thing for me was that you don’t have to have the fanciest horse because it’s solely based on the rider. And as good a rider as you are, that’s what makes the horse. You have to be a good rider to produce a good horse and have a good test, so I think that’s what really motivated me.

KD: Normally the tests are more on the horse, so I think it’s a good way to get a little feedback on your own position. I think if you have good equitation, it can help you in the future.

OM: I think position is so important. When you ride your horse, [your position] affects your horse in so many different ways. If you’re crooked, your horse is most likely crooked as well. And it’s also great that you don’t have to have the fanciest horse to come out here and do your best.

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