Like the victors in the other major equitation championships this fall, the winner of the Platinum Performance/ USEF Show Jumping Talent Search West has parents who are professionals.
Avery Glynn, the daughter of Hope Glynn and Ned Glynn, took the title last weekend at the Desert International Horse Park in California, more than a month after Taylor Cawley won the East version at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation in Gladstone, N.J.
A member of the equestrian team at Auburn University in Alabama, Avery borrowed Change Up PS from David Bustillos for the class when she flew home to the West Coast.
Avery Glynn and Change Up PS (Photo by Avery Wallace)
“He has just been the most incredible partner,” she said of her mount, an OIdenburg stallion.
“So scopey, a big stride, brave—I’m just so lucky to have been able to show him.”
Judges Kirsten Coe and Michael Tokaruk designed a version of the Paris Olympic course to test the 26 riders who participated. Paige Walkenbach, who won the flat phase, finished second, followed by Victoria Zahorik and Katherine Reuter.