The No. 4 Texas A&M equestrian team took on No. 6 Georgia on Friday, Oct. 6, at the Hildebrand Equine Complex. This was the team’s first SEC meet of the season and its second meet overall.
The meet was split into the Jumping Seat and Western events, which contained two competitions each. The Jumping Seat competitions were Fences and Flat, and the Western competitions were Horsemanship and Reining.
The Aggies performed well in Fences, as junior Brooke Brombach led the way with a score of 85 and 1 point with C.J., her horse. Bromback was one of three Aggies that scored above 80 and at least 1 point during the Fences competition. Freshman Ali Treuting and sophomore Alexa Treung finished with scores of 83 and 81, respectively, 1 point each. The Aggies won the Fences competition with a score of 406 and a 3 point total, whereas the Bulldogs finished with a score of 395 and 2 points.
A&M was also victorious in the Flat competition, where senior Devon H. Thomas and C.J. led the team with a score of 81 and a point. A&M won this competition over Georgia 390-380 in the score column, and 3 to 3 by points.
The final score for the Jumping Seat event was 796 and 6to 775 and 3 in favor of the Maroon and White.
In Horsemanship, A&M won the tilt by a score of 369.5 and 4 to 362 and 1. Junior Hanna Olaussen and her horse, Cowboy, had the highest score for A&M with 78. Four of the five Aggies competing in this match tallied a point, and all of them scored at least 70 points.
Like the Horsemanship competition, the Reining competition was also a tight match, as the Aggies pulled it out by a score of 292.5 and 3 to the Bulldogs’ 287 and 1. Senior Keesa Luers scored the most for the Maroon and White with 76.
The Aggies won the Western event over the Bulldogs by a final of 662-7 to 649-2. With this, the total raw score for the meet was 1458-1424 in favor of the Maroon and White. A&M also had a clean sweep, as it won all four of the day’s events.
In both meets this season, A&M has scored double-digit points and outscored both opponents by a combined score of 29-9.
The Aggies’ next meet will be on the road against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Pedigo-Hull Equestrian Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma.