ANRC - American National Riding Commission

Our last recognition of the 2024 ANRC National Championship is a special award, near and dear to the hearts of those who have been involved with ANRC for many years. The Marion Lee Horsemanship Award is awarded annually to the rider that best demonstrates the spirit and practices of the Forward Riding System as determined by the judges.

The award celebrates Marion’s loyalty and commitment to the ANRC organization and championship and the advancement of forward riding.

This year’s recipient of the Marion Lee Horsemanship Award was Katherine Atherton of Sweet Briar College. Katherine is a junior, from Montpelier, VA and this was her first time participating in the ANRC Championship format. She finished overall 3rd place in the Collegiate National Division with her own Viola BF, winning 🥇 the derby and finishing 🥈 in the medal round with scores of 84.5 & 85 respectively.

Congratulations Katherine on this meaningful honor! 💕 we hope to see you this spring at the 2025 ANRC Championship!

We’ve said it before, but did you know that ANRC offers an alumni/amateur division!!! We often hear wonderful stories from alums across the country who cherished their time at ANRC’s during their collegiate years. Come back and join us in 2025!!!!

We would like to extend a special congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Amateur ANRC divisions. The National Amateur Division was won by Anna Wong 🏆🥇🏆and the Novice Amateur Division was won by Abigail Rhea 🏆🥇🏆

Congratulations to our Amateur Riders from 2024!!! We would love to see more of you in 2025! Bring a seasoned horse or a green horse, it’s a wonderful venue and schedule. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Next we look to the 2024 ANRC Collegiate National Division— Special Congratulations to Individual Champion🏆🥇🏆 Alex Alston of Savannah College of Art & Design🏆🥇🏆 Alex was 🥇in the Medal Phase 🥈in the Derby Phase and 🥉in the Flat Phase!!!

🥈Lindsey Hurley also from SCAD took home second place honors🥈

🥉Katherine Atherton from Sweet Briar College took third🥉

Congratulations to the individual winners of the 2024 ANRC Novice Championship 🏆🥇🏆from Savannah College of Art & Design - Hannah Williams took home the Championship title 🏆 Well done!!!

🥈was Iris Schweiger 🥈

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This competitive division had more than 15 competitors! Congratulations to all who participated!!!! We are already looking forward to next years competition.

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Next, we would like to congratulate our individual winners of all our divisions 🏆🥇🏆First up, Congratulations to Mallory Worthington, Champion of the 2024 ANRC Junior Novice Division!!! We enjoyed having Mallory & her trainers from Rancho Pampa at this years 2024 ANRC Championships!!!

🥈 Reserve Champion of the Junior Division from MET Equestrian was Avia Gamelin

🥉Third place, also from MET Equestrian was Pearl Baldi

The 2024 ANRC Novice Team Championship went to SCAD Black & Yellow 🏆🥇🏆The team consisted of Peter Cavagnac, Hannah Williams, & McKenna Lewis. Congratulations to these three Bees on their success🐝 This competitive division saw 15+ entries. Special thanks to all the new and returning schools that joined us this year including
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Next on our list of those to Congratulate is the Championship Team for the 2024 ANRC Junior Novice Division. Winning this years Junior Championship was first time ANRC competitors, MET Team B 🏆🥇🏆 Consisting of riders Rose Ganz & Avia Gemelin 💙 We are so happy you joined us, we loved seeing you ride and have fun!

Congratulations are in order for the SCAD Black & Yellow Team, consisting of Alex Alston, Celia Cram & Hattie Bradford, who took home the Championship in the National Division at this years 2024 ANRC Championship 🏆🥇🏆 Congratulations!!!!

We would like to take a moment to thank our 2024 ANRC National Equitation Championships Presenting Sponsor the WSJ Foundation. The WSJ Foundation is a donor advised fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation🩵♥️🩵

“WSJ Foundation was created to provide both people and animals with assistance in healing. WSJ is proud to be a sponsor of ANRC and to support young riders and good horsemanship”

A huge thank you to WSJ Foundation founder Wendy Janesky for her continued support of this historic event!
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We would like to take a moment to thank our host facility. For the second year in a row we find ourselves at the beautiful Highfields Event Center in Aiken, SC!!! This equine facility is perfect for the ANRC format, with a separate ring for each of our 3 different ridden phases, including a wonderful derby ring with a berm, and a grass section. We are very thankful to the Cram Family for hosting us. Thank you for your hospitality and support!!! 💚🤎💚

We would like to welcome individual competitor - Mallory Worthington & her trainers from Rancho Pampa to this year’s ANRC Championships!!! Mallory will be competing in the Junior Novice Championship. We are so excited to have you joining us ♥️🖤♥️

We are so excited to welcome some new junior teams to this year’s 2024 ANRC Junior competition!!! We would like to welcome riders from MET- Metropolitan Equestrian 🖤🖤🖤 We hope that you have so much fun this week!!!

Extending a warm welcome to long time collegiate ANRC competitors from Sweet Briar College 🩷💚🩷 Like many of our long time supporters, the Vixens have hosted this historic event at home. We look forward to seeing you this week in Aiken 🦊

We are looking forward to having wonderful photographers catch the magic of ANRC’s ✨✨✨

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We would like to welcome Hartwell Photography as this years official ANRC 2024 Photographer 📸📸📸 Please swipe ⬅️ to check out the QR Code and get details on different show packages and everything Hartwell will be offering to our ANRC participants this week. Sign up tonight, Wednesday before midnight for special deals!!!! We cannot thank for being here with us! Go follow her now!!! We cannot wait to see all the amazing shots of the always beautifully turned out horses at this year’s ANRC Championship 💙💙💙

Next on our list of teams to welcome for the 2024 ANRC Championship this week hosted at Highfield’s in Aiken,SC is ANRC newcomers the University of North Carolina - Wilmington Seahawks! We are so excited to have you all join the most fun week of the year in collegiate equestrian competition 💙💚💙Welcome!!!

We would like to welcome Towson University Equestrian to this years 2024 ANRC National Championship!!! We are excited for the Tigers to join our ANRC format 🐯🐯🐯 Welcome 💛🖤💛

Next on our list of teams to welcome to this years 2024 ANRC Championship, long time competitors St.Andrews University from Laurinburg,NC. The Knights 🏰 have participated many of times in both the collegiate Novice & National formats, and even hosted at home.
Looking forward to seeing you this week!!!

We are less than a week away from the start of competition in Aiken 🔜 We thought we would spend the next couple of days welcoming the teams that will be joining us.

First we would like to welcome Savannah College of Art & Design. The SCAD Bees are regulars to the ANRC competition format, with many team and individual accolades over the years in both Novice and National categories. Welcome Bees 🐝

We are less than two weeks away and entries keep coming in!!! Join us in Aiken, SC - March 27th-30th with your collegiate, high school, or individual riders!!! Email [email protected] with your final entries today!!! We would love to have you for a fun week of equestrian excellence!

Are you interested in supporting this historic collegiate equestrian event? Join the WSJ Foundation in supporting the 2024 ANRC Championship.

Find our 2024 Sponsorship Packet via the link below.

https://conta.cc/3wG7KjB

2024 ANRC Sponsorship Packet Are you interested in supporting this historic collegiate equestrian event...     Are you interested in supporting this historic collegiate equestrian competition? One of the most fun weeks of the yea

Interested in joining us this spring in Aiken?! Here’s our 2024 flat program rides for all four divisions; Collegiate National, Collegiate Novice, Junior National & Junior Novice. Get your entries in for a fun week of collegiate equitation!!!!

Happy New Year!!! 2024 Prizelist, Entry Form, Team Membership & Eligibility Forms are up on the website. We are excited for the most fun week of the year - March 26th-30th, 2024!!! Mark your calendars and start planning today!

Join Us in Aiken - March 26th-30th, 2024 - ANRC National Championship Prizelist, Entry Form, Team Membership & Eligibility Forms Available Today   Join Us in Aiken this Spring!!! Do you have IHSA riders, NCEA riders, collegiate riders, IEA riders, or any high school or

Just in time for the holidays...the 2024 ANRC National Championship Prizelist is now available online!!! Collegiate, High School, or Amateur, join us in Aiken, SC in March for this historic and FUN event!!!

ANRC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 - PRIZELIST AVAILABLE Get a copy of this year's 2024 ANRC National Championship Prizelist and join us in Aiken, SC in March.   ANRC National Championship 2024 PRIZELIST AVAILABLE We hope to see you in Aiken, SC in March. C

We would like to welcome back for the 3rd year in a row our ANRC 2024 Presenting Sponsor The WSJ Foundation. The WSJ Foundation was created to provide assistance in healing to both people and animals. Committed to supporting various not for profit efforts, the WSJ Foundation is dedicated to bringing awareness of healing to communities. Thank you to both Wendy & Autumn Janesky! We could not do what we do without you and we are so appreciative of your support! ❤️❤️❤️

***Update*** - SAVE THE DATE - Change - March 26th-30th, 2024 ***

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - SAVE THE DATE - The 2024 ANRC Championship will be held April 10th-14th!!! We are so excited to head back to Highfields Event Center in beautiful Aiken, SC.

Start making plans to join us in the spring. Interested in bringing a high school team? A novice team? A national team? Or an individual? We have room for everyone!

Details including prize list and program rides will be released at a later date. If you want to learn more, please send us a message.

We would like to thank Equine Bemer for their support and sponsorship of our 2023 Championships. They were generous enough to donate multiple certificates for free Bemer sessions to our Top 3 riders throughout a number of phases and divisions! Bemer is good for you and your horse!!! Equine sports medicine is so important, keeping our equine athletes happy and healthy is why we do what we do. Thank you Bemer!

This summer we would like to take some time to continue thanking those who support our championship. A special thank you to who graciously donated a number of certificates to our ANRC Championship winners this past year, for 50% off a pair of custom boots!!! Thank you for your support of the ANRC!