Local riders shine in the U.S. Pony Club Championship

Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

Riders from Fallbrook and other local communities excelled at the U.S. Pony Club Championships on July 1-8 in Paso Robles. Tauni Beckmann, Southern California regional supervisor and Lake Elsinore resident, explained that the youth and adult riders competed as a team in various events, and that there were also individual awards.

Stephanie Unger, representing the Sandia Creek Ranch Pony Club Riding Center of Fallbrook in the adult division, placed first individually in the western dressage modified category, senior basic.

Unger paired with Emma Rosas, 11,...