The NAPEC Returns to Maryland, continued...
police horse killed in the line of duty in 2006, was added as a combined Equita- tion and Obstacle trophy. T us an actual equitation score was needed. “We went to using a test that looks like a dressage test in order to get a score. You can’t get a score in a hack class,” said Sgt. Rick Pelicano of MNCPP-MC and chair of the 2012 NAPEC Or- ganizing Committee. T e tests and judges are
Offi cer Megan Lau (MNCPP-MC) and Tonka be- ing awarded the Chesapeake Training Center Tro- phy for the overall Equitation Champion
vision was introduced into the competition a few years ago to attract the interest of new riders, such as Marc Fanelli of MNCPP-MC, whose fi rst time on a horse was the fi rst day of mounted training about fi ve years ago. Each di- vision also has a Career Law Enforcement class and an Auxiliary class. Western Equitation was added this year. In previous years, Equitation had been judged
more or less as a hunter hack class. Several years ago the Brigadier Trophy, named for a Toronto
diff erent for each division, with elements that ev- ery police horse, not just highly schooled horses, can perform properly. Ac- cording to Sgt. Pelicano, “Police horses young or old should know their leads, rein back and leg yield. We are trying to fi nd the best rider on the day, so we like it to be an equitation test, but obviously the horse helps in that regard.” After riding their tests, the Eq- uitation competitors may have thought they could return to the barn to prepare for the Obstacle
Course, which was run on Sunday. Some could, but for the top 10, a special treat was added. T ey returned for an old school style hunter hack, harking back to the good ol’ days, and were asked to switch horses. Lt. Stacy Collins (USPP) said of the switch, “Riders can look re- ally good and ride well on the one and only horse they ride all of the time. A really good rider will look good and ride well on any horse. By having the top 10 riders switch horses, the best riders really fl oat to the top.”
Ultimately, retired
Offi cer Marc Fanelli and Ricky (MNCPP-MC) won the Law En- forcement Novice Equitation class
Royal Canadian Mount- ed Police Sgt. Jerry Mayo awarded the blue ribbon and the Chesapeake Training Center Trophy for the Expert division to MNCPP-MC Ofc. Megan Lau. Maryland and DC entries who also earned ribbons were Ofc. Mariea Clower (USPP-
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