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Kelly Cruciotti excels at The Rocky Mountain Marshall & Sterling League Regional Finals

September 11, 2025

PARKER, COLORADO (September 11, 2025) – The Rocky Mountain Marshall & Sterling League Regional Finals took the stage during the High Prairie Fall Preview Horse Show in Parker, Colorado and were highlighted by Kelly Cruciotti taking the blue in both the Marshall & Sterling Children’s Medal and Children’s Hunter divisions.

“I always love going to that horse show and competing in the Marshall & Sterling divisions,” said the 11-year-old from Elizabeth, Colorado. “Winning two of the Marshall & Sterling classes was so much fun.”

In the Children’s Medal, Cruciotti outlasted 12 riders to secure the title. She trains under the watchful eye of Cindy Cruciotti and plans to attend the Capital Challenge in the upcoming weeks before taking a break for the winter.

During the Children’s Hunter Finals, Cruciotti and her mount Q got the best of 10 combinations to secure another title, making the 2008 Rocky Mountain Marshall & Sterling League Regional Finals a wonderful outing for her.

“Horses are my life,” said Kelly Cruciotti. “And I like it that way!”

Also excelling during the 2008 Rocky Mountain Marshall & Sterling League Regional Finals was Elizabeth Wilkins (Evergreen, Colorado), who captured the Central Equine Junior Medal.

This season’s Marshall & Sterling League National Finals are set to kick off at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York September 11 -14. This year, the League has upped the ante as the Finals will offer $35,000 in prize money, as well as numerous perpetual trophies and awards. New to the schedule this year are the popular $1,500 Pony Jumper Classic, $1,500 Bit O’ Straw Hunter Classic and the Local Hunter Classic. Other classes and divisions on tap include favorites such as the $2,000 Adequan Hunter Division, $4,000 Children’s Hunter Pony Division, $4,000 Children’s Hunter Horse Division, $4,000 Adult Hunter Division, $10,000 Children’s Jumper Division, $10,000 Adult Jumper Division, M&S Children’s Horse Medal Final, M&S Children’s Pony Medal Final, M&S Adult Medal Final, and the Central Equine Junior Medal Final.

Marshall & Sterling Insurance, Inc. , founded in 1864, is among the largest privately-owned insurance agencies in the United States. For more than a quarter century Marshall & Sterling has protected precious equine assets with unparalleled service and support, whether for the family hunter, a champion race horse or a commercial farm. An employee-owned company, Marshall & Sterling has been recognized by IIABA as one of the nation’s top “Best Practice Agencies”. The company maintains a national presence and is licensed in all 50 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information contact Mary Moeller at 800-836-3046, extension 224.

HITS, Inc. is a special events management company primarily focused on producing hunter/jumper horse shows. Based in upstate New York in the village of Saugerties, HITS produced its first horse show circuit in Gainesville, Florida in 1982. Since that time, HITS has grown into a nationwide company with world-class hunter/jumper circuits in California, Florida, Arizona, New York and Virginia.
Rocky Mountain Marshall & Sterling League Finals Results

Marshall & Sterling Children’s Medal
Kelly Cruciotti, Elizabeth, Colorado
Leighona Bernstein, Golden, Colorado
Paige Collins, Fraketown, Colorado
Nicole Lyvere, Lakewood, Colorado
Megan Macpherson, Niwot, Colorado
Savaria Drumm, Paradise Valley, Arizona

Marshall & Sterling Children’s Hunter
Q, ridden by Kelly Cruciotti and owned by Serenity Farm, LLC, Elizabeth, Colorado
Simply Dutch, ridden and owned by Brooke Kennedy, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Over the Rainbow, ridden and owned by Amelia Drumm, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Who’s That, ridden and owned by Julia Finn, Scottsdale, Arizona
Adored, ridden and owned by Paige Collins, Franktown, Colorado
By George, ridden and owned by Megan Macpherson, Niwot, Colorado
Central Equine Junior Medal
Elizabeth Wilkins, Evergreen, Colorado
Olivia Chowdry, Golden Colorado
Clare Burchenal, Golden, Colorado
Sybil Rose, Paradise Valley, Arizona

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