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Woodside Fall Finale Will Conclude the 2009 Show Season

September 25, 2025

Following a string of successful shows this season, Langer Equestrian Group is wrapping up its Woodside series of hunter/jumper shows with the Woodside Fall Finale (Sept. 24-27). Trainers are competing for who will win the coveted trip to Maui awarded to the leading trainer in the Woodside Trainer Incentive Details are at: http://langershows.com/programs.php The race is close among Jenny Davis, Leslie Nelson, Hope Glynn, Beverly Jovais, and Diane Yeager. The top five will each receive $1,000 and the winning trainer gets to enjoy a seven day stay at the lovely Marriott Ocean Club Resort Maui. http://www.marriott.com/search/findHotels.mi

Double points are on the line and the race is on.

The Woodside Fall Finale also features several top classes for equitation riders. The winners of the Woodside Junior and Amateur Equitation Championships will receive custom tack trunks, and the top trainers will receive special prizes also. The CPHA Regional Child/ Adult and Horsemanship Finals are also featured.

Several weeks ago at the Woodside Labor Day Classic (Sept. 4-7) kids jumped for top honors while trainers vied for Maui. In the $1000 Northern California Pony Hunter Final pony riders

had their own shot at a title, complete with a Woodside championship tack trunk. Shelby Greesand went in to win with the two medium ponies she owns, and the one that took her to victory was Northwind Just Josh’n. Greesand has been riding for several years, although she has only been with trainer Jenny Davis of Bridgeport Farms for the past two-and-a-half.

“I think the Northern California Pony Hunter Final is a great idea and that the Woodside shows have something to make the ponies special,” Davis said. “And since it’s run in two rounds, riders have to be consistent—they can’t just get lucky.” Davis noted that Greesand has a lot of maturity and confidence in the ring, putting in strong, solid rounds. She rode at the USEF Pony Finals this year as well.

Davis had another reason to celebrate at the Labor Day Classic: she is in the lead for the Woodside Trainer Incentive. Each year, Langer Equestrian Group sponsors this opportunity for trainers to do something special: take a trip to Maui. While the winner wings off to The Magic Isle for a well-deserved vacation, the remainder of the top five each receive $1,000. “I think it’s a great program,” commented Davis. “It encourages attendance at the shows, and it’s nice that they’re giving something to the trainers, who try so hard for everyone else. It’s also nice that if you win, there are no excuses to keep you from going.” Davis is attending the Woodside Fall Finale, where there are bonus points to be had. “All I can do is try to prepare the horses and riders as best I can to do their best,” she says. “I have great clients. Great riders and great horses. They do well and have a great time doing it!”

Riders in the Carousel Junior/Amateur Medal Final found themselves facing an unusual problem: not only was the class run in the late afternoon when scary shadows threatened to consume each horse, but the course included jumping out of the arena.

“Some very seasoned riders had a hard time,” recalled trainer Hope Glynn. “Horses don’t expect to jump out of the arena. However, the course was really well designed. It allowed the riders to make choices to find the best route for them and their horse.” Fortunately Glynn’s student, Helen McEvoy aboard Octavia, was up to the challenge. She piloted the 17-hand Holsteiner around the course with seeming ease, and claimed the championship Woodside tack trunk. In addition, McEvoy gets her name engraved on the carousel horse perpetual trophy alongside other riders who have had notable riding careers.

McEvoy was helped by the fact that she had just come back from the CPHA Junior Final, which took place in an indoor arena with a lot of shadows. In addition to being McEvoy’s equitation mount, the flexible Octavia has also been in the grand prix ranks. The 16-year-old McEvoy has been riding with Glynn since she was nine. She attends Marin Academy and is an excellent student, but she also finds time to help her mother with Rocket Dog Rescue, where they foster and re-home rescued dogs and horses on their family ranch.

Glynn has special reason to be excited about McEvoy taking the Carousel Medal, for she too has her name on the trophy from 1997. “I think it’s a great start to the medal final season, and they have great prizes,” said Glynn. She is also in third place for the Woodside Trainer Incentive. “I think the Incentive is great because trainers have to choose shows to go to during the year, and this gives them incentive to choose the shows at Woodside. It’s nice that they give something back to the trainers and the award gives them something to look forward to.” She noted that the Incentive is set up fairly so that it’s not just the trainers with the most horses that win. “Small or big barns are able to have a chance to win,” she explained. A trainers top scoring hunter, jumper, and equitation rider all accrue points toward their Incentive points.

Hope Glynn stood proudly in the win photo as another student received a championship Woodside tack trunk for winning the Woodside Pony Equitation Championship. Illiana Olson piloted her Daire Me to the top prize. “Illiana just moved up to the three foot division,” Glynn explained. “This was only her second show at this level.” Since the Large ponies jumped last in the second round, Olson knew what she had to do to win. “She went in with a really positive attitude. The class was Monday afternoon and the kids were tired, but she rode consistently and it worked for her.”

Glynn noted that both of her girls were really excited to win tack trunks. Trunks will also be awarded to the winners of the Woodside Junior and Amateur Equitation championships at the Fall Finale. Keep track of the results, schedules, and other information pertaining to the show at the Woodside Fall Finale at www.langershows.com.

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