Four members of the Butler Area Equestrian team qualified for the Zone 2 Finals at Alfred (N.Y.) University.
The hunt seat riders will show March 27. Carissa Chilcott will compete in Future Intermediate Flat while Katherine Holupka and Miranda Stoner will compete in Junior Varsity Beginner Flat.
If they place first or second, they will move on to the national finals in Atlanta.
Western riders will show March 28. Chilcott will compete in Future Novice Horsemanship and Taylor Garvin will compete in Varsity Intermediate Horsemanship. The top three riders move on to the national finals.
Butler's team competed in its final two regular season horse shows recently. At Stonegate Farm in Coolville, Ohio, Sarah Stovar placed fourth in Junior Varsity Novice Fnces and fifth in Novice Flat.
Shannon Stovar also placed fifth in the Future Novice Flat. Jamie Mager was third in Future Novice Fences and sixth in Future Novice Flat. Chilcott was fourth in Future Novice Fences.
In a show Butler hosted at Alfred University, Chilcott placed first in the Future Intermediate Flat class while Mager was sixth in Future Novice Fences and fifth in Future Novice Flat. Butler Area Middle School finished a season-high third out of 12 teams.
Emily Teague led the high school students by placing third in the Junior Varsity Beginner Flat class. Holupka placed fourth and Stoner fifth.