SVSU Western Team

04/07/2026

Area 64 Regionals

Thank you so much for the photos from our photographer for the day Destine Issac-Wendler.

Katelyn was 4th in Beginner
Carissa was 5th in Level 1
Team Overall was 5th

02/28/2026

✨🥇 REGIONALS QUALIFIER 🥇✨

This Saturday Carissa will compete in Level 1 horsemanship to try and earn herself a spot in Semi-Finals later this month.

Good Luck Carissa!! ❤️‍🔥

02/28/2026

✨🥇 REGIONALS QUALIFIER 🥇✨

This Saturday Katelyn will compete in beginner horsemanship to try and earn herself a spot in Semi-Finals later this month.

Good Luck Katelyn!! ❤️‍🔥

01/28/2026

Show Recap!

The Cardinals were back in action this past weekend. Great rides from everyone. So much improvement with each ride this season. Let’s congratulate the following riders who placed top 3 in their class.

AM Show
Carissa W Ranch 🥉
Brylynn B Ranch 🥉
Carissa W Level 2 Horsemanship 🥇
Payton R Rookie🥉
Stella E Rookie🥈

Carissa W was high point rider for the AM show!

PM Show
Stella E Rookie 🥈
Sindle C Rookie🥉
Kaitlyn K Rookie 🥉
Katelyn V Pre Horsemanship 🥈
Juls J Level 1 🥈
Emily D Level 1 🥉
Brylynn B Ranch 🥇
Piper R Reining 🥇

The team tied for Reserve High Point in the PM show but lost the tie breaker to MSU.

Our last regular season show in Feb 14 and 15 at Albion.

11/03/2025

Everyone rode beautifully this weekend! Some riders drew tough horses and walked away with tons of new lessons learned, while others rode their way to impressive top-3 finishes in their classes. 💪

The team tied for 3rd place overall in the AM show and earned Reserve High Point Team honors in the PM show! 🎉

🥇1st Place 🥇
Carissa - Level 1 AM Show
Katelyn V- Beginner PM Show
Stella - Rookie PM Show

🥈2nd Place🥈
Katelyn V- Beginner AM Show

🥉3rd Place🥉
Piper - Reining PM Show
Kaitlyn K - Rookie PM Show
Carissa - Level 2 PM Show
Brylynn- Open PM Show

Carissa and Katelyn V have qualified individually for Regionals and will ride for their chance at Semi Finals in March. 🐎

Huge thanks to Adrian for doing an amazing job hosting Shows 3 & 4 of our season — everything ran smoothly and with great energy. 🙌

We’ll be back in the ring in just two weeks — ready to keep the momentum going! 💙🐎

10/26/2025

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an IHSA draw horse? Well your wondering is over 🤗👏 Follow along Salem as he takes you through a day in the life at our season opener!! ❤️🤍

09/28/2025

The team absolutely KILLED IT this weekend at our self-hosted season opener! Every member had a great ride and even better attitudes! We could not have hosted such a successful show without our amazing coaches and e-board.
❤️🤍Top 3 Placings from the show❤️🤍:

🥇- Morgan Terbush PM
🥇-Carissa Wittke PM

🥈- Kaitlyn Voyles AM
🥈- Kaitlyn Voyles PM
🥈- Morgan Terbush AM
🥈- Carissa Wittke AM

🥉- Adele Jones AM
🥉- Jules Juback PM
🥉- Grace Kostrzewa AM

Most importantly: Absolute unofficially won ✨safest horse of the show ✨

09/27/2025

Thank you Maddie!

Good Luck to the SVSU equestrian team! ♥️🤍

09/24/2025

Last practice before the show this weekend! Show starts at 9am on Saturday @ Midland County Fairgrounds. Come out and show your cardinal spirit 💙❤️

09/16/2025

Feel free to dm us or comment below! Our show is September 27th @ Midland County Fairgrounds📍

09/07/2025

Huge thank you to everyone who came out and showed out for our try-outs on Wednesday night!! We have an absolutely amazing group forming and we could not be more excited for this upcoming season ❤️🤍

08/26/2025

Last chance to join our team for the fall season! Dm us now for the address of tryouts-