A jubilant Ally Roberts (center) celebrates her state title with fellow riders. (Laura Houck photo)
Roberts (and one seriously hyper-aware horse) bask in the moment. (Jennifer Eelkema-Roberts photo)
Number one, baby!
There is no finer intermediate trail rider in the state of Washington today than the pride of Coupeville, one young miss Ally Roberts.
The Coupeville High School freshman, daughter of Jay Roberts (Jennifer Eelkema-Roberts) and Lisa Roberts-Edlin (Stephen Edlin) and younger sister of Wolf softball sensation Madeline Roberts, followed up an eighth place performance in fitting and showing at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup by winning her next event outright.
Trail riding consists of a rider taking their horse through a course that can include gate (open and close), bridge walk-throughs (cones or poles), jog- throughs (cones or poles), jog-overs (poles on the ground), back-throughs (L’s, U’s, serpentines), loping (circles, over poles) and sidepassing (i.e. to a mailbox).
Roberts, who is taking a few days off from her duties as a CHS volleyball player to compete, has two remaining events before the fair concludes.
Regardless of how she does the rest of the way, she’s already produced one proud (possibly crying) mom.
“She works her tail off!!!,” said Lisa Roberts-Edlin. “She so deserves it!!”
Coupeville Sports 
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