Horse Jumping

For Towson teen equestrians Samantha Rehak and MadelynVanWestervelt, making fast and accurate decisions can mean the difference between winning a competition and being an also-ran.

After all, they are graded on how swiftly they can assess and then handle a horseweighing between 800 to 1,200 pounds in a variety of the sport calledhunt seat equitation.

But the teens' ability and acumen have earned the girls a trip to the Interscholastic Equestrian Association ChampionshipApril 24-26in West Palm Beach, Fla.with the Full Moon Farm team. This, after placing first out of 13 other teams in the International Equitation League Zone 3 Finals the last weekend of March.

Hunt seat...