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MaryBeth Walker riding aside in the first Queens class at side saddle USET in 2018. She was portraying Mary Queen of Scots and her husband Arthur was portraying her husband Lord Darnley. She was mounted on her friesian mare Bethje Star Sport. Her costume was a reproduction of the type Mary Queen of Scots would have worn including a matching royal blue headpiece. They won the class and went on the compete in the Royal Windsor Virtual Show in Autumn 2020. She was the only non British finalist in the top ten. She won the side saddle costume class and also came in third in the entire class.

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Carla Peetros at a horse show in a sidesaddle riding on the offside. Offside sidesaddles have the pommels on the right side of the saddle versus the left. While rare, some riders prefer to ride on the offside.

Savannah Holly rides aside in an English habit, and at the 2022 Idaho Horse Expo, represented the English discipline while her friend, Gali, represented the Charra discipline. Savannah Holly rode with all the adults during demonstrations.

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