After winning the 2025 IHSA Nationals Hunter Seat Team Competition Purdue University has picked right up where they left off. Four shows into the 2025-26 season tbe Boilermakers are four-and-0, having scored in the 40's three times while building up a a 59 point lead in the Region 1 hunter seat team standings. As of October 19th Purdue has the top three hunter seat open riders in the region including Abby Cole (pictured). A junior from Ashburn, Virginia, Cole is third overall with 24 points earned exclusively in the open over fences division.