Canadian Young Event Riders set to compete at North American Junior and Young Riders Championships

Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce the teams that will represent Canada at the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 27–31 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.  Riders will compete for top honours in team and individual competition in two divisions—Junior One Star Championships (open to riders aged 14–18) and Young Rider Two Star Championships (for riders ages 16–21).


Riders named to compete in the Young Rider Two Star Championships are:

 

Team Canada – Alberta /Quebec/Ontario Combined Team

Name                                        Hometown                         Horse                      Owner

Melissa Boutin                      Sherbrooke, QC               Siamese Kat          Melissa Boutin

William Dow                         Flesherton, ON                Midleton                William & Suzanne Dow

Christian Bennett                  Sutton, ON                     Rolex                   Christian & Kaitlyn Bennett

Joelle Baskerville                  Calgary, AB                    Malibu                  Joelle Baskerville

 

Chef d’équipe—Caroline Morshead

 

Riders named to the Junior One Star Championships are

 

Ontario Team          

Name                                        Hometown                         Horse                      Owner

Haley Armstrong-Laframboise Orangeville, ON               Ichabod                Moira Laframboise

Sable Giesler                        Powassan, ON                 Evil Munchkin         Sable Giesler

Liza Igochine                        King City, ON                  Karla                    Larissa Piminova

Brook Pickering                    Thornton, ON                  Abbey Rhode         Brook Pickering

April Simmonds                    Uxbridge, ON                  Sunday Best          April Simmonds

 

Chef d’équipe—Linda Plank

Team Coach—Peter Gray

 

Thanks to the generous support of Point-Two, the supplier to the Canadian Eventing Team, this year’s Canadian junior and young rider competitors will be sporting the Point-Two Air Jacket while competing cross country.

 

Schedule

July 28, 2011                           Dressage - Young Riders Division

July 29, 2011                           Dressage - Juniors Division

July 30, 2011                           Cross Country

July 31, 2011                           Show Jumping and medal presentations

                                  

The North American Junior/Young Riders’ Championships are held annually under the rules of the Federation Equestre Internationale —the international governing body for equestrian sport. The 2011 competition hosts the Olympic disciplines of eventing, dressage and show jumping as well as FEI disciplines of reining and endurance.  Many of the world’s top event riders, including many Olympic gold medalists, began their careers at the NAJYRC.

 

For more information on NAJYRC, please visit www.youngriders.org.