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YR TEAM CHAMPS: Gold medalists Teresa Adams, Ariel Tomas,

Jamie Pestana, and Jaclyn Pepper from Region 7

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Dressage riders from California and the north-

west spent considerable time on the medal po-

dium at the 2013 adequan/Fei north ameri-

can Junior and young riders Championships

presented by gotham north. Te naJyrC is a continental

championships for riders aged fourteen to 21 in the disci-

plines of dressage, eventing, jumping, reining, and endur-

ance. Tis year’s championships were held July 17-21 at the

Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington and drew top juniors

and young riders from the USa, Canada, and Mexico.

Young Rider Competition

USa region 7, last year’s silver medalists, won the gold

medal in the young rider team competition. team mem-

bers ariel Tomas, 18, Briones, Ca, on Montfeury; Jaclyn

Pepper, 20, Santa rosa, Ca, on taboo; Jamie Pestana, 20,

Livermore, Ca, on Winzalot; and teresa adams, 16, Wood-

land, Ca, on WeeJee earned a team total score of 206.421.

Pestana, who achieved the team high score of 71.105

percent, was the 2010 naJyrC Junior individual and Free-

style champion.

“it’s great when you’re out there and your team is cheer-

ing for you, and you know that you’re not just there for

yourself, but for your teammates and your region,” she com-

mented afterward.

With a team total of 198.841, region 6 won the silver

medal. Te team members were ayden Uhlir, 18, Kirkland,

Wa, on Sjapoer; Molly eastridge, 20, Longview, Wa, on

Donnerspiel; and Sadie Lahey, 19, eagle, iD, on Up to Date P.

team bronze, with a team total score of 198.158, went

to region 5: amelia Child, 21, Provo, Ut, on Veto; Devon

Wycof, 20, Boulder, Co, on Power Play; and talia Hershaft,

20, Boulder, Co, on Westfalica.

region 6’s ayden Uhlir dominated the individual yr

medals, winning gold in both the yr individual competition

(71.605 percent) and the yr Freestyle (72.175) aboard her

fourteen-year-old KWPn gelding, Sjapoer (by Contango).

Te pair earned the Junior individual championship title

in 2012. Uhlir said that moving up to young riders required

a lot more focus.

“Tere was a lot more depth and dedication,” Uhlir said.

“i had to cut out some stressors in my life and distractions. i

really buckled down.” Part of that buckling down included a

move from texas to Washington to train with USeF dressage

national youth coach Jeremy Steinberg and Shauntel Bryant.

We salute all of the talented juniors and

young riders who represented the USA

in dressage at this year’s USDF/Platinum

Performance North American Junior and Young Riders

Dressage Championships:

Region 1 Junior team: Ashleigh Conroy-Zugel/

Ungaro, Barbara Davis/Rotano, Nicholas Hansen/Ritter

Benno, Kaitie Lang/FA Patriot

Region 1 Young Rider team: Kaitlin Blythe/

Daverden, Alexa Derr/Just Livingston, Jennifer Foulon/

Little Granny, Arden Wildasin/Mystery Whisper

Region 2 Junior team: Kayla Barteau/GP Ubilee,

Leonard Behrens/Lassitter, Rebekah Mingari/Unico,

Keegan O’Brien/Donatello

Region 2 Young Rider team: Julia Boss/San

Remo, Nicole Chiappetti/Pip, Rosemary Julian-Simoes/

Proteus, Paige Miller/Pantros-S

Region 3 Junior team: Jamie Doolittle/Wild

Tiger, Lindsey Holleger/Friedensfurst, Mallory Kent/

Okiedokie, Rachel Robinson/Ucarius

Region 3/4 Young Rider team: Avery-Anna

Hogan/Incognito, Clare Krska/Romincka, Kelli

Montgomery/Major, Krista Spencer/Take Over

Region 4/5 Junior team: Laine Collins/Superstar,

Inga Fuengerlings/Milo, Dallas van Stratten/Vainqueur E

Region 5 Young Rider team: Amelia Child/Veto,

Talia Hershaft/Westfalica, Devon Wycoff/Power Play

Region 6 Young Rider team: Molly Eastridge/

Donnerspiel, Sadie Lahey/Up to Date P, Ayden Uhlir/

Sjapoer

Region 7 Junior team: Lindsey Brewin/Vaillant,

Gabriela Glumac/Zodessa, Rison Naness/Venezia,

Olivia Zeilinger/Stentano

Region 7 Young Rider team: Teresa Adams/

WeeJee, Jaclyn Pepper/Taboo, Jamie Pestana/

Winzalot, Ariel Thomas/Montfeury

Region 8 Junior team: Giulia Cohen/Lasserre,

Hope Cooper/Don Diamond, Clara Maynard/Diamond

Delight, Regan Salm/Karat EG

Region 8 Young Rider team: Grace Goodby/

Schabus Waitongo, Katelyn Kok/Morgan Enshoj,

Emma Lengle/Arami, Kate Mancosh/Lea 7

Region 9 Junior team: Kalie Beckers/Carush,

Anna Campbell/Mai, Cassie Schmidt/Velasquer, Mattie

Zepernick/Wencenza

Region 3/9 Young Rider team: Hannah Hewitt/

Lasall, Audrey Jones/Rondo Del Rey, Codi Harrison/

Poetry in Motion, Benjamin Winger/Ytzen.

The Teams

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team yr gold medalist Jamie Pestana and Winzalot, a

nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding by Wolkenstein ii, took

silver both times behind Uhlir.

Devon Wycof of region 5 won yr individual bronze

riding Power Play, a sixteen-year-old oldenburg gelding by

Pik noir. Canada fnally got its moment on the yr medal

podium when tanya Strasser Shostak, 18, Ste.-adèle, QC,

won yr Freestyle bronze aboard action tyme, a thirteen-

year-old oldenburg stallion by aktuell.

Junior Competition

For the second year in a row, Junior team gold went to

Canada/Quebec. team members naima Moreira-Lalib-

erté, 16, outremont, QC, on Windbreaker 3; Laurence

Blais tétreault, 16, Montreal, QC, on Lowelas; Felixe Coté-

Villeneuve, 17, St.-Lambert, QC, on Pissaro; and Béatrice

Boucher, 15, Ste.-Dominique, QC, on Dante earned the top

combined score of 201.864.

Te region 7 juniors (olivia Zeilinger, 15, Danville, Ca,

on Stentano; gabriela glumac, 17, San ramon, Ca, on

Zodessa; rison naness, 16, Burbank, Ca, on Venezia; and

Lindsey Brewin, 16, San ramon, Ca, on Vaillant) won team

silver with a combined score of 201.460.

Te Junior team bronze medal, with a combined total

score of 196.865, went to region 3: Lindsey Holleger, 17,

Whigham, ga, on Friedensfurst; Mallory Kent, 16, Birming-

ham, aL, on okidokie; rachel robinson, 17, orlando, FL, on

Ucarius; and Jamie Doolittle, 18, reddick, FL, on Wild tiger.

in the Junior individual competition, region 3’s Lindsey

Holleger won gold aboard Friedensfurst, an eleven-year- SU

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DOUBLE GOLD: Region 6’s Ayden Uhlir and Sjapoer won both the YR

Individual and the YR Freestyle championship titles

Young Rider Team Dressage Championship

Gold: USA Region 7, 206.421 (Montfeury/Ariel

Thomas, 67.184; Taboo/Jaclyn Pepper, 68.132;

Winzalot/Jamie Pestana, 71.105; WeeJee/Teresa

Adams, 64.237)

Silver: USA Region 6, 198.841 (Sjapoer/Ayden Uhlir,

69.184; Donnerspiel/Molly Eastridge, 66.368; Up

to Date P/Sadie Lahey, 63.289)

Bronze: USA Region 5, 198.158 (Veto/Amelia

Child, 65.553; Power Play/Devon Wycoff, 68.805;

Westfalica/Talia Hershaft, 64.000)

Young Rider Individual Dressage Championship

Gold: Sjapoer/Ayden Uhlir, 71.605

Silver: Winzalot/Jamie Pestana, 69.605

Bronze: Power Play/Devon Wycoff), 68.579

Young Rider Freestyle Dressage Championship

Gold: Sjapoer/Ayden Uhlir, 72.175

Silver: Winzalot/Jamie Pestana, 70.975

Bronze: Action Tyme/Tanya Strasser Shostak, 70.500

Junior Team Dressage Championship

Gold: Canada/Quebec, 201.864 (Windbreaker 3/

Naima Moreira-Laliberté, 67.054; Lowelas/

Laurence Blais Tétreault, 63.378; Pissarro/Felixe

Coté-Villeneuve, 62.865; Dante/Béatrice Boucher,

66.432)

Silver: USA Region 7, 201.46 (Stentano/Olivia

Zeilinger, 68.811; Zodessa/Gabriela Glumac,

63.838; Venezia/Rison Naness, 66.730; Valliant/

Lindsey Brewin, 65.919)

Bronze: USA Region 3, 196.865 (Friedensfurst/

Lindsey Holleger, 67.757; Okidokie/Mallory Kent,

66.027; Ucarius/Rachel Robinson, 63.081; Wild

Tiger/Jamie Doolittle, 57.703)

Junior Individual Dressage Championship

Gold: Friedensfurst/Lindsey Holleger, 70.974

Silver: Windbreaker 3/Naima Moreira-Laliberté,

70.105

Bronze: Venezia/Rison Naness, 68.921

Junior Freestyle Dressage Championship

Gold: Lowelas/Laurence Blais Tétreault, 71.525

Silver: Windbreaker 3/Naima Moreira-Laliberté,

71.200

Bronze: Rotano/Barbara Davis, 69.875.

Results

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old trakehner gelding by Donaufurst, on a score of 70.974

percent. Te silver medal went to Canada/Quebec’s naima

Moreira-Laliberté on Windbreaker 3, a twelve-year-old

Westfalen gelding by Windspiel as. region 7’s rison na-

ness on Venezia, a ffteen-year-old Hanoverian mare by

White Star, claimed the bronze.

Junior team gold medalist Laurence Blais tétreault

claimed another gold medal in the Junior Freestyle compe-

tition, riding Lowelas, a thirteen-year-old trakehner geld-

ing by Hockey 41, to the top score of 71.525 percent.

“i would defnitely recommend naJyrC to other rid-

ers,” tétreault said afterward. “it prepares you if you want to

go further [in the sport]. in my future, i think i’m going to

look back and be so happy that i got the chance to do this.”

Moreira-Laliberté of Canada/Quebec claimed another

silver medal in the Junior Freestyle. Fifteen-year-old Barba-

ra Davis of Bedminster, nJ, an naJyrC frst-timer, won the

Junior Freestyle bronze medal aboard rotano, her twelve-

year-old Hanoverian gelding by rotspon. s

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TWO OUT OF THREE: Canada/Quebec’s Laurence Blais Tétrault and

Lowelas won Junior Team gold as well as Junior Freestyle gold

Young Rider Individual and Freestyle gold med-

alist Ayden Uhlir, Kirkland, WA, and her mount

Sjapoer received this year’s Fiona Baan “Pursuit

of Excellence”

Memorial Trophy

at the NAJYRC,

Lexington, KY.

This trophy,

which is on per-

manent display

in the Roemer

Foundation/USDF

Hall of Fame, is

awarded to the

young rider who

earns the highest

combined average score in the three FEI YR dressage

tests.

The trophy is named in memory of Fiona Baan,

who for nearly 30 years worked for the United States

Equestrian Team. She was the US dressage team

leader for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the 1987 Pan

American Games, and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Watch Ayden Uhlir and Sjapoer’s

gold-medal-winning Young Rider

Freestyle.

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Uhlir Awarded Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy

Region 9 chef d’équipe

Ed Lavallee was

presented with the

Albers Award perpetual

trophy at the 2013 USDF/

Platinum Performance

North American Junior

and Young Riders Dressage

Championships at the

Adequan/FEI NAJYRC pre-

sented by Gotham North.

Lavallee, of Wylie, TX,

has been his region’s junior

and young-rider chef for

three years.

Named for the late Patsy Albers, a longtime

Region 1 NAJYRC chef and supporter, the award is

presented annually to the dressage chef who best

demonstrates the level of dedication, enthusiasm,

and team spirit she showed throughout the years.

Lavallee Receives Albers Award

TOP SCORER: Ayden Uhlir receives the

Baan trophy from Allyn Mann of Adequan,

Stephan Hienzsch, and Roberta Williams

TOP CHEF: Albers Award

recipient Ed Lavallee and

presenter Lisa Gorretta