Area VI is all smiles. Photo by Samantha Clark.
All forty six horses presented for the CCI* Junior Championships, and all four horses presented for the Young Rider CCI**were accepted at the First Horse Inspection, but for Canada’s Shelby Brost and Obie Hayv in the Junior Division.
Six horses were held in total, and then five of those were ultimately accepted upon re-presentation before the Ground Jury – those horses and riders were Canada’s Alexis Murray and My Principle, USA’s Mikensey Johansen and Exterminator, and Parker Miller with Jos Baco, Madelynn Snoozy and Udealer, and Mariah Gallien with Clonmethan Crest.
Claire Jan and Artistic Flair – a 14.2 Morgan from Area IX, they’ll be coached by local rider Allie Knowles this weekend. Photo by Samantha Clark.
All the teams looked beautiful – very smartly presented and very appropriate, with just one rider losing a shoe on the runway. The horses also look fabulous, really well-turned out, and full marks to all the grooms and support crew, and even the chefs and coaches for getting jazzed up too.
How nice also to bear witness to smiling faces, good manners, great team spirits – EN is drinking the NAJYRC kool aid and basking in all the young love and enthusiasm! Keep it up, kids! We have tons of pictures that we’ll putting up shortly on the EN Facebook page, and you can find all the times for tomorrow here.
Area VIII’s Cathy Weishchoff. Photo by Samantha Clark.
Young Rider dressage starts at 8:30am Thursday with Jamie Dolittle and Talisman doing the guinea pig test, and then Nicole Doolittle and Tops kicking off the division proper at 8:50am.
Sadly there are only four riders in the section but EN will be on the scene to bring you all the action. The Juniors do their dressage on Friday (kicking off bright and early at 7:30am, woohoo!) .
Nicole Doolittle and Tops. Photo by Samantha Clark.
Many thanks to all the wonderful, smiling, helpful volunteers at the Horse Park today, to Adequan for their support and for handing out super-smart caps to all the riders at the jog, and of course to all the riders, grooms, family and support crew.
Looking forward to a fantastic weekend with the kids in Kentucky, and stay tuned for an interview with Area II’s Meg Kep about how to budget a team – Go NAJYRC and Go Eventing!
