What: The CN North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships (NAJYRC) Presented by Gotham North
When: July 31-August 5, 2007
Where: Virginia Horse Center, 87 Maury River Road, Lexington, Virginia 24450 USA
The 600-acre Virginia Horse Center features eight barns, a five-mile cross country course, and 12 show rings, including a 150’ x 300’ indoor coliseum. The facility can accommodate up to 1,200 horses, and the indoor coliseum seats 4,000 spectators.
Featuring: The premier equestrian competition in North America for junior and young riders, age 14-21. Young equestrians come from the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Islands to vie for Championships in the three Olympic equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage, eventing plus, for the first time in 2007 the western style discipline of reining. The competition is run under rules of the FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale, the international governing body for equestrian sport).
Many of North America’s best equestrians got their start at the NAJYRC including Olympic medalists Greg Best, Karen Lende O’Connor, Chris Kappler and McLain Ward, as well as Alison Firestone, Nicole Shahinian Simpson, Ray Texel, Chris Pratt, Frankie Chesler, Lisa Carlsen Lubitz, Harold Chopping, Martina Pracht, Kathleen Raine, Heather Mason, David Wilson, Gwyneth MacPherson, Tiffani Loudon, Buck Davidson, Abigail Lufkin, Missy Ransehousen, Mara DePuy, Molly Bliss, and Julie Gomena.
History: The NAJYRC began in 1974 as an eventing challenge between the United States and Canada. A dressage championship was added in 1981, and show jumping was added in 1982. The first complete Young Riders championship was held in British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The Championships were expanded to officially include a championship division for juniors in 2006. The discipline of reining was added to the official schedule in 2007.
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Directors: Brian and Penny Ross
Media Classic Communications
Contact: 38 Mechanic Street - Suite 101, Foxboro, MA 02035
Phone (508) 698-6810, Fax (508) 698-6811, [email protected], www.youngriders.org
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