Junior & Young Riders
 YOU are the future of NODA & USDF!    NODA has many Junior/Young Rider members.  Our goals and objectives are to encourage you to take advantage of  educational opportunities and to become involved in your club. 
                                                                 UPDATED 09/02/2010

Exciting Clinic Opportunities for Dressage Youth & Pony Riders with Lendon Gray

The United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. announces dates and locations for 2010 USEF Youth & Pony Rider Outreach Clinics with Lendon Gray. These clinics will be held at the following sites:

October 23 - 24, 2010: Tempel Farms, Old Mill Creek, IL

October 30 - 31, 2010: Hassler Dressage @ Riveredge, Chesapeake City, MD

November 6 - 7, 2010: Starr Vaughn Equestrian, Elk Grove, CA

The clinics will be available to youth and pony riders eighteen (18) years old and younger. In order to meet the minimum requirements to participate, riders age 13 and under on a horse or pony should have obtained a 62% or higher from two (2) different judges at First Level and above; riders age 15 and under should have obtained 62% or higher from two (2) different judges at Second Level and above; and riders 18 and under should have obtained 62% or higher from two (2) different judges at Third Level and above.

Riders interested in the clinic should apply through the USEF Dressage Department. The application deadline is October 1st, 2010. Clinic information and application are available on the USEF website at this link:
 http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/breedsdisciplines/discipline/alldressage/youthPonyRiderClinics.aspx.

 

PRESS RELEASE FROM USDF DATED AUGUST 16, 2010
          USDF and Platinum Performance Congratulate the 2010 NAJYRC Dressage Team and Individual Champions 

 The United States Dressage Federation is pleased to announce that Region 6 Young Rider, Jhesika Wells and Intrepid, were awarded this year’s Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy. Traveling from her hometown of Marysville, Washington, Jhesika and Lyn Anderson’s twenty-year-old, Dutch Warmblood gelding, Intrepid, earned double gold at this year’s USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior/Young Rider Dressage Championships at the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. By earning the highest score in the FEI Young Rider Team Test with a 69.263% she led her combined team of Region 5 and 6 to a gold medal finish. She reigned supreme again in the FEI Young Rider Individual Test with the top score of 70.000%, earning her second gold medal. Jhesika and Intrepid finished with a silver medal placing in the FEI Young Rider Freestyle with a score of 70.550%. Her combined average of all three tests put her in the top spot among the Young Riders and was awarded the Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy.

This award, which is on permanent display in the Roemer Foundation and USDF Hall of Fame, has been presented since 1994 to the young rider competing in the USDF/Platinum Performance North American Young Rider Dressage Championships that receives the highest combined average score for all three of their dressage tests; FEI Young Rider Team, Individual, and Freestyle.  The “Pursuit of Excellence” is the legacy Fiona Baan left to all the FEI Young Riders, and indeed to everyone who ever knew or worked with her.  For nearly 30 years, Ms. Baan worked tirelessly with great dedication to the United States Equestrian Team (USET).  She was US Dressage Team leader for the 1976 Olympics, in which the US won the Bronze Medal, the 1987 Pan Am Games, and for the Bronze Medal dressage team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

U.S. dressage riders took home 23 medals in the USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior/Young Rider Dressage Championships at the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. The Young Rider Team Gold was won by the combined team of Regions 5 and 6 with members; Jhesika Wells and Intrepid, Brandi Roenick with Nobel, Madeleine Birch and Starlight and Laura DeCesari on Cheenook II, earning a total score of 199.842. The Canada-Ontario Team took home the Team Silver with Megan Lane riding Caravella, Jaimie Holland on Fleurina, Amy Jager with Key West, and Maura O’Sullivan riding Pik Czar earning a total score of 198.421. The Team Bronze Medal was won by the combined team of Regions 4 and 8 with Hans Baertsch on Rubinstar GB, Tessa Dick with Lord Chalk Hill, Mary Bahniuk Lauritsen riding Rossignol-ISF and Megan Davis on Bentley, with a total score of 196.421.

 Jhesika Wells and Intrepid took home the Young Rider Individual Gold with a 70.000% while Silver and Bronze went to Canada-Ontario teammates, Megan Lane with Caravella and Jaimie Holland on Fleurina, earning 68.947% and 68.211%, respectively.  The Young Rider Freestyle Gold medal was won by Team Canada-Ontario’s Jaimie Holland and Fleurina with the top score of 72.700%. The Silver went to Jhesika Wells aboard Intrepid with a 70.550% and the Bronze was awarded to Megan Lane aboard Caravella from Team Canada-Ontario with a 70.350%.

The Junior Team Gold was won by Team Canada-British Columbia with a total score of 201. 297 including; Esmee Ingham on Norseman, Slyvie Fraser with World Star LHF and Monica Houweling aboard Stentano. The Junior Team Silver was won by the Region 7 Team consisting of Meg Adams and N.A.S.H., Stephanie Early with Panash, Jamie Pestana on Winzalot and Geñay Vaughn aboard Waranja, earning a total score of 197.783. The combined team of Regions 3 and 4 took home the Team Bronze with a total score of 193.676. The team included; Clare Krska on Romincka, Alexandra Kitchen with Ronaldo, Rebecca Cohen on Downtown and Stephanie Bedford with Wahlen.

Region 7’s Jamie Pestana and her own six-year-old, Hanoverian gelding, Winzalot, took home the Junior Individual and Freestyle Gold medals, earning a 71.105% in the Individual and the top score of 74.250% in the Freestyle. Catherine Chamberlain and Verdicci from Region 5 were awarded the Junior Individual and Freestyle Silver medals, with a 70.368% in the Individual and a 72.950% in the Freestyle. Region 3’s Stephanie Bedford and Wahlen took home the Junior Individual Bronze Medal earning a 67.632% while Esmee Ingham and Norseman, representing the Canada-British Columbia Team, won the Junior Freestyle Bronze Medal with a score of 70.900%.

USDF and Platinum Performance wish to congratulate all of the 2010 NAJYRC Champions! Complete results can be found at www.youngriders.org.

The NAJYRC is the premier equestrian competition in North America for Junior and Young Riders, age 14-21. Teams are invited from the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean to compete for team and individual medals in the three Olympic disciplines of show jumping, dressage, eventing and the World Equestrian Games discipline of reining.

PRESS RELEASE FROM USDF DATED AUGUST 4, 2010

                                     USDF Announces Deadlines for Youth Scholarship and Awards

The United States Dressage Federation is pleased to offer three upcoming awards for USDF youth members.  

USDF will also be selecting a national nominee for the USEF Youth Sportsman’s Award. The USDF national nominee will be submitted as a candidate to USEF for consideration as the overall Youth Sportsman’s Awards winner as well as being nominated for the USEF Junior Equestrian of the Year Award. USDF seeks nominees who demonstrate an ongoing commitment and dedication to both USDF and USEF through their promotion of the horse. The USDF national nominee shall receive a complementary one-year USDF youth participating membership and shall be recognized by USEF with a six-day, all-expense paid career opportunity workshop at the USEF national headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky. Nominations should be submitted to USDF by October 1.

For additional information regarding these awards or to download applications forms, please visit the USDF Web site at www.usdf.org/awards or you may contact the USDF Youth Programs Committee liaison at youth@usdf.org for more information.

 

          FEI NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR AND YOUNG RIDER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
                         USDF Region 2 Junior Team and USDF Region 2 Young Rider Team 

This competition is the highest FEI recognized competition for exclusively for Juniors and Young Riders in North America.  It features Dressage, Show Jumping, Eventing and Reining and it is held at the Kentucky Horse Park the last week of July.    For the Dressage competition, it is open to teams and individuals from all nine (9) USDF Regions, plus Canada and Mexico.   Below is a picture of the 2010 USDF Region Two Junior and Young Rider Teams, who participated in the North American Junior Young Rider Championships. The Region 2 Chef de Equip is Roz Kinstler from Michigan. (not pictured).     Additional information about this program may be obtained on the USDF web site.  For Show Results, pictures and more, go to the Young Riders website.   The FEI E-News article below entitled, "US Riders Haul in the Gold" also provides a brief overview of the complete Championship  

2010 USDF Region 2 Junior Team:
Nicole Chiappetti & Oxford, Matthew Manibusan & HoJvangs Moonlight, Paige Miller & Pantros-S, Heather Ots & Varekai.
  
2010 USDF Region 2 Young Rider Team:
Katie Foster & Sacramento, Amy Schierbeek & Gable, Ashlee Todosijevic & Sjoerd fan Vriesburg,
Emily Wright & Florestano
(Click on Picture to Enlarge)


FEI NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR AND YOUNG RIDER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010    
E-NEWS Dated Aug 3, 2010     Dressage – Show Jumping – Eventing - Reining
US RIDERS HAUL IN THE GOLD

The 2010 FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships came to a close on Sunday August 1st at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, USA - home of the forthcoming Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.  Top American, Canadian and Mexican riders between the ages of 14 and 21 showcased their talents in Jumping, Dressage, Eventing and Reining but it was the host nation that dominated affairs when taking nine gold medals.  The North American Junior and Young Riders Championships (NAJYRC) is the premier competition for the Young Riders, in the Olympic equestrian disciplines of Eventing, Dressage, and Show Jumping. Riders are invited to compete via each country’s national equestrian federation in North and Central American, the Caribbean, and Bermuda, as well as each province of Canada, each USA Equestrian Zone (Show Jumping), USDF Region (Dressage), and USEA Area (Eventing). The broad range of competitors attending the Championships produces an Olympics - like atmosphere throughout the competition week.  READ MORE

FEI EUROPEAN DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JUNIORS AND YOUNG RIDERS
FEI Press Release E-News dated 26 July 2010   

GERMANY DOMINATES THE MEDAL PODIUM AT KRONBERG
German riders proved unstoppable at the FEI European Dressage Championships for Juniors and Young Riders on their home soil in Kronberg when scooping gold in all six categories of competition.  And to further emphasize their absolute domination, they also claimed gold and silver in both the Young Riders Individual and Freestyle Championship.  The Netherlands took Junior and Young Rider team silver while Danish riders also featured prominently on the medal podium.    READ MORE

Dressage FoundationPlatinum Performance/USDF FEI Jr/YR Clinic Series

With Funding from the Renee Isler Dressage Support Fund at The Dressage Foundation    USDF will be utilizing four well-known and highly respected teachers as our FEI Jr/YR Clinic clinicians. Kathy Connelly, Sue Blinks, George Williams, and Jan Ebeling will conduct the clinics throughout the country. Auditors will be treated to a special theory session at each clinic. Auditors of all ages and levels are welcome.     Learn more about the clinicians     ~~   Download all necessary forms and documents  ~~   Register Now!

If you have any further questions, contact the Jr/YR Clinic Liaison at (859) 971-2277 or jryoungriderclinics@usdf.org


DO YOU:  Ride horses?  Love dressage?  Compete in recognized or  unrecognized competitions? Take lessons or attend clinics? Have your own Horse? Lease a horse? Have special horse related travel plans?  Enjoy talking about your riding pursuits?  Email Clara Etzel, our JR/YR Newsletter Reporter.  You can earn NODA bucks if your idea or story is printed in the NODA Newsletter.   Cool, huh? 


NODA Junior/Young Rider Liaison,
Cassandra Hummert-Johnson 

What is a JR/YR Liaison?   This is someone responsible for reaching out to Juniors and Young Riders who are not necessarily involved in NODA, as well as being the contact person to work with NODA”s "youth membership".

Meet Cassandra - Email:  JR-YR@Nodarider.org
I am a senior at Western Reserve Academy. I have always been involved with horses, and began riding our Norwegian Fjord ponies at a young age. Because they weren’t exactly jumpers, I became hooked on dressage! Since then I have shown through the FEI on Rampal, a 25 year old superstar Swedish gelding owned by Laura Headley. My own horse, Archie, has had successful seasons at first and second level as well. In 2007 I traveled to Germany and rode at Waldfried DressurStall in Franfurt Am Main, which was an international dressage experience I will never forget. I love being a JR/YR and am excited to see what my future will bring!   (Picture:  Cassandra riding Rampal)

WHAT IS A JUNIOR RIDER?  WHAT IS A YOUNG RIDER?

USDF & NODA DEFINITION - Anyone age 21 and under (from the beginning of the calendar year)This is true for membership, awards, and competition.

FEDERATION EQUESTRIAN INTERNATIONAL(FEI) DEFINITION
FEl Junior:  Anyone may compete as a Junior from the beginning of the Calendar Year in which she/he reaches 14 until the end of the Calendar Year in which she/he reaches 18
FEI Young Rider:  A rider may compete as a Young Rider from the beginning of the Calendar Year in which she/he reaches 16 to the end of the Calendar Year in which she/he reaches 21

 

INTERESTING SITES

USDF -  Youth Programs

USDF - Region 2 Advanced Young Rider's On the Web The webmaster of the Region 2 AYR page, Lauren, has asked that we have our NODA Advanced Young Rider's send in any submissions to the page.  Click on Lauren's name to e-mail her.    

DRESSAGE 4 KIDS     Operated by Lendon Gray, one of the most respected Junior/Young Rider trainers in the Northeast.  It's also the home website of the Northeast Junior/Young Rider Dressage Championships  (NEJYR) 

INTERCOLLEGIATE DRESSAGE ASSOCIATION  Web site for all JR/YRs interested in Inter- Collegiate Dressage  Equestrian Sports Programs.

TRI-STATE REGION PONY CLUB - This website serves Ohio, Western Pennsylvania  and Northern West Virginia which includes 14 member clubs and two Riding Centers of the United States Pony Club.   The mission of the United Staes Pony Club is to provide a program for youth taht teaches riding, mounted sports, and the care of horses and ponies, thereby developing responsibility, moral judgment, leadership and self-confidence.

BATH PONY CLUB *New 2010 Website*  - Affiliate club of the United States Pony Club, Inc.   Members  range in age from 8 to 21 years old.   They host various shows and horse activities, including a May Dressage Show.

UNITED STATES PONY CLUB 
Pony Club is one of the leading junior equestrian organizations in the world, represented throughout 30 countries! The United States has over 600 individual Clubs spread throughout 48 states and the Virgin Islands, with more than 12,000 members,  It is not necessary for a child to own a horse or pony, but they must have access to one when required. Programs are offered in dressage, eventing, show jumping, mounted games, tetrathlon, quiz, vaulting, foxhunting, and polocrosse..  During "unmounted" meetings members learn about feeding, shoeing, veterinary care, and other areas of horse management. Under adult supervision, the more experienced Pony Club members instruct and assist younger members.

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