Canadian Show Jumping Teams Ready to Compete at NAJYRC

July 17, 2009 — Jump Canada is pleased to announce the teams that will represent Canada at the 2009 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 21-26 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, which is also the site of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Team and individual honours will be awarded in two divisions, Junior (open to riders aged 14 to 18) and Young Riders’ (for riders ages 16-21).

The Canadian teams are as follows:

Ontario Young Riders’ Team
Rider	Hometown	Horse	Owner
Bhaskar DasGupta	Mississauga, ON	Anamika	Bhaskar DasGupta
Kim Denroche	Kanata, ON	Ralocia	Kim Denroche
Sarah Johnstone	Orangeville, ON	Sweet Leonie	Horses North
Alex Loiselle	Ottawa, ON	Eurostar	competitivejumpers.com

British Columbia Young Riders’ Team
Rider	Hometown	Horse	Owner
Katie Waring	North Vancouver, BC	O’Lilly	Katie Waring
Dominique Shone	Langley, BC	Wakyra	Wild Turkey Farm
Joelle Froese	Abbotsford, BC	Condor	Joelle Froese
Brie Etcheverry	Calgary, AB	Pilgrim vd Paddepoel	Brie Etcheverry

Ontario Junior Team
Rider	Hometown	Horse	Owner
Miranda Travers-Cavill	Claremont, ON	The Air Up There	Emily Skoggard
Rachel Schnurr	Waterloo, ON	Magic Jumper	Rachel Schnurr
Bronte Gray-Rochon	Toronto, ON	Southwind	Bronte Gray-Rochon
Jessica Whitton	Acton, ON	Legende de B’Neville	Ron and Carla Nolan

Bretton Chad of Calgary, AB, riding Oxford, owned by Elizabeth Eastor, will compete as an individual in the Junior division.

The year 2009 marks the fourth time that a Junior Championship is held in conjunction with a Young Riders’ Championship. In 2008, the Canadian Junior Show Jumping Team won the Silver Medal.

For more information on the 2009 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships, please visit www.youngriders.org.

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