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Title: RE:USEF - Adequan Junior and Young Riders

So that means no endurance competition at this big event for Juniors!

That's strange you guys don't have many young riders competing in endurance. Here in Europe there is a real wave of young riders, very motivated, nice riding skills, sometimes too hot tempered.
Our CEIO for Young riders attract always a lot of them. The same happens in South America.


what is the reason ? Why is endurance still a sport for old people :-) Maybe the young riders prefer the glamourous showjumping or 3days envent.

Leonard, www.endurance-belgium.com

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USEF - Adequan Junior and Young Riders

2009 Adequan NAJYRC presented by Gotham North Readies for Kick-Off
USEF Release: July 16 2009

Beginning Wednesday, July 22, with a kick-off celebration and opening
ceremonies, the 2009 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Riders
Championships (NAJYRC) presented by Gotham North will welcome junior
and young riders from across the expanse of the continent to a
much-anticipated and highly-regarded series of championships.

The NAJYRC is the premiere equestrian competition in North America for
junior and young riders age 14-21. Young equestrians come from the
United States, Canada and Mexico to vie for championship titles in the
three Olympic equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage,
eventing, plus the Western-style discipline of reining. The competition
is run under rules of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI),
the international governing body for equestrian sport.

The 2009 series of championships will be one of the biggest in the
history of the event with an increase in the number of entries, as well
as the number of demonstration events having grown substantially. In
addition to the higher number of competitors seeking a victory, there
are two non-Olympic equestrian disciplines participating with riders
taking to the endurance trail and the vaulting arena in
non-championship events.

Many of North America=E2=80=99s best equestrians got their start at the NAJ=
YRC
including Olympic medalists Greg Best, Karen O'Connor, Chris Kappler
and McLain Ward.

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
2008.