Dressage

At the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY the Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC) gave riders the opportunity to compete in the same arena that will be used to determine world champions at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in September.

On day one of competition the dressage riders battled it out in the team tests. In the Young Rider team competition, the combined team of US Regions 5 and 6 earned a total of 199.842 for the Gold Medal, with Ontario taking Silver and the combined team of US Regions 4 and 8 taking Bronze. For the Juniors, team British Columbia took the Gold medal, US Region 7 took Silver, and combined team of US Regions 3 and 4 took Bronze.

Continuing with the Individual tests on days two and three, Jhesika Wells took the Gold in the Young Rider division and Jamie Pestana rode Winzalot to a Gold medal in the Junior division. Finishing off the week were the Freestyles. Young Rider Jamie Holland of Canada/Ontario scored a 72.700% for the Gold while Pestana and Winzalot added another Gold medal to their collection in the Junior division.

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This weekend will kick-off the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions in Gladstone, NJ. This event will take place over two weekends, August 6-8 and August 13-15, and will serve as the USEF Selection Trials for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The first weekend will see the Grand Prix for Special and the Grand Prix Special, as well as the Intermediaire I National Championships.

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The USEF will be streaming competition live from Gladstone here.

Driving

In the FEI World Singles Driving Championships held in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, Kim Stover and Smyrna finished on 142.92 for a 19th place finish.

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Endurance

The North American Young Rider Endurance Ride was held concurrently to the NAJYRC as a non-championship event. Fourteen Young Riders arrived at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg, KY last week to compete for medals in Thursday's 120km ride. The riders began at dawn and in the end it was Jennifer Stevens and Syrocco Cadence who prevailed for the Gold. Syrocco Cadence was also named the Best Conditioned Horse. Sarah Jack and Syrocco Troilus took Silver and Steven Hay and Khalil Asam were the Bronze medalists. Riders also competed as teams with the team Gold going to USA East, team Silver to USA Central and team Bronze to USA Mountain/West.

Eventing

Participating in the NAJYRC, Junior riders took part in the CCI1* while Young Riders rode in the CCI2*. Competition began with dressage on Thursday for Young Riders and Friday for Juniors. Saturday saw solid performances over the David O'Connor designed cross-country course, and competition wrapped up on Sunday with show jumping in the main stadium.

For the Young Riders, the Area III team took home the Gold medal with a combined score of 217.80, followed by the combined teams of Areas VI and VII for Silver, and Areas V and IX for Bronze. Kelly Pugh and Copycat Chloe were the Young Rider Individual Gold medalists.

In the Junior Division, the combined team of Areas VI, VII and VIII took home the team Gold medal, Area IV took Silver and the combined team of British Columbia and Quebec took Bronze. Kelly Loria and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds were the Junior Individual Gold medalists.

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Jumping

The US show jumping team rode to a third place finish in Hickstead, Great Britain as part of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup tour. The team comprised of Cara Raether, Robert Kraut, McLain Ward, and Rich Fellers finished behind Germany in second and the home team of Great Britain in first. The US now sits third on the Meydan FEI Nations Cup Ranking List.

Ward rode Pjotter Van De Zonnehoeve to the win in the Bunn Leisure International Stake and in the Royal International Vase. Aboard McGuinness, Rich Fellers was third in the Sky Sports Speed Classic.

The US team will compete this week in Dublin.

For complete results from Hickstead please click here.

For complete rankings please visit www.meydanfeinationscup.org..

The Nations Cup will be available to watch live on FEITV, please visit www.feitv.org for details.

Junior and Young Riders jumped in several rounds of competition for team and individual medals in the NAJYRC and the Kentucky Horse Park. On Friday night, under the lights of the main stadium, the team medals were determined in a two round format similar to a Nations Cup. The Young Rider team from Zone 10 took home the Gold medal, followed by Zone 5 and Zone 2. Silver and Bronze were determined by a jump-off between the two teams.

The Alberta team was victorious in the Junior division, with Zone 10 taking Silver and Zone 4 taking Bronze. The Individual competition concluded the week of NAJYRC competition on Sunday afternoon, Ali Wolff of Zone 5 was the Young Rider Gold medalist and Ben Asselin of Alberta took the Junior Gold.

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Reining

In its third year as a championship event at the NAJYRC young reining riders spun and slid their way to medals. Canada made a strong showing, taking home top honors in all three competitions. Nancy Pratch and Rooster Kicker of Alberta took the blue ribbon in the Welcome Class. In the team competition the Alberta team finished on a score of 629.5 for the Gold medal, followed by USA East for Silver and USA West for Bronze.

On Saturday, the Individual medals were swept by Canada. Pratch and Rooster Kicker added another Gold medal to their collection, finishing with a score of 215. Darcy Wilson and Miss Cielo Chex took Silver and Vanessa Strotman and Listos May Day Hobby took Bronze.

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Vaulting

The top vaulters in the US gathered at the famed Santa Barbra National Horse Show to compete in the 2010 USEF/AVA National Vaulting Championship which also served as the USEF Vaulting Team Selection Trial for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Continuing their dominance in team competition the F.A.C.E. squad took home the win. Made up of Devon Maitozo, Rosalind Ross, Annalise VanVranken, Mary Garrett, Mari Inouye, Emily Addison Hogye and Karly Frankel-Newman, the team performed a powerful routine aboard the Westfalen gelding, Palatine.

In the Men's Gold Individual Maitozo combined high compulsory scores with a dramatic freestyle set to music and audio of Martin Luther King's speech, I Have A Dream, to come out victorious.

Mary McCormick maintained her top position on this year's Gold Ranking List for consideration for the US delegation at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. With her usual elegance and attitude she captured the win in the Women's Gold Individual.

ENDS

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The US will send teams in eight different disciplines to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY, in September of 2010. Watch this space for information about the best in the U.S. on the road to Kentucky. For more information or to submit High Performance news, please e-mail Joanie Morris at [email protected].