The Canadian Dressage Selection Committee announced the athletes who will represent Canada at the 2011 North American Junior & Young Rider Championships, held July 25–31, 2011 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.
Three complete teams and one individual, for a total of 13 competitors, have been named to represent Canada at the Junior Rider level.
Junior Team West will include the following riders:
Rider / Home Town / Horse / Owner
Dalyce Gagnon / Cochrane, AB / Weynox / Fritz Baehre
Monica Houweling /Delta, BC / Stentano / Monica and Linda Houweling
Megan Overwater / Rocky Mountain House, AB / Wind Walker / Kim Aasman
Monika Zillinger/ Armstrong, BC / Nucari / Christa Massingwinkel
Junior Team East will include the following riders:
Rider / Home Town / Horse / Owner
Nicole Babich Morin / Vaudreuil Dorion, QC / Foxfire / Nicole Babich Morin
Marah Cahill-Gaudet / St Johns, NL / Leo / Grand Prix Equestrian
Julie Channell / Boucherville, QC / Rela / Julie Channell
Tanya Strasser Shostak / Ste Adele, QC / Dancing Tyme / Evi Strasser
Team Ontario will include the following riders:
Jonah Freedman /Toronto, ON / Ulex / Jonah Freedman
Noémie Gagnon-Bergeron / Kanata, ON / Vavite Fortuna / Noémie Gagnon-Bergeron
Ashley Phipps / Nepean, ON / Dark Dandy / Ashley Phipps
Anneka Sutton / Drumbo, ON / Fidelio / Anneka Sutton
Individual Manitoba:
Sarah Loewen / Winnipeg, MB / Ricardo / Sarah Loewen
Reserve rider Ontario — Brooke Koppeser / Winterbourne, ON / Viva’s Capitol / Ute Busse
Second reserve rider Ontario — Ally Dunlop / Burlington, ON / Danero / Ally Dunlop
Two complete teams for a total of eight Young Riders and their horses have been named to represent Canada at the Championships at the Young Rider level.
Team Ontario will include the following riders:
Bronwyn Barlow Cash / Branford, ON / Nashua / Lynda Cooper (Barlow Cash also qualified a second horse Rubirondo owned by Ferdinand Haupt)
Alexandra Dvorak / Hillsburgh, ON / Fling / Thomas Dvorak
Megan Lane / Collingwood, ON / Caravella / Megan Lane (Lane also qualified a second horse Lord Oldenburg owned by Froukje Staal)
Kristin Sutton / Drumbo, ON / Robic / Kristin Sutton
Young Rider Combined Team (BC and QC) will include the following riders:
Mathilde Blais Tetrault / Montreal, QC / Michelangelo / Mathilde Blais-Tetreault
Emily Fownes/ Montreal, QC / Frappuccino / Emily Fownes
Esmee Ingham / West Vancouver, BC / Norseman / Esmee and Candie Ingham
Anne-Mylaine Messier / St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC / Marzipan / Anne-Mylaine Messier
Reserve rider Ontario — Alexandra Kraushaar / Waterloo, ON / Lawrence V / Alexandra Kraushaar
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