The Dressage Canada Youth High Performance Committee and Dressage Selection Panel announced the selected athletes who will represent Canada at the 2014 North American Junior & Young Rider Championships, held July 15-20, 2014 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.
Three teams, for a total of 11 competitors, have been named to represent Canada at the Junior Rider level.
Junior Team Quebec / Alberta will include the following athletes:
- Camille Carier Bergeron - Lowelas
- Rakeya Moussa - Merlin Nemorensis
- Beatrice Boucher - Fiori
- Melissa Jodoin - O'phelie
Junior Team Ontario will include the following athletes:
- Alexandra Meghji - Iliado II
- Vanessa Creech-Terauds - Finja
- Liza Wilson - Fleurina
- Sophie Dean-Potter - Frisbee
- Team Reserve 1 - Danielle Myronyk - Nairobi
- Team Reserve 2 - Sarah Mather - Pogo
Junior Team British Columbia / New Brunswick will include the following athletes:
- Lindsay Stuart - Unique
- Hannah Beaulieu - Pharaoh
- Alyssa Gaudet - Palladio
Three teams for a total of 10 competitors have been named to represent Canada at the Young Rider level.
Young Rider Team Quebec will include the following athletes:
- Laurence Blais Tetreault - Michelangelo
- Tanya Strasser - Shostak - Action Tyme
- Julie Channell - Furstin Anastasia
- Naima Moreira Laliberte - Nao Guimeraie
Young Rider Team Ontario will include the following athletes:
- Mariah Sutton - Renoir
- Cassandra Jessop - Mariska
- Erica Flak - Fraggle Rocks
Young Rider Team British Columbia / Alberta / Manitoba will include the following athletes
- Amy Wellburn - Cape Town
- David Ziegle - Peninsula Top Man
- Nachelle Forde - Sir Elton
The chef d'équipes for the 2014 North American Junior, Young Rider Championships will again be Leslie Steele of Pitt Meadows, BC and Ellen Rumball of Hillsburgh, ON. Steele and Rumball will be assisted on site by shadow chef's Alison Brebner of Osgoode, ON, and Nina Urff of Langley, BC.
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