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Articles: Press Release
Show Jumping Competition Begins at NAYRC
Contact:
USA Equestrian, Inc.
(Formerly American Horse Shows Association)
4047 Iron Works Parkway,
Lexington, KY 40511-8483
Tel: (859) 258 2472
Fax (859) 231 6662
Web site: www.ahsa.org
USA Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today that the show jumping
competition is underway at the 2001 North American Young Rider Championships
at Tempel Farms in Wadsworth, IL, August 7-12th . Yesterday consisted of
the stable inspection, horse inspection and jog. Today all the riders are
participating in a warm up round designed to familiarize the horses and
riders with the ring, the jumps, and the general setting. Although record
heat is making everyone sticky and sweaty, everyone seems to be bearing up,
and hopeful that the promises of a break in the weather will come true.
Unfortunately Mexico did not send jumper teams as they chose to concentrate
on the South American Junior Rider Championship. However, both the U.S.
Zones and the Canadian Provinces sent competitive teams. There is both the
Championship division and a Junior/Young Rider (JY) division for show
jumping riders with both team and individual awards. The following teams
are participating at this year's Championship:
Championship Division
Onatario, Canada
Quebec, Canada
Zone 1, USA
Zone 2, USA
Zone 5, USA
Zone 6, USA Individual Only
Zone 7, USA
Zone 8, USA
Zone 10, USA
Zone 12, USA Individual Only Junior-Young Rider Division (JY)
Alberta/Ontario, Canada*
Quebec, Canada
Zone 6/7*
Zone 8
Zone 10
* combined team per Federation approval
Tomorrow is the first day of official competition, with scores counting
toward the first leg of the individual titles and championships. Final team
selection for the Friday team competition will be selected and announced
tomorrow afternoon. The National Hunter/Jumper Council will provide daily
updates and stories on its website (www.nhjc.org), with additional stories
on the NAYRC website www.youngriders.org
For more information, please contact Christine E. Stafford, Director of
Communications on (859) 225 6923 or via email at cstafford@ahsa.org
cstafford@ahsa.org. AHSA press
releases are available on our web
site - http://www.ahsa.org/ .
USA Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is
the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of
dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting,
as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. As
the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation has over
77,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions nationwide each
year. It governs all aspects of competition, including educating and
licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates who officiate at
these shows.
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