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Canadian Event Riders to compete at North American Junior

Young Riders’ Championships

July 28, 2008

Ottawa, ON --- The Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce the team for the 2008 North American Junior Young Riders’ Championships taking place at the Colorado Horse Park in Parker Colorado from July 29–August 3, 2008. Riders from Bermuda, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States and Canada will compete in the 2008 Championships.

Canada will field one team in the Junior One Star Championships consisting of riders representing British Columbia and Ontario while one individual representing British Columbia will contest the Young Rider Two Star Championship. All riders will compete on Canadian bred horses.

In the two star division, twenty-year-old Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch will compete with Port Authority a 10 year-old Selle Francais/Thoroughbred gelding that she has owned for the past five years. She qualified for the Championships at CCl 2* Florida Horse Park in November 2007, where she was the highest placed Canadian. She repeated that performance at the CCI 2* Jersey Fresh, US, in May 2008. Rhodes-Bosch has been based at The Fork Farm in Norwood, North Carolina since March 2007 training under her coach Rebecca Howard.

In the one star division, 18-year-old Jacqueline Bradshaw will ride Wizard of Oz, a 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, who has been her eventing partner since 2005. Jacqueline and Oz spent 14 months in Aiken, South Carolina training and competing before they returned to Canada this spring to train under coach Ann Morgan of Will O’ Wind Farm in Orangeville, Ontario.

Julia Norman, 17, and Sauvignon, a 16-year-old Thoroughbred, qualified with strong finish at CCl 1* Galway Downs November 2007 and with their recent win at Colorado Horse Park CCl 1* in May 2008. Based in Kelowna, BC, she traveled to the Fork Farm in Norwood NC to train with Rebecca Howard following Colorado Horse Park in May. A very committed grade 11 student, Julia flew back and forth across the continent to finish exams while training out East. She trains in Kelowna with former BC Young Rider Shannon Thompson and Joni Lynn Peters.

Sarah Talaga, 17, competes Vena, a nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood/Thoroughbred cross mare. Sarah and Vena became partners in the winter of 2007. Talaga is coached by Alex Hrybachov of Schomberg, ON.

Marissa Wolfe, who will celebrate her 18th birthday July 30th, rides The Maestro, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred. She is coached in British Columbia by Nikki Ayers. Wolf qualified through strong finishes at ClC* in both Montana and Twin Rivers in 07, followed that up with 2nd place finish at Colorado Horse Park CCl *, in May 08.

The team coach will be Rebecca Howard while the Chef D’équipes will be Ontario’s Ann Morgan and British Columbia’s Nicki Ayers. Support staff includes grooms Dana Cooke, Alicia Meconi, Dasha Ivanaeva, Corine Smith and Andi Mae Warner.

“The committee strongly supports these up and coming riders in their quest for medals and personal bests at this years competition, individually and as a combined Junior team,” stated Linda Plank, chair of the Canadian Eventing Athlete Development Committee. “This competition provides our riders the unique opportunity to work in a team environment while learning more about their fellow riders from across the country. We will be cheering for them, and wish them a safe and successful competition.”

The North American Junior/Young Riders Championships are held annually under the rules of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI)—the international governing body for equestrian sport. The competition hosts the Olympic disciplines of Eventing, Dressage and Show Jumping and for the first time this year the competition includes the sport of Reining. Many of the world’s top event riders, including many Olympic gold medalists, got their start at NAJYRC.

For information on the competition including daily results go to www.youngriders.org

About Canadian Eventing

Canadian Eventing is the committee of Equine Canada responsible for the sport of eventing in Canada from the grassroots to the international level. The Canadian Eventing Committee is comprised of 12 members, including two rider representatives elected by the Elite Riders Association. Directed by the Strategic Plan for Eventing, all Eventing activities are administered by this committee via six sub-committees with the support of an eventing manager based at the Equine Canada office in Ottawa. For more information about Canadian Eventing, visit www.equinecanda.ca and select disciplines then Eventing. 

Named to compete in the Young Rider Two Star Championships is:
 
Name 	Hometown 	Horse	Owner
Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch 	Summerland, BC 	Port Authority 	Rider		 	
 
Named to the Junior One Star Championship Team (in alphabetical order) are:
 
Name 	Hometown 	Horse	Owner
Jacqueline Bradshaw	Sebringville, ON 	Wizard of Oz	Rider 
Julia Norman 	Kelowna, BC	Sauvignon	Rider and Angela Norman 
Sarah Talaga 	Richmond Hill, ON 	Vena 	Rider 
Marissa Wolfe 	Pitt Meadows, BC 	The Maestro	Rider

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