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Region 7 young rider wins team,
individual, freestyle gold medals
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PRETTY AS A PICTURE: NAJYRC YR team, individual, and
freestyle gold medalist Catherine Chamberlain on Verdicci
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D
ressage rider Catherine Chamberlain paid three
visits to the gold-medal podium at the 2014 Adequan/Fei north American Junior and Young
Rider Championships presented by Gotham
north, July 15-20 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
Chamberlain, 19, of Murrieta, CA, rode her twelve-year-old
Dutch Warmblood gelding, Verdicci, to Young Rider team
gold with USDF Region 7 and then claimed top honors in
the YR individual and YR Freestyle competitions.
Chamberlain’s Region 7 teammates in the USDF/Platinum Performance north American Junior and Young Riders Dressage Championship were Anna Bufni, 20, San Diego, CA, on Sundayboy; Lindsey Brewin, 16, San Ramon,
CA, on Vaillant; and Cassidy Gallman, 19, Poway, CA, on
Grand Makana. Te Region 7 riders earned a total team
score of 206.737.
Te YR team silver medal went to Canada/Quebec, with
a total of 201.395: Laurence Blais tetreault, 17, Montreal,
QC, on Michaelango; Julie Channell, 21, Montreal, QC, on
Furstin Anastasia; naima Moreira Laliberté, 17, Montreal,
QC, on nao Guimeraie; and tanya Strasser-Shostak, 19,
Ste-Adèle, QC, on Action tyme.
With a total of 197.026, USDF Region 8 won YR team
bronze: Giulia Cohen, 17, new York, nY, on Lasserre; Hope
Cooper, 18, Concord, MA, on Don Diamond; elizabeth Fell,
18, Winooski, Vt, on Superstarr; and Hannah McCabe, 18,
Lee, nH, on Valparaiso.
With a score of 71.789 percent, Chamberlain took her second gold medal, this time in the YR individual competition.
“i just started training with David [Wightman] and
Kathleen [Raine] last november, and they are so experienced,” Chamberlain said afterward. “Tey’ve been to the
World equestrian Games and all over Germany showing,
so coming to their barn was a completely new experience
for me. i’ve had my horse for seven years now, but there’s
always so much more to learn, and working with them has
been working on the fne points.”
Te YR individual silver medalist was David Ziegler, 21,
of Beiseker, AB, who rode Peninsula top Man to a score of
68.289 percent. Aboard Critical Decision, an experienced
eventer previously competed by Missy Ransehousen, Ziegler
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The 2014 NAJYRC
Dressage Teams
T
he USDF congratulates the talented juniors
and young riders who qualifed for this year’s
NAJYRC:
USDF Region 1 Junior team: Barbara Davis/Feivel
Mousekewitz, Katie Lang/FA Patriot, Hannah Bauer/
Trustful, Molly Paris/Diamant Sky
USDF Region 1 Young Rider team: Kaitlyn Lingard/
Valentino, Amelia Lyon/Elfen String of Pearls, Arden
Wildasin/Mystery Whisper, Clare Green/Watson EH
USDF Region 2 Junior team: Kerrigan Gluch/
Lentisco XVIII, Helen McNulty/Checkmate, Katie
Knoechel/Marnix, Meghan Meagher/O’siris D’apardi
USDF Region 2 Young Rider team: Rosemary JulianSimoes/Proteus, Rebekah Mingari/Unico, Matthew
Manibusan/Hojvangs Moonlight, Kayla Barteau/GP
Ubilee
USDF Region 3/6 Junior team: Natalie Pai/Way Not,
Mallory Kent/Okidokie, Rachel Robinson/Ucarius,
Emily Park/Pretty Lady
USDF Region 4/5 Junior team: Elliana Madsen/
Robin Hood, Nathan Westfall/Wagnis, Inga
Fuengerlings/Milo, Lauren Asher/Lysias
USDF Region 5/6 Young Rider team: Erin McHenry/
Bailando, Devon Wycoff/Power Play, Sarah Cohen/
Vicaro dos Pinhais
USDF Region 6/7 Junior team: Heather Decent/
Norra, Danielle Bonavito/Wyoming, Olivia Zeilinger/
Stentano, Lauren Mack/Lada’at
USDF Region 7 Young Rider team: Anna Buffni/
Sundayboy, Lindsey Brewin/Vaillant, Catherine
Chamberlain/Verdicci, Cassidy Gallman/Grand
Makana
USDF Region 8 Junior team: Callie O’Connell/
Tribaldi, Bobbie Kerr/Alcazar, Nicole Nowak/
Deinhardt, Regan Salm/Karat EG
USDF Region 8 Young Rider team: Elizabeth Fell/
Superstarr, Hope Cooper/Don Diamond, Giulia
Cohen/Lasserre, Hannah McCabe/Valparaiso
USDF Region 9 Junior team: Anna Campbell/
Liebling, Cassie Schmidt/Velasquer, Bronwyn Cordiak/
Dschingis Blue, Allison Cyprus/Madoc Gareth
USDF Region 9 Young Rider team: Tylin Wittke/
Whispering Wind, Kalie Beckers/Carush, Caroline
Adams/Uniek, Janet Ashley/Roman B.
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all keeping me on track and making sure i’m everywhere i
need to be.”
Region 8 competitor Hope Cooper won the YR individual bronze medal on a score of 67.263 percent.
in the YR Freestyle competition, Chamberlain was back
atop the medal podium, winning gold with a score of 72.525
percent to her routine to music from the Harry Potter movie soundtrack.
“it was the frst time performing this freestyle, and it was
really fun,” Chamberlain said. “i tried to make it difcult.
in past i have had more simple freestyles, and i wanted to
show of a more difcult freestyle.”
Region 5’s Devon Wycof, 20, of Boulder, Co, on Power
Play won silver with a freestyle set to music by the hip-hop violinist Lindsey Stirling. Wycof earned a score of 70.975 percent. Bronze went to Canada/Quebec’s Laurence Blais tetreault, who rode Michealango to a score of 70.625 percent.
Junior Competition
in the Fei Junior division of the USDF/Platinum Performance
north American Junior and Young Riders Dressage Championship, the team gold medal went to USDF Region 1 with a
total score of 199.784: Hannah Bauer, 15, Purcellville, VA, on
trustful; Barbara “Bebe” Davis, 16, Bedminster, nJ, on Feivel
YOUNG RIDER TEAM GOLD MEDALISTS: Region 7 riders Anna
Bufni, Cassidy Gallman, Catherine Chamberlain, and Lindsey Brewin
also took home an individual gold medal in the YR eventing
competition. He is the frst competitor in recent history to
ride in two disciplines in the same year at the nAJYRC.
“i have a great team behind me—my parents, my chefs
d’équipe, my coaches, my grooms,” Ziegler said. “Tey’re
Region 1 Chef Debbie DelGiorno
Receives Albers Award
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SDF Region 1 junior/young rider chef d’équipe Debbie
DelGiorno is the 2014 recipient of the Albers Award perpetual trophy. DelGiorno received the award during this year’s
USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior and Young Rider
Dressage Championships at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior
HONOREE: Region 1 chef d’equipe Debbie
and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North,
DelGiorno (right) receives the 2014 Albers Award
Lexington, KY.
from Jeremy Steinberg
“I can think of no better person to win this award,” said Roberta
Williams, USDF FEI Jr/YR Committee chair. “Debbie works tirelessly
on behalf of the Region 1 team, both before and during the event. The fact that Debbie stepped into the Region
1 chef d’équipe position to fll Patsy’s shoes after her untimely passing makes this even more special.”
The Albers Award is named in memory of the late USDF Region 1 chef Patsy Albers.
Mousekewitz; Katie Lang, 18, Chesapeake, VA, on FA Patriot;
and Molly Paris, 19, Charlotte, nC, on Diamant Sky.
With a total score of 197.785, Canada/ontario won Junior team silver, represented by Vanessa Creech-terauds, 14,
Caistor Center, on, on Finja; Alexandra Meghji, 16, toronto,
on, on iliado ii; Sophie Potter, 16, Kleinburg, on, on Frisbee; and Liza Wilson, 16, Collingwood, on, on Fleurina.
USDF Region 6/7 won the bronze medal with a total
score of 196.584: Danielle Bonavito, 15, Danville, CA, on
Wyoming; Heather Decent, 14, Gig Harbor, CA, on norra;
Lauren Mack, 17, Monte Sereno, CA, on Lada’at; and olivia
Zeilinger, 16, Danville, CA, on Stentano.
in the Junior individual competition, the gold medal
went to Camille Bergeron, 14, of Mascouche, QC, who rode
Lowelas to a top score of 70.342 percent. Region 1’s Molly
Paris, 18, Charlotte, nC, and Diamant Sky won Junior individual silver with 68.868 percent. Te bronze medalist,
with a score of 67.711 percent, was Alexandra Meghji, 16,
toronto, on, riding iliado ii.
in the Junior Freestyle, Bergeron won her second gold
medal, piloting Lowelas to a winning score of 71.275 percent. Piano music accompanied Cassie Schmidt’s trip to the
silver-medal podium. Representing Region 9, Schmidt, 17,
of Aledo, tX, rode Velasquer to a score of 70.725 percent.
According to Schmidt, her horse dislikes powerful music. “eventually [freestyle designer Karen Robinson] tried
the piano music, and he just took a deep breath and felt so
good,” she said.
Molly Paris and Diamante Sky made a return trip to the
podium for the Junior Freestyle, this time winning bronze
for their Marlene Whitaker-designed routine to music from
the Harry Potter soundtrack, which earned them a score of
69.825 percent. s
JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONS: Katie Lang, Hannah Bauer, Bebe
Davis, and Molly Paris of USDF Region 1
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Chamberlain Awarded
Fiona Baan Trophy
R
egion 7 young rider Catherine Chamberlain,
Murietta, CA, is the recipient of the 2014 Fiona Baan
“Pursuit of Excellence” Memorial Trophy, presented
during the USDF/Platinum Performance North American
EXCELLENCE ACHIEVED: Gold-medal-winning young rider
Junior and Young Rider Dressage Championships at the
Catherine Chamberlain with USDF FEI Jr/YR Committee
Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider
chair Roberta Williams and USDF executive director Stephan
Hienzsch
Championships presented by Gotham North.
The trophy is awarded to the young rider who earns the
highest combined average score in the three YR dressage tests at the NAJYRC. It is named in memory of Fiona Baan,
who for nearly 30 years worked tirelessly for the United States Equestrian Team (USET), including as the US dressage
team leader for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the 1987 Pan American Games, and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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