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2024 FEI North American Youth Championships

Traverse City, Michigan

Jul 30 - Aug 04 2024

 

The FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) is the premier equestrian competition in North America for children (12-14), pre-junior (14-16), junior (14-18), young riders (16-21), and U25 (16-25). This championship allows youth to compete against their peers in a format similar to that of the Olympic games and other international senior championships. Young equestrians compete for team and individual FEI medals in the Olympic equestrian disciplines of show jumping and dressage.  The competition is run under rules of the FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale), the international governing body for equestrian sport, and is the only FEI championship held annually on this continent.

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Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships Presented by USHJA

U.S. Jumping Teams Finish Successful Week at 2024 FEI Nations Cup Youth Jumping Final with the U.S. Junior Jumping Team Taking First Overall and the U.S. Young Rider Jumping Team Finishing Fifth

by US Equestrian Communications Dept. | Sep 18, 2024, 12:48 PM EST

Lier, Belgium – The U.S. Young Rider and Junior Jumping Teams completed their final day of competition at the FEI Nations Cup Youth Jumping Final after both teams earned qualifying spots via two separate qualifiers earlier in the week to contest Sunday’s final event. The U.S. Junior Jumping Team impressed all week with strong performances across each of the qualifying classes, taking the coveted top honors on the final day on a total of zero faults. The U.S. Young Rider Jumping Team...

US Equestrian Announces Junior and Young Rider Teams to Represent U.S. Jumping at 2024 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final

by US Equestrian Communications Dept. | Aug 20, 2024, 12:00 PM EST

Lexington, Ky. - US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent U.S. Jumping at the 2024 FEI Youth Jumping Nations Cup Final to be hosted in Lier, Belgium, from September 12-15, 2024. Both the U.S. Jumping Young Rider Team and U.S. Jumping Junior Team and will be led by Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski and Team Leader Erin Keating. The following athletes have been selected to the U.S. Jumping Young Rider Team and are listed in alphabetical order....

Stephanie Garrett and Clara Propp Crowned Individual Gold Medalists at FEI North American Youth Championships

by Traverse City Horse Shows | Aug 5, 2024, 9:00 AM EST

The final day of the 2024 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championship, presented by USHJA, saw the crowning of junior and young rider champions on Sunday at Flintfields Horse Park. Both representing a dominant Zone 2 at the 2024 NAYC, Stephanie Garrett (New York, N.Y.) climbed atop the young rider podium, while Clara Propp (New York, N.Y.) claimed the junior gold medal. ©Avery Wallace/US Equestrian Young Rider Individual Final Stephanie Garrett posted a near-perfect week...
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Photo showcasing the Dressage4Kids Brings Unlimited Opportunities to Young Riders

Dressage4Kids Brings Unlimited Opportunities to Young Riders

by Debbie Elliot | Aug 22, 2024, 5:25 PM

Olympic dressage rider Lendon Gray grew up in Old Town, Maine, as a dedicated member of the Pony Club. While she went on to have a highly successful equestrian career as a rider and trainer, and was inducted into the United States Dressage Federation Hall of Fame in 2011, the broad depth of education about horses that she learned in the Pony Club has always remained important to Gray. It inspired her to launch Dressage4Kids in 1999 after she noticed that many young riders she encountered had...
Photo showcasing the Coaching for the Team: How a U.S. Dressage Senior Team Member Coaches NAYC Athletes

Coaching for the Team: How a U.S. Dressage Senior Team Member Coaches NAYC Athletes

by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian | Aug 13, 2023, 10:00 PM

Athletes and coaches who have been to the FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) often point to the exposure to international team competition as one of the primary benefits of the experience. With limited opportunities for equestrian athletes in the western hemisphere to compete on a team before reaching the senior levels of the sport, NAYC serves as an important steppingstone for young athletes with international aspirations. ©KTB Creative Group Sarah Tubman is a dressage athlete...

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