The Dressage Canada Youth High Performance Committee and Dressage Selection Panel is pleased to announce the selected athletes who will represent Canada at the 2014 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, the Championships will be 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:

Rider / Horse / Owner
Camille Carier Bergeron, Mascouche, QC / Lowelas / Gilles Bergeron
Rakeya Moussa, Edmonton, AB / Merlin Nemorensis / Mohammed & Susan Moussa
Beatrice Boucher, St. Dominique, QC / Fiori / Beatrice Boucher
Melissa Jodoin, St. Hyacinthe, QC / O’phelie / Melissa Jodoin
Junior Team Ontario will include the following athletes:

Rider / Horse / Owner
Alexandra Meghji, Toronto, ON / Iliado II / Diana Belevsky
Vanessa Creech-Terauds, Caistor Centre, ON / Finja / Ferdinand Haupt
Liza Wilson, Collingwood, ON / Fleurina / Liza Wilson
Sophie Dean-Potter, Kleinburg, ON / Frisbee / Lynne Poole
Team Reserve 1 – Danielle Myronyk, Ottawa, ON / Nairobi / Danielle Myronyk
Team Reserve 2 – Sarah Mather, Kanata, ON / Pogo / Sarah Mather

Junior Team British Columbia / New Brunswick will include the following athletes:

Rider / Horse / Owner
Lindsay Stuart, White Rock, BC / Unique / Emily Dick
Hannah Beaulieu, Maple Ridge, BC / Pharaoh / Nancy Olson-Beaulieu
Alyssa Gaudet, Memramcook, NB / Palladio / Alyssa Gaudet

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:

Rider / Horse / Owner
Laurence Blais Tetreault, Montreal, QC / Michelangelo / Mathilde Blais Tetreault
Tanya Strasser – Shostak, Ste. Adele, QC / Action Tyme / Evi Strasser (Reserve horse Deluxe Tyme also owned by Evi Strasser)
Julie Channell, Boucherville, QC / Furstin Anastasia / Danielle Blanchard & Drew Channell
Naima Moreira Laliberte, Outremont, QC / Nao Guimeraie / Fiducie Naga Trust
Young Rider Team Ontario will include the following athletes:

Rider / Horse / Owner
Mariah Sutton, Drumbo, ON / Renoir / Mariah Sutton
Cassandra Jessop, Newmarket, ON / Mariska / Janice Williams
Erica Flak, Bethany, ON / Fraggle Rocks / Karin Davis
Young Rider Team British Columbia / Alberta / Manitoba will include the following athletes:

Rider / Horse / Owner
Amy Wellburn, North Saanich, BC / Cape Town / Amy Wellburn
David Ziegler, Beiseker, AB / Peninsula Top Man / David Ziegler
Nachelle Forde, Winnipeg, MB / Sir Elton / Les Leiman

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.

Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championship website.