The Dressage Selection Committee is pleased to announce the selected athletes who will represent Canada at the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 25–31, 2011 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.

Three complete teams and one individual, for a total of 13 competitors, have been named to represent Canada at the Junior Rider level.

Team West
Rider / Home Town / Horse / Owner
Dalyce Gagnon / Cochrane, AB / Weynox / Fritz Baehre
Monica Houweling /Delta, BC / Stentano / Monica and Linda Houweling
Megan Overwater / Rocky Mountain House, AB / Wind Walker / Kim Aasman
Monika Zillinger/ Armstrong, BC / Nucari / Christa Massingwinkel

Team East
Rider / Home Town / Horse / Owner
Nicole Babich Morin / Vaudreuil Dorion, QC / Foxfire / Nicole Babich Morin
Marah Cahill-Gaudet / St Johns, NL / Leo / Grand Prix Equestrian
Julie Channell / Boucherville, QC / Rela / Julie Channell
Tanya Strasser Shostak / Ste Adele, QC / Dancing Tyme / Evi Strasser

Team Ontario
Jonah Freedman /Toronto, ON / Ulex / Jonah Freedman
Noémie Gagnon-Bergeron / Kanata, ON / Vavite Fortuna / Noémie Gagnon-Bergeron
Ashley Phipps / Nepean, ON / Dark Dandy / Ashley Phipps
Anneka Sutton / Drumbo, ON / Fidelio / Anneka Sutton

Individual Manitoba
Sarah Loewen / Winnipeg, MB / Ricardo / Sarah Loewen

Reserve Ontario
Brooke Koppeser / Winterbourne, ON / Viva’s Capitol / Ute Busse

Second Reserve Ontario
Ally Dunlop / Burlington, ON / Danero / Ally Dunlop

Two complete teams for a total of eight Young Riders and their horses have been named to represent Canada at the Championships at the Young Rider level.

Team Ontario
Bronwyn Barlow Cash / Branford, ON / Nashua / Lynda Cooper (Barlow Cash also qualified a second horse Rubirondo owned by Ferdinand Haupt)
Alexandra Dvorak / Hillsburgh, ON / Fling / Thomas Dvorak
Megan Lane / Collingwood, ON / Caravella / Megan Lane (Lane also qualified a second horse Lord Oldenburg owned by Froukje Staal)
Kristin Sutton / Drumbo, ON / Robic / Kristin Sutton

Combined Team (BC and QC)
Mathilde Blais Tetrault / Montreal, ON / Michelangelo / Mathilde Blais-Tetreault
Emily Fownes/ Montreal, ON / Frappuccino / Emily Fownes
Esmee Ingham / West Vancouver, BC / Norseman / Esmee and Candie Ingham
Anne-Mylaine Messier / St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC / Marzipan / Anne-Mylaine Messier

Reserve Ontario
Alexandra Kraushaar / Waterloo, ON / Lawrence V / Alexandra Kraushaar

For further information, please contact Christine Peters, Manager Dressage Canada, Telephone: (613) 248-3433 ext 138 or [email protected].

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