Young Riders

Keep updated on Young Rider news, features, and coverage of the North American Junior Younf Riders' Championships. We have been on the scene for the NAJYRC since 1985 following the future stars of the sport. This section is sponsored in part by Isler Dressage. Rene Isler is a long time supporter of the Young Rider development in the United States.
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Don't miss your opportunity to ride with the USEF National Youth Coach! The deadline to apply is February 17, 2012. The Platinum Performance/USDF Region 1 Jr/YR Clinic featuring Jeremy Steinberg will be held March 17 & 18 at the Hassler...

Middleburg, VA -- Foxcroft's Riding Team placed first among 12 schools at an Interscholastic Equitation Association Horse Show Sunday at the Madeira School to qualify as a team for the IEA Regional Finals. That show will be held on Sunday,...

I was able to host a rider, Marlena Kurz (16 – USDF Dressage Seat Medal Final Winner) and her mother, Anna, at my house and  was also fortunate enough to get to speak to the riders at dinner one night as a "Young Rider Graduate" who moved...

Isabelle Leibler and Watson 108 performed flawlessly Friday at the CDI-W Frankfurt while representing the U.S. at the FEI Young Rider World Cup Dressage Final Grand Prix, and are moving forward to the B Final on Sunday in the Freestyle. "We...

Lexington, KY - Isabelle Leibler and her own Watson 108 have arrived safely in Germany and have begun diligently preparing to represent the US at the FEI Young Rider World Cup Dressage Final. Leibler (Greenwich, CT) and the 14-year-old...

For three days last week, Fruitport Michigan was the place to be for top youth talent and young equestrians with big dreams. On Friday and Saturday, 11 hand-picked riders participated in the first ever Emerging Dressage Athlete Section A Clinic....

Dominique Cassavetis and Chase Hickok, students at Cesar Parra’s Piaffe-Performance Farm, mounted the medal podium at the 2011 USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior and Young Rider Dressage Championships in Lexington, Kentucky,...

I can't think of any way our first Emerging Dressage Athletes clinic could have been better; even the weather miraculously cooperated. The clinic was Friday and Saturday and was capped off by a mini Youth Dressage Festival on Sunday combining...


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Wellington, FL - The College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) will add dressage seat classes to the 2012 edition of their event, held January 13-15. Held at...

In the Young Rider division, three Region 7 and California Dressage Society members took one last dance in the Rolex Stadium. As the setting sun cast a warm glow through the retreating storm clouds, Kelli Newton riding Luciano and Jaclyn Pepper...

Our Olympic and World Equestrian Games reporter Diana DeRosa was on hand for the 2011 NAJYRC and I asked her to share her impressions of the final day of competition for the Dressage.
Little did we know earlier in the day the drama...

Lexington, KY - It was a stormy afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park for part of the USDF/Platinum Performance North American Junior and Young Rider Dressage Championship at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider...

The weather has not been on the side of the 2011 North American Young Riders’ Championships. The relentless heat and humidity broke today at the worst possible time: during the last set of the Junior Young Rider Freestyle. Individual Gold...


sponsored coverage of their teams at the NAJYRC which we are happy to share in respect for their efforts. Jennifer Keeler of Yellow Horse Marketing has been on hand adding another dimension to the coverage of the...

Sadie Lahey from Eagle, Idaho (Region 6) held the lead she established in the Junior Young Rider Team Test which determined the order of go for the Junior Individual test where 47 competitors competed in reverse order of standings. With only a 3...

In all, 34 Young Riders vied in the USDF/Platinum Performance Dressage Championship Individual tests today, but it was Isabelle Leibler, from Greenwhich, CT aboard the 14-year-old Westfalen Watson 108 (by Weinzauber) who earned the Gold. Team...

Photos and video coverage coming soon.
FEI North American Young Rider Individual Results
FEI North American Junior Young Rider Individual Results
FEI North American Young Rider and Junior Young rider Roster

After a long day of competition which began in early-morning haze and ended under a blistering sun, the Young Rider team endured to finish fourth, just two points away from the podium. But you can't keep a good team down. "We are not...

Making every effort to beat the heat at the Kentucky Horse Park NAJYRC organizers began the Dressage Team Test this morning at 7AM, and the decree had been issued: No jackets in competition only on the podium, and the victory “gallop” was a walk...

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