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Kate and Apache – NAYRER 2009
Ariel and Makayla at Ztec 2008
Jessica Yavis at RMC Nationals 2008
Charnelle Fulcher at RMC Nationals 2008
Charnelle Fulcher and Jessica Yavis at RMC Nationals 2008
Tessa Rooyakkers at RMC Nationals 2008
Shane Valcourt at Golden Ears, BC 2009
Anya Levermann at Skimikin 2008
Katya Levermann at Ride Over the Rainbow 2009
Justin Gutsell and his pony called Ford.
2012 Date and Location Approved for Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North
By Joanie Morris, NAJYRC
*Lexington, KY*- The dates and location of the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North have been designated.
The competition will take place at the Kentucky Horse Park from July 18-22, 2012 - the week before the Olympic Games commence in London.
Adequan has returned as the title sponsor of this competition, and makes the dreams of young equestrians (ages 14-21) a reality. It is through the support of Adequan that this event has been able to grow - it now boasts nine FEI Championships.
Dressage, Eventing, Jumping and Reining each offer a championship for Juniors and one for Young Riders. Endurance - which was added in 2011 as a championship, offers an FEI championship for Young Riders.
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DEFINITE ENTRIES FOR THE 2011 FEI WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS JYR
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FEI YOUNG RIDERS AND JUNIORS WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE
The FEI Young Riders & Juniors World Endurance Championship CEI**** 120 km will be held on Saturday December 10, 2011, at the Emirates International Endurance Village Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Vet Gates:
Phase 1 - 21 km - hold of 30 minutes
Phase 2 - 28 km - hold of 30 minutes
Phase 3 - 24 km - hold of 40 minutes
Phase 4 - 20 km - hold of 40 minutes
Phase 5 - 16 km
Heart Rates: Maximum pulse at Vet Gates - 64 bpm within 20 minutes. At final exams, maximum pulse of 64 within 30 minutes.
Vetting in: December 9 -10 AM
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NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR & YOUNG RIDER CHAMPIONSHIPS STARTED!
*Top young equestrians in five disciplines compete this week at the Kentucky Horse Park.
July 27, 2011*
Up-and-coming riders from dressage, endurance, eventing, show jumping and reining are competing today through Sunday at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North (NAJYRC). Teams
and individuals between the ages of 14 and 21 come from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean Islands and all regions on the United States.
The NAJYRC began as a Canadian/American eventing competition in 1974. Dressage and show jumping were added in the early 1980s and reining joined the competition in 2008. This year marks the first NAJYRC that includes an endurance championship. Para-dressage is also featured this year as a
non-championship event...
More, with video: 
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July 27th…..from Maura… Update from NAJYRC - Jazz, Felen and Jahlad (substituted for Kit) are all looking great per Colette Hutten and Glenn Sinclair. Everyone is starting to get excited, today was the opening ceremonies, tomorrow is the veterinary inspection and then race day is Friday. Go Canada Go!!! The Team found wifi at the hospitality tent so we are starting to get photo's and updates.
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Autumn Hughes (at 14 yrs) riding Jahan on Fillongley Beach on Denman Island , B.C.
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World Junior Young Rider Endurance Championships
VERY EXCITING NEWS!!!!
The World Junior Young Rider Endurance Championship will be held in Abu Dhabi around early or mid December, 2011.
To qualify:
The Horse must have successfully completed at least 2 CEI 2* events, one being at the same distance and at the minimum speed (12kph), no earlier than 24 months prior to the event.
The Rider must have successfully completed at least 3 CEI 2*, one of which being at the same distance and minimum speed (12kph), no earlier than 24 months prior to the event.
The Horse and Rider combination must do a qualifying ride together.
The contract between the FEI and the OC is still under development; however, there is a tentative agreement that the OC will pay for the travel and accommodation fees of the horse, the rider, and one groom. If a team can be sent, accommodations and travel for the Chef d’Equipe and Team Vet will also be covered.
This is a one in a life time opportunity for many and the qualifying criteria can potentially be easily met.
If you have any questions,
contact me at lee_hutten@hotmail.com .
Youth Co-Chair,
Lee Hutten
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Endurance Added to 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships
February 01 2011
Joanie Morris
Lexington, KY – For more than 30 years, the Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North traditionally hosts championships for teams and individuals in the three Olympic Equestrian disciplines of dressage, eventing and jumping. In 2008 reining was included, and in 2011 the sport of endurance will be introduced for the first time.
Included as a non-championship event since 2008 – participation and support for the program continues to grow. The 2011 championship will run from July 27-31 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY and the endurance portion will use some of the same track that the World Endurance Championships ran over during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games last September.
The ride will take place on Friday July 29. The stabling, start, veterinary inspections and finish as well as portions of the course will be on the Kentucky Horse Park grounds. The remainder of the course for the 120km race will make use of private property near the horse park.
For more information please contact
Joanie Morris at jmorris@usef.org.
Posted by Endurance.Net at 9:27 AM
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ATTENTION ALL YOUNG RIDERS!!
North American Young Riders Endurance Ride
(NAYRER) 2011
Would you like to ride on some of the same trails the World Equestrian Games athletes competed on?
Would you also like to take part in an event solely dedicated to youth and compete at the FEI level in a Championship event?
I am very pleased to announce that the Young Riders race will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in conjunction with the North American Young Riders Championship (NAYRC). The dates for this event are as follows:
Opening Ceremonies July 27th
Vet in July 28th
Ride July 29th
BC Judging July 30th
Closing Ceremonies July 31st
This event will be an FEI YR 2*CH, which means, you will need to be qualified to ride in a 2* 75mile race. To do this you must have an FEI passported horse and have completed a 1* 50mile ride. You do not need to ride the horse beforehand, meaning if you are qualified as a rider to compete, you may lease a qualified horse for the race. This is the option that most young riders take as there are many people willing to lease out their horses.
It would be wonderful if we could enter a Canadian Team for this ride!
Hope to see many of you there!
Lee Hutten
Endurance Canada Youth Co-Chair
For further information or if interested in competing, please contact:
Lee Hutten lee_hutten@hotmail.com
Daphne Richard daphnedr@shaw.ca
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FEI OPEN EUROPEAN ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JUNIORS AND YOUNG RIDERS 2010, KREUTH (GER).
Photo Caption: Laetizia Pegaz riding Kouleur du Parc (Arab) won the 2010 European individual title when finishing second behind the UAE's Ahmed Ali Al Sabri (Alizee de Majolaine) at the Open European Endurance Championships for Juniors and Young Riders at Kreuth, Germany last week.
FEI Photo Catalogue: Copyright free high resolution photographs, for editorial use only, are available at www.feiphotos.org
TEAM FRANCE DOMINATES YET AGAIN - UAE TAKES OPEN INDIVIDUAL TITLE
The small village of Kreuth is any horse person’s dream – a complete village based entirely around equestrian sport. The venue is well established and has hosted Endurance, Eventing, Reining and Dressage International competitions, but this is the first time an FEI Championship has been hosted in Kreuth. The site, comprised of various arenas, cross country courses, a hotel and large airy barn for stabling, is nestled in the Bavarian countryside approximately two hours south of Munich (GER) on the south east edge of the Taubenbach Forest. It is a perfect venue for Endurance, with extensive vet-gate space, a flat grass trot-up area and ample parking for crew vehicles. The route is principally made up of gravel forest tracks.
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NAYRER - 2010
THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR A VERY EXCITING DAY! WE’RE VERY PROUD OF YOU…..
Just got off the phone with Charlene, bad news, unfortunately Cherokee is muscle sore causing him to be a little off and Lee’s horse has a sore back. The girls made it to 63 miles, in all that heat and humidity, they gave it their best shot. I believe that there was one or two other horses pulled at the 63.
We wished them a safe trip home, and I told them we were very proud, they looked after their horses well, and they did their best.
Congratulations to everyone that finished that tough ride.
Horse Sport interviewed the girls, they were very interested in doing an article about endurance.
Have a safe trip home everyone. Lynda
Tough break for the Lee & Jessica but we are proud of you for giving it a good try especially in those conditions. Kay
Well said! Yes, we are very proud of them, they rode well by all accounts, just was not meant to be this year…next year!! Maura
Lynda has summarized our sentiments so very well – we are just very. very proud of these two young ladies.. Daphne
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From Endurance Canada: Congratulations to all of you – job VERY well done! (But look out for Canada next year!)
FINAL RESULTS FROM THE NAYRER
Best Condition and High Vet Score went to Syrocco Cadence ridden by Jennifer Stevens to an individual Gold representing the West team, and owned by Meg Sleeper.
This gorgeous 7 year old mare was definitely full of herself at the BC judging this morning. I've just gotten home to internet that can do more than post a short e-mail per hour so will be downloading some videos. I think you'll agree this horse looked ready to go again.
Team Gold went to USA-East Members were:
Kyle Gibbon
Steven Hay
Lindsay Bean
Sarah Jack
Josie McGhee
Silver team went to Central:
Kirsten Kimbler
McCamey Kimbler
Kelsey Kimbler
Devon Horn
Bronze went to Mountain/West (combined)
Jennifer Stevens
Frances Chase Dunn
Katie Bran
Special thanks to my cub reporter/ace assistant Tessa Kimbler who rounded up names & numbers to make it possible for me to get just a bit of info out while still crewing, etc.!
(from endurance.net)
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NAYRER - 2010
GOOD LUCK TO OUR YOUNG RIDERS!
Lee Hutten Jessica Hendriks
Lee Hutten (Ontario) and Jessica Hendriks (Ontario) will represent Canada at the North American Young Riders Endurance Ride, to be held on July 29th in Kentucky, in conjunction with the NAJYRC. This is a 75 mile FEI CEI 2* event. As you will read below, both these young ladies have had significant experience and success in this discipline, and will continue to do us proud.
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NORTH AMERICAN YOUNG RIDERS ENDURANCE RIDE July 29, 2010
The North American Young Riders Endurance Ride is scheduled for July 29, 2010. It is a FEI 2* 75 Mile ride for Young Riders. The event will take place at Shaker Village in Harrodsburg, Kentucky and is held in conjunction with the North American Junior Young Riders Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park - home of the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
The NAYRER website has been updated and is available at:
www.nayrer.org
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WATCH FOR OUR CANADIAN YOUNG RIDERS
AT THE NAYRER!
July 14, 2010 (endurance.net)
Held in conjunction with the North American Junior/Young Riders Championships, the North American Young Riders Endurance Ride (NAYRER) will be help in Shaker Village - Harrodsburg, Kentucky, on July 29th.
The NAJYRC is the premier equestrian competition in North America for junior and young riders, age 14-21. Young equestrians come from the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Islands to vie for team and individual FEI medals in the three Olympic equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage, eventing and the World Equestrian Games discipline of reining. 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.
Entries for the NAYRER Endurance ride are due July 17, 2010.
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Congratulations to Robyn Wadey and Gypsy from Edson, Alberta - the 2009 AERC NATIONAL Junior Mileage Champions!!!
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The 2010 Young Rider European Endurance Championships
It has been announced that the Young Rider European Championships in 2010 will be held at Kreuth, Germany, on the 2nd to the 8th August.
Ian Williams
Director,
Non-Olympic Sports, FEI
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YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES UPDATE
2 March 2010
NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW
The first ever Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 and equestrian is one of the 26 sports on the programme.
With less than six months to go, the FEI has posted a short video update from Glen Haven Park in Australia, where 38 horses are being trained ready for the Youth Olympic Games.
To watch the video, please visit www.fei.org and click the “Journey to Singapore” link on the website’s homepage.
Additional information on the Glen Haven Park team is available here.
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Youth membership fees (for 2010) to remain at $0.
Find 2010 membership forms
here Membership
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A report from our Youth Chair, Kate Coady, currently at school at Olds College in Alberta:
“This week we had the grand opening of the Canadian Equine Center for Innovation here at Olds College. I got to be a part of the ceremony as an equine student which was really neat!
They're still building new additions, but right now the barn looks absolutely amazing. And the riding arena is easily the best one I've ridden in!”
Olds College opens national equine centre, dedicates Shirley McClellan Riding Arena
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YOUTH AWARDS
'Young at Heart'
The Criteria for the Young at Heart Award:
The award will be presented to the Endurance Canada member who has shown the following characteristics over the current year:
- A dedication to helping and supporting youth become more involved in the sport of endurance riding.
- Assisting youth who are currently in the sport through sponsoring, financial support, give freely of their time and experience
- Proven him/herself to be a positive role model and mentor for youth. This includes educating youth not only about the sport, but also about other life lessons.
Youth Appreciation Award
The criteria for these certificates of appreciation:
- Willing to sponsor juniors at rides.
- Mentor and educate youth at rides
- Supportive of young riders in terms of trailering/lending horses, crewing at youth events etc.
For more info visit AWARDS Page
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USEF Announces Date and Location for the Junior and Young Rider Championships 2010
Release: November 12 2009
Author: By Joanie Morris
Lexington, KY Pending final FEI approval, the USEF is announcing the following date and location for the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC). The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has received preliminary approval and is awaiting final allocation from the FEI Bureau.
Pending this approval, the NAJYRC will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park July 28-August 1, 2010. This is a unique opportunity to use a venue which has been completely redesigned. Less than two months later, the world will begin to arrive in Lexington, KY, for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
As competitors begin to plan their 2010 competition seasons the USEF is providing this information so juniors, young riders and their chef can plan accordingly. In 2009, the Kentucky Horse Park welcomed a record number of juniors and young riders for these championships in the three Olympic disciplines of dressage, eventing and jumping and the Western discipline of reining.
Vaulting will again hold an exhibition during the championships and endurance will run a CEIY** concurrently in Louisville, KY.
For more information, please contact Joanie Morris at jmorris@usef.org.
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A young rider on a sorrel pony admiring the view from the Westbank Rocker RIde 2009. Justin Gutsell and his pony called Ford. Ford is a Welsh/POA pony. They are both 12 yrs old. They are from Penticton, B.C. Justin was the Junior High Point rider last year with ERABC. Last year was their first year competing in limited distance riding.
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Young Endurance Rider from BC participates in Dressage Championships in Nova Scotia
The Canadian Pony Club held their National Dressage Championships at Truro, Nova Scotia this past August. Five girls from the British Columbia Interior North were chosen to represent their region. This region encompasses the area from Osoyoos north to Terrace. Danica Sandercock and
Teri Lynn Moorby were chosen from the Kelowna and District Pony Club - both girls live in Joe Rich.
The out of town people were housed at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro.
They rode borrowed horses from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton.
On Friday they test rode their “new “ borrowed ponies/horses. On Saturday they rode their dressage tests according to their levels: Teri Lynn rode ‘starter’, and Danica rode 1st level. These tests had to be memorized by
the rider.Teri Lynn placed 4th in two dressage tests, 3rd in the written test on dressage theory and 6th overall in her division.
Saturday evening saw all the riders write a dressage theory test. On Sunday, they rode a mystery dressage test from another country. This test was called by a volunteer
from the area. On Sunday, after the events and awards ceremony we travelled by bus into Halifax to enjoy two days being a tourist, before returning to British Columbia.
Congratulations, Teri Lynn! What a great experience!
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FEI REACHES OUT TO YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD
FEI President HRH Princess Haya surrounded by young riders at the Alltech FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships. © Kit Houghton
The FEI is proud to launch its first ever Year of Youth - a yearlong celebration of youth equestrianism – which will run from August 2009 to August 2010 when the Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore. For the first time young people will come together overcoming geographical barriers by using a unique online platform delivered by the FEI.
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NAYRER 2009
Ariel Macleod (BC), Kate Coady (BC) and Lee Hutten (ONT)
SILVER MEDAL for Canadian Team
The award presentations took place in the Kentucky Horse Park on July 26th, along with the other disciplines
North American Young Riders Endurance Ride 2009
The International Team - Canada and Mexico - win Silver at the North American Young Rider Endurance Ride, with all 5 riders completing the 75 mile FEI CEI 2* event!
- a huge team effort – a huge success story.
Congratulations to all of you – and thank you!”
(Daphne Richard, Chair of Endurance Canada)
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Have you seen this movie?
The Story line is based on an Endurance race, filmed in Nova Scotia. At a Glance Trailer Site
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: NO Endurance Canada Youth Membership Fees in 2009! If you are 21 or under, there will be no fees in 2009, but please fill our ‘Affiliation Form’; we need to register you. Join and get involved!
Youth & ENDURANCE CANADA!
It is with excitement and enthusiasm that we invite all ‘younger’ riders in Canada to participate in our National Youth Sub-committee. Kate Coady (a Young Rider formerly from Nova Scotia, now residing in B.C.) is spear-heading this initiative, which will provide a much-needed forum and support system for the Youth in our sport. The Sub-committee will be comprised of Juniors and Young Riders from across the country; if YOU are interested, or you know a young endurance rider who might be, please contact your provincial representative (see Committees/Board Of Directors or e-mail Kate directly).
Kate has set up a group account on Facebook to facilitate communication among our young riders: FaceBook Link
Kate welcomes your e-mails: E-Mail Link
Thank you, Kate!
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YOUTH SUB-COMMITTEE
We are still looking for representatives from each province to help reach as many youth as we can across the country. Our current reps are:
British Columbia – Ariel MacLeod and Kate Coady (Chair- Youth Sub-committee)
Ontario – Jessica Hendriks and Lee Hutten
Quebec – Devan Dowbiggin
Here is a little introduction from some of the Reps:
Hello,
My name is Jessica Hendriks; I live just north of Barrie, Ontario. I have been riding for 9 years but have been competing in endurance riding for 7 years. My hopes for this committee are to better prepare young riders for endurance rides, especially FEI level rides. When I competed in my first FEI competition it was stressful and not very enjoyable, so the hopes for this committee is to make FEI competitions less stressful and more enjoyable for the young riders. The committee is also trying to put together more resources for the young riders to use as most of the other resources and articles all seem to be adult-based. We are also trying to bring forward the idea of more senior riders to allow young riders to have the opportunity to pit crew for them. This would be the perfect way for young riders to learn more and hopefully allow them to become better endurance riders themselves.
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My name is Lee Hutten. I am 17 years old. I live in Chesterville, Ontario (south of Ottawa). I have been riding for almost 10 years now, and have been riding CTR and Endurance for about 4 years now. I am planning on going to Indiana in July with my horse I Bee Jazzin' and going through the FEI Star System to qualify for WEG. With the Youth sub-committee, I hope that all youth riders support each other and share experiences. We can help each understand more about the sport and learn from one another. I also hope that the formation of this committee will help get more juniors and young riders interested.
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My whole life I’ve dreamed of becoming a horse back rider as most children do. But until the age of around eight I never had the chance. When I finally started at EquesTran Stables, it didn’t take long to fall in love with the sport. I learned the basic care of horses and how to compete in hunter jumper. After Christmas of 2008, I started to ride with a friend of the family, Lynda Townsend who was the first to introduce me to endurance riding (Lynda represents Quebec on the Board of Endurance Canada). Since then I’ve had a whole new perspective on how to handle horses and have been learning the rules of Endurance.
Devan Dowbiggin
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JUNIOR/YOUNG RIDER COMPETITORS:
Young Riders can compete in YR Events from the beginning of the year in which they will turn 16 until the end of the year in which they will turn 21.
Juniors can compete in Junior Events from the beginning of the year in which they will turn 14 until the end of the year in which they will turn 18.
There is an overlap there, and riders in this age group can choose which category they to compete in. However, for Championship Events, they can only compete in one or the other in any given year.
Seniors can compete in Senior events, including Championship Events in the year when they will turn 18.
In Endurance, any person from the beginning of the year in which they turn 14 can compete in Senior Events as long as they have met all the qualification requirements and are authorized by their National Federation.
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Endurance Canada National Youth Committee
Our mission: To Promote the sport of Endurance riding to young riders and to Provide them with education and support.
Promotion: Get young people interested in Endurance and maintain their interest.
Education: Have resources available for young riders and easily accessible.
Support: Provide a place for young riders to voice their opinions. Help juniors find sponsors for races. Provide information on international youth competitions and help create teams to compete.
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HEY!!!! Check this out:
We are planning to work closely with the AERC Junior Committee to promote the sport for youth in both the U.S. and in Canada. One goal that the AERC Junior Committee is working towards is establishing a Young Rider division within the AERC. This is something that we are very excited about and we will be working closely with them.
The chair of the AERC Junior Committee is Kelly Kimbler and her daughter Kristen Kimbler is involved with the planning for the NAYRER this July as, well as being the Endurance Representative to the USEF Youth Council. You can contact them at: kckk@aol.com
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