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Evan Hills making a try for Region 5 Young Rider Team
Evan and Megabucks (Grandee) are in the hunt for a spot on our extremely competitive Region 5 Young Rider Team. Our region has won the Team Gold Medal at the North American Young Rider Championships for the past two years. We have team members who have ridden on those teams coming back this year. We also have more new young riders trying to make the team than any other region in the country. WOW! If you are interested in following along with the efforts of our YRs, you can check out the standings on the USDF website at www.usdf.org under the Competitions tab and then look for NAYRC under Championships. You can see the riders from every region in the country and follow their scores as they compete at the various qualifying competitions. Riders from all over North America come to this competition in Lexington, Kentucky in July. It's a grand event with teams in dressage, show jumping, three day eventing and reining all competing at the same time in the same place. Just trying out for the team is a wonderful experience that every young adult should try to do, but you have to be riding at the Prix St. Georges level just to get to do it. For those not quite at PSG, there is a Junior Team as well, who compete at roughly a Third Level equivalent. Junior riders can compete until the year they turn 18 years of age. Young riders can compete until the year they turn 21 years of age. Here is a picture of Evan and Grandee at their first qualifying competion in Scottsdale, AZ in April.
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