Competition resumed at the at the 2017 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC), presented by Gotham North, on July 21, 2017, with Canadians putting in impressive performances in all three disciplines of dressage, eventing and jumping.

Alexanne Thibault Jumps to the Top of Young Rider Individual

Alexanne Thibault, 19, of Boucherville, QC kicked off NAJYRC 2017 with a win in the Jumping Young Rider 1st Individual Qualifier, held at HITS Saugerties in New York. Partnered with Chacco Prime (Chacco Blue x Le Primeur), her nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding, she stopped the clock of the speed round in the fastest time of 75.78 seconds.

Under FEI Championship rules, the Individual scoring is based on time conversion, with the fastest ride earning a perfect score of zero, and all other athletes being credited with penalties representing the time difference. Therefore, Thibault heads into the Young Rider Team Competition (which also acts as the second Individual Qualifier) on July 21 with a perfect score of zero.

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