Competition is officially underway for the 2019 Adequan/FEI North American Youth Championships (NAYC) presented by Gotham North, with Canadian eventers having tackled the dressage phase on July 25 and 26 at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, MT.
Tosca Holmes-Smith Starts Strong in Young Riders Top 10
Tosca Holmes-Smith of Chase, BC, is the sole Canadian representative in the Young Riders division riding Tom Riddle, a 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding sired by Towkay and owned by Ali Holmes-Smith. The 19-year-old is extremely familiar with NAYC and the setting amongst the Montana mountains, having claimed the Junior individual gold and team bronze medals in 2017 riding Fiat, and earning a top-10 Young Riders individual finish at NAYC 2018 with Tom Riddle.
Holmes-Smith and Tom Riddle kicked off their 2019 efforts on July 25, where a score of 35.2 penalty points after the CCIY 3*-S dressage competition positions the pair in 10th place before the cross-county phase is held on July 27. US Area III’s William Kidwell and Tremolo currently hold the lead on a dressage score of 28.0 penalties.