Dressage Canada Announces a Change to the Young Rider Team Selected to Attend NAJYRC

Ottawa, ON—The Dressage Canada Selection Committee for the 2009 North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships has announced a change to the selected athletes who will represent Canada at this event, which will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, July 21-26, 2009.

Young Rider Jade Deter of Kemptville, ON, and her horse Mastermind will be unable to attend the Championships with Team Ontario. Annie-Pier Venne of L’Assomption, QC, and her horse Step Up, a 12-year-old Westphalian stallion, who were to ride as individuals, will replace Deter and Mastermind, and the team will be renamed Team Canada East.

Lindsay Seidel-Wassenaar of Blufton, AB, and her horse Oslo will still ride as individuals.  The Junior Teams (Ontario and Team Canada West) remain unchanged.

For further information, please contact Christine Peters, Manager Dressage Canada, telephone: (613) 248-3433 ext 138 or cpeters@equinecanada.ca.

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