Showjumping silver medallist in the 1976 Olympics, Michel Vaillancourt set the courses for this 50th anniversary edition.
Show Jumping
Young Canadian riders earned numerous podium placings as the next generation of dressage and jumping athletes gained experience in a championship setting.
Jacob Pope's mount Jecibelle gets her first international win, while Erynn Ballard earns the Leading Lady Rider Award after a great week.
The Canadian rider kept the wins coming in the $31,100 CSI3* Speed at Traverse City aboard her “serious weapon”; Amy Millar a close second with Christiano.
Our Children's Jumping Team, Dressage Young Riders Team Ontario, and Brooke Mancusi, in her final NAYC year, earn podium finishes.
This time, victory was hers aboard Her Game Ball BG in the $31,100 Hippodata CSI3* Welcome Stake at Traverse City.
“The gap between Young Riders and seniors can be big and you can get lost,” said the winner, Calvin Böckmann, about the importance of this new competition.
Aboard Thunderbird VH Scheefkasteel, a mare he has developed since she was four, the Quebec native won the $30,000 Engel & Volkers Grand Prix.
The Canadian rode Panter JVH to a podium finish in the prestigious Al Shira’aa King George V Gold Cup, as the Brit and Vermento three-peat.
The Canadian rider won the $116,500 B&D Builders CSIO3* Grand Prix riding Arkuga at Traverse City Horse Show.
