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Leslie Eden and Region Three Gold Medal Dressage
Winners at 2001 NAYRC
Wadsworth,
IL – August 12, 2001 –William Coleman, Lesley Eden and
Amanda Baird won individual Gold Medals at the 2001
North American Young Riders’ Championships (NAYRC),
Presented by State Line Tack, held at Tempel Farms in
Wadsworth, IL.
Eden, 20, of Lake Mary, FL, won the dressage Gold and
the Fiona Baan Trophy on her 10-year-old, Dutch-bred
Picasso with a three-round score of 201.85%. She scored
67.95% in the final Freestyle phase to clinch the Gold
to go with the team Gold she won as part of the Region
3 team earlier in the week.
“I was trying my best not to think about it before
my ride,” Eden said. “I came here not expecting a medal
at all and I’m in shock that I won the Gold! This is
the biggest event I’ve ever done. I just can’t believe
it.”
Dressage rider Alison Bush won the Colonel Donald Thackery
Award. Bush earned this award for her support as a groom
after being unable to ride on the Region 2 team herself.
The Captain Andrew B. de Szinay Memorial Sportsmanship
Trophy was presented to Alison End of Region 8. End
also finished in fifth place in the Dressage Consolation
class.
The U.S. Dressage Federation’s (USDF) Region 3 captured
the Team Dressage Gold Medal today at the 2001 North
American Young Riders’ Championships (NAYRC), Presented
by State Line Tack, held at Tempel Farms in Wadsworth,
IL
The Gold Medal Team consisted of Lesley Eden and her
mount, Picasso, of Lake Mary, FL, Courtney Raiser and
her horse, Our Conversation, of Lilburn, GA, and Gwen
Poulin of Deleon Springs, FL with Pik Cachet. All three
riders also qualified for the Individual Dressage Championship.
Despite riding with only a three-person team that left
them without a ‘drop’ score, they amassed a strong combined
total of 3755 points.
Eden also leads in the Individual Dressage Championship.
“My horse was super today,” she stated. “This is my
first time at the NAYRC and I hoped to do well, but
I wasn’t expecting anything. I am very pleased with
our performance.”
With a combined score of 3729 points, the Dressage
Team Silver Medal went to the Region 1 Team of Camilla
Goodchild of Greensboro, NC, Kerri Sowers of Egg Harbor,
NJ, and sisters Catherine and Mary Alice Malone, Jr.
of Coatesville, PA. Scoring 3656 points, Region 2 took
the Bronze Medal. In show jumping action, Emily Williams
and her speedy jumper, Oyster, raced to victory in the
first championship class in a time of 77.19 seconds.
Ashlee Bond of Calabassas, CA rode Pablo in a time of
79.02 seconds to take second place.
Image Copyrighted: Mary
Phelps
2001 NAYRC Coverage at Horsesdaily.com
Dressagedaily: Leslie
Eden and Picasso
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