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Wondering how to qualify for NAJYRC? To qualify for the North American Junior and Young Rider Eventing Competition for the One Star Team, a horse and rider must have completed one CCI* or two CIC*'s. For the Two Star Team, a horse and rider must have completed one CCI** or two CIC**'s, or a CCI* and a CIC**. At these competitions, you cannot score more than 75 penalty points in dressage. On cross-country, you are allowed no more than 20 penalties at obstacles, and no more than 90 seconds exceeding the optimum time (36 penalties). However, at CIC's, you must be clear on cross-conutry. For show-jumping, you cannot have more than 16 jumping penalties.

Once you've qualified for NAJYRC based on the FEI requirements, you must be chosen by your province/state to go to the championships based on other criteria. Once you are eligible for NAJYRC, the team is chosen based on performance, fitness, and consistency of each horse/rider combination. The selection is based 50% on competition consistency, 30% on soundness and fitness, 15% competitive attitude, and 5% on competitive results. There is also a mandatory jog to assess the soundness of horses that are short listed for the NAJYRC's.

KCB hopes to meet all of the requirements to be chosen for the Canadian NAJYRC teams!!!



 
Soooo KCB got our show schedule for Florida and leading up to NAJYRC 2013! We each have plan  A B C....Z but ill (Hanna) just post our ideal scenarios, and ill be knocking on every piece of wood in my house once i post this! so here it goes...

Rocking Horse Jan 25-27- Mustard(OI) Benny+Bart(OP)

Ocala Winter II HT Feb8- Mustard(OP)Juliet(OP)Benny+Bart(OT) 

Rocking Horse Feb 15- Mustard(OI) Juliet+Benny+Bart(OP)

Rocking Horse Mar 1- Mustard(OI) Juliet+Benny+Bart(OP)

Red Hills Mar 7- Juliet (CIC*)

Poplar Place Mar 21- Mustard(CIC**) Juliet+Benny+Bart(CIC*)

Rocking Horse Mar 30 - Mustard(OI) Juliet+Benny+Bart(OP)

Ocala CCI*/CCI** April 10- Mustard(CCI**) Juliet+Benny+Bart(CCI*)

Woodwind CIC*/** May 4- Benny+ Bart (CIC*)

Glen Oro HT- May 25- Mustard(OI) Juliet+Bart+Benny (OP)

Wits End June 15- Juliet+Benny+Bart(OP)

Dreamcrest June 29- Mustard(CIC**) Juliet+Benny+Bart (CIC*)

NAJYRC 2013- Mustard (CCI**) Juliet+Benny+Bart(CCI*)  

WOOHOO so excited for 2013!!! if our plans change while we are in Florida we will post an alternate schedule! Wish us luck! :)

 
On Sunday November 3rd and Monday November 4th KCB got to ride in a Clayton Fredericks clinic in King City!! Clayton has just been named the new Canadian eventing team coach so we were so excited when Jessie asked us if we wanted to ride in it! We rode in a group of six which included Lauren, Hanna, me (Jamie), Christian Bennett, April Simmonds and Jessie Phoenix. I think its safe to say we were all thoroughly challenged and we all learned a ton! The first day mostly focused on the flat and a lot of pole work! (see video above) The second day focused more on jumping. We did a lot of really hard and fun exercises. Unfortunately we didn't get any video of the second day! :( We cant thank Martha Griggs for organizing this clinic enough!!

Stay tuned for our video covering all of our adventures at the Royal Winter Fair!

P.s We decided writing all these blogs in third person was way to hard so were going to take turns writing them.

P.s.s This is jamie...