Katie Johnson Claims her Second Gold Medal at 2008 NAJYRC

Katie Johnson Claims her Second Gold Medal at 2008 NAJYRC

Parker, CO – August 2, 2008

Competition continued today at the CN North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) at The Colorado Horse Park Presented by Gotham North. In young rider dressage, Katie Johnson impressed judges and spectators with a 69.05% to claim the gold medal in the young rider individual test.

Johnson was also on the gold medal winning Region VII team on Thursday. Jennifer Brannigan held on to her lead in the CCI** division after turning in a clear round over David O’Connor’s cross- country course.

Young Riders Champion Katie Johnson with proud mom and trainer, Elizabeth Johnson

Dressage

After adding an individual gold medal to her team gold in the young rider dressage

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Region 7 Wins Young Riders Dressage Team Gold at 2008 CN North American Junior & Young Rider Championships at The Colorado Horse Park

Presented by Gotham North
Parker, CO – July 31, 2008

The CN North American Junior and Young Rider Championships at the Colorado Horse Park Presented by Gotham North are the premier equestrian event in North America for riders age 14-21. Run in a format similar to the Olympic Games, the Championships feature riders competing for team and individual medals in the three Olympic disciplines of show jumping, dressage and eventing, as well as the western discipline of reining, which was added to the schedule this year.

The Region 7 team won the Gold with a score of 4417 points and a percentage of 65.437, followed by Region 8 with a score of 4395 points and 65.111% and Canada-

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August 2008

If you had asked me 4 months ago if I was going to qualify to be on the Region 7 team at the NAJYRC I would have told you that you were officially crazy if not for any other reason than I didn’t have a horse. But, due to all of the amazing people in my life, some very sweet strangers that will now be lifelong friends, one brilliant horse with a heart the size of Texas and a lot of hard work, I made it, and came home with two gold medals!!

The journey to Parker, Colorado was pretty painless. It is a 22-hour drive but when my mom and I decided to drive my horse ourselves we thought it would be best to split it up into 2 days. So we pulled out a divider in my bumper pull 3 horse trailer and started the organized packing, well I don’t know if packing is the right term…it turned out to be organized piling! We drove out through Las Vegas, then to Utah where we laid over at a very nice horse hotel. Then it was onward to Colorado! The mountain drive was breathtakingly beautiful and I

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