Traverse City, Michigan, USA – July 31, 2024 – The 2024 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships presented by USHJA got underway at Flintfields Horse Park on Wednesday morning with the first individual qualifiers for the children’s and pre-junior categories.

Topping the children’s section, Isabella Uhrig (Greenwood Village, Colo.), representing Zone 8, rode to a clear-round time of 74.39 seconds with Kapow (Brainpower x Regina Adelheid Z), a 2011 Zangersheide gelding owned by Laura Evans.

Zone 4 rider Adele Dewar (CAN) was second with Freedom, a 2010 KWPN owned by Ali Nilforushan, while Zone 2’s Kaitlyn Linck (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) and her own Don Touch de Tiji Z (Don’t Touch Tiji Hero x Viva La Vida Hero Z), a 2016 Zangersheide gelding, took third.

Final Results – Children’s First Individual Qualifier

1) Isabella Uhrig (USA) & Kapow – 0 – 74.390

2) Adele Dewar (CAN) & Freedom – – 75.450

3) Kaitlyn Linck (USA) & Don Touch de Tiji Z – 0 – 75.880

Source: Press Release from Traverse City Horse Shows

Photo: © TCHS / Andrew Ryback Photography

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