Zone 2 Tops Pre-Junior Podium and Children’s Team Title Goes to Zones 4 on Day Two at FEI North American Youth Championships
The 2025 Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships (NAYC), presented by USHJA, continued at Traverse City Horse Shows’ Flintfields Horse Park during week five of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival, presented by B&D Builders, on Thursday with pre-junior and children’s team titles being decided.
Zone 2 Takes Pre-Junior Title
After Wednesday’s Individual speed round and both rounds of the team final, Zone 2 stepped onto the top spot of the podium in the pre-junior category.
Gold medals were presented to Cecilia Chatterjee (New York, N.Y.) riding Cartouche vd Cumel, a 12-year-old Zangersheide mare (Contadoro van de Helle x Orioso vd Cumel) owned by Victor Depaolo; Agatha Lignelli (New York, N.Y.) aboard Xo Kiara, a 13-year-old Anglo European mare (Billy Mexico x Billy Congo) owned by Alexa Elle Lignelli; Kaitlyn Linck (Clinton Corners, N.Y.) on 9-year-old FF Happy Hour 21, a Westphalian mare (Hermantico x Phin Phin) owned by Freestyling Farms; and Rylie True (Bedminster, N.J.) in the irons of Quick Bob, a 13-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Verdi TN x Cassini II) owned by Esperanza Imports.
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