Three North American Youth Championship Golds & Record Score for Young Rider Christian Simonson & Zeaball Diawind, 3 Golds for Junior Lexie Kment & Montagny von der Heide
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TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, Aug. 15, 2021–Christian Simonson on Zeaball Diawind set a North American Youth Championship Young Rider record score with victory Sunday in the Freestyle to give the partnership its third gold medal.
Christian, 18, of Ventura, California and the nine-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding scored 78.935%, by far a personal best as the pair did in the individual competition for gold on 75.353%. Christian led the all-California squad of four combinations to team gold.
Allison Nemeth, 19, of Flemington, New Jersey and Tiko also posted a personal best 73.330% to take silver. This NAYC was the fifth for the rider and second on Tiko, 10-year-old Danish Warmblood mare, having competed as a Junior in 2018.
Tillie Jones, 20, a Nebraska Wesleyan University sophomore, on Qi Gong TF took bronze on 73.170%. The 12-year-old Hanoverian mare ridden by Tillie is American-bred.
The results for Christian and Zeaball Diawind shattered the previous best championship freestyle score of 74.710% posted by Callie Jones on Don Philippo in 2019, according to a review of archived results by dressage-news.com. The championships were not held in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The duo, 17th ranked in the world, placed second individually to lead the U.S. team to bronze at the Hagen, Germany Future Champions two months ago.
Christian competed at NAYC as a junior in 2016 and on the gold medal team in 2017. He moved up to Young Riders in 2018 to capture team silver.
Lexie Kment on Montagny von der Heide capped her first North American Youth Championship with gold in the Junior Rider Freestyle to go with individual gold and the team title.
Lexie, 15, of Palmyra, Nebraska and the 17-year-old Trakehner gelding scored 74.775% for the musical performance that was only the second for the partnership. The pair captured the individual gold on 69.235%. The three-member team that included her older sister Kylee on Honor won gold in the opening competition of the championships. Kylee and Honor took individual silver.
Julia McDonald on Lehndorff Van De Vogelzang earned silver in the freestyle with 71.850% with Kat Fuqua of Atlanta on Dreamgirl scoring 71.150% for bronze, as they did in both individual and team competitions.
Only U.S. teams competed in the championships, the normally competitive Canadians did not compete because of coronavirus restrictions. An individual Canadian and a rider from Bermuda were the only non-U.S. competitors in the championships.
Results:
Young Rider Freestyle
| Judges: | Sandra Hotz | William Warren | Brenda Minor | Evi Eisenhardt | Christof Umbach | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Region | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 78.935 | US7 | Christian Simonson | Zeaball Diawind | 79.875 | 78.550 | 78.125 | 76.750 | 81.375 | ||||
| 2. | 73.330 | US1 | Allison Nemeth | Tiko | 71.375 | 72.000 | 74.250 | 72.150 | 76.875 | ||||
| 3. | 73.170 | US4 | Tillie Jones | Qi Gong TF | 72.375 | 72.000 | 73.375 | 74.850 | 73.250 | ||||
| 4. | 71.770 | US7 | Miki Yang | Donavan | 68.750 | 68.375 | 73.500 | 74.600 | 73.625 | ||||
| 5. | 71.475 | US4 | Nicolas Beck | Campari | 72.875 | 71.250 | 69.250 | 72.500 | 71.500 | ||||
| 6. | 71.050 | US1 | Hannah Irons | Scola Bella | 70.750 | 70.375 | 71.875 | 70.250 | 72.000 | ||||
| 7. | 70.975 | US3 | Melanie Doughty | Fascinata | 68.750 | 71.500 | 70.500 | 71.625 | 72.500 | ||||
| 8. | 69.750 | US7 | Erin Nichols | Handsome Rob AR | 70.250 | 69.125 | 70.250 | 66.500 | 72.625 | ||||
| 9. | 69.575 | US1 | Megan Peterson | Amoretto | 70.625 | 67.000 | 68.875 | 73.000 | 68.375 | ||||
| 10. | 69.175 | US3 | Suzannah Rogers | Paladine Of Elysium | 69.000 | 71.250 | 69.375 | 68.750 | 67.500 | ||||
| 11. | 68.375 | 5_9 | Sarah Evans | Carzanola | 69.000 | 67.750 | 67.375 | 70.125 | 67.625 | ||||
| 12. | 68.150 | 6_8 | Caroline Cadorette | Dustin | 70.000 | 67.250 | 67.750 | 64.250 | 71.500 | ||||
| 13. | 67.695 | CAN | Anna Swackhammer | Wrazzmatazz | 68.125 | 67.625 | 67.500 | 67.225 | 68.000 | ||||
| 14. | 67.175 | US3 | Savannah Mixon | Florence-Ra | 70.125 | 68.250 | 66.875 | 65.875 | 64.750 | ||||
| 15. | 65.235 | US4 | Averi Allen | Superman | 64.875 | 64.875 | 66.000 | 65.050 | 65.375 | ||||
| 16. | 64.950 | US2 | Maggie Tifft | E-Ros | 66.000 | 66.125 | 64.875 | 64.625 | 63.125 | ||||
| 17. | 64.875 | 6_8 | Jessica Beck | Elewaard | 66.250 | 65.125 | 61.125 | 64.250 | 67.625 | ||||
| 18. | 64.425 | US2 | Madeleine Perry | Smile | 63.875 | 63.250 | 65.125 | 66.000 | 63.875 |
Junior Rider Freestyle
| Judges: | Sandra Hotz | William Warren | Evi Eisenhardt | Monique Peutz-Vegter | Christof Umbach | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Region | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 74.775 | US4 | Lexie Kment | Montagny Von Der Heide | 74.875 | 74.000 | 75.750 | 74.750 | 74.500 | ||||
| 2. | 71.850 | US2 | Julia McDonald | Lehndorff van de Vogelzang | 72.500 | 72.125 | 69.750 | 70.000 | 74.875 | ||||
| 3. | 71.150 | US3 | Kat Fuqua | Dreamgirl | 71.375 | 72.250 | 71.125 | 69.750 | 71.250 | ||||
| 4. | 70.600 | US7 | Nicole Ellsworth | Röwer BE | 70.875 | 69.000 | 68.375 | 73.500 | 71.250 | ||||
| 5. | 70.425 | USA | Daphne Glenn | Romanesque | 70.875 | 70.000 | 69.000 | 69.750 | 72.500 | ||||
| 6. | 70.150 | US4 | Ella Fruchterman | Holts Le’Mans | 72.375 | 69.875 | 71.625 | 69.000 | 67.875 | ||||
| 7. | 69.950 | US4 | Kylee Kment | Honor | 69.875 | 71.750 | 67.500 | 69.250 | 71.375 | ||||
| 8. | 69.250 | US7 | Josephine Hinnemann | Breanna | 70.000 | 70.000 | 67.625 | 67.250 | 71.375 | ||||
| 9. | 69.225 | US3 | Misha Cohen | Fürstenglanz 3 | 69.250 | 71.125 | 68.375 | 69.625 | 67.750 | ||||
| 10. | 68.830 | US7 | Lily-Rose Bacon | Warm Night | 69.775 | 67.875 | 68.625 | 69.750 | 68.125 | ||||
| 11. | 66.625 | US8 | Emily Jackowski | Pluto Bona II-64 | 68.250 | 65.000 | 66.750 | 66.500 | 66.625 | ||||
| 12. | 66.425 | US9 | Isabella Fielder | Conan Star | 67.375 | 66.875 | 64.375 | 65.250 | 68.250 | ||||
| 13. | 65.675 | USA | Reese Wyman | Samurai | 65.875 | 64.750 | 66.000 | 66.250 | 65.500 | ||||
| 14. | 65.475 | US5 | Katherine Nayak | Gaspacho | 66.000 | 66.750 | 64.125 | 64.750 | 65.750 | ||||
| 15. | 65.400 | US2 | Allison Berger | Mejicano CXV | 67.750 | 65.000 | 64.125 | 65.250 | 64.875 | ||||
| 16. | 65.200 | US8 | Tiggy Gates | Shadow’s Dream | 66.500 | 64.375 | 66.250 | 63.875 | 65.000 | ||||
| 17. | 58.550 | US2 | Alicia Berger | Trust Me | 57.750 | 58.750 | 55.875 | 60.625 | 59.750 |
