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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Christian Simonson and Zeaball Diawind. Photo: USADressage

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 and Montagny von der Heide. Photo: USADressage

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 HotzWilliam WarrenBrenda MinorEvi EisenhardtChristof Umbach
PlaceScoreRegionAthleteHorseEHCMB
1.78.935US7Christian SimonsonZeaball Diawind79.87578.55078.12576.75081.375
2.73.330US1Allison NemethTiko71.37572.00074.25072.15076.875
3.73.170US4Tillie JonesQi Gong TF72.37572.00073.37574.85073.250
4.71.770US7Miki YangDonavan68.75068.37573.50074.60073.625
5.71.475US4Nicolas BeckCampari72.87571.25069.25072.50071.500
6.71.050US1Hannah IronsScola Bella70.75070.37571.87570.25072.000
7.70.975US3Melanie DoughtyFascinata68.75071.50070.50071.62572.500
8.69.750US7Erin NicholsHandsome Rob AR70.25069.12570.25066.50072.625
9.69.575US1Megan PetersonAmoretto70.62567.00068.87573.00068.375
10.69.175US3Suzannah RogersPaladine Of Elysium69.00071.25069.37568.75067.500
11.68.3755_9Sarah EvansCarzanola69.00067.75067.37570.12567.625
12.68.1506_8Caroline CadoretteDustin70.00067.25067.75064.25071.500
13.67.695CANAnna SwackhammerWrazzmatazz68.12567.62567.50067.22568.000
14.67.175US3Savannah MixonFlorence-Ra70.12568.25066.87565.87564.750
15.65.235US4Averi AllenSuperman64.87564.87566.00065.05065.375
16.64.950US2Maggie TifftE-Ros66.00066.12564.87564.62563.125
17.64.8756_8Jessica BeckElewaard66.25065.12561.12564.25067.625
18.64.425US2Madeleine PerrySmile63.87563.25065.12566.00063.875

Junior Rider Freestyle

Judges:Sandra HotzWilliam WarrenEvi EisenhardtMonique Peutz-VegterChristof Umbach
PlaceScoreRegionAthleteHorseEHCMB
1.74.775US4Lexie KmentMontagny Von Der Heide74.87574.00075.75074.75074.500
2.71.850US2Julia McDonaldLehndorff van de Vogelzang72.50072.12569.75070.00074.875
3.71.150US3Kat FuquaDreamgirl71.37572.25071.12569.75071.250
4.70.600US7Nicole EllsworthRöwer BE70.87569.00068.37573.50071.250
5.70.425USADaphne GlennRomanesque70.87570.00069.00069.75072.500
6.70.150US4Ella FruchtermanHolts Le’Mans72.37569.87571.62569.00067.875
7.69.950US4Kylee KmentHonor69.87571.75067.50069.25071.375
8.69.250US7Josephine HinnemannBreanna70.00070.00067.62567.25071.375
9.69.225US3Misha CohenFürstenglanz 369.25071.12568.37569.62567.750
10.68.830US7Lily-Rose BaconWarm Night69.77567.87568.62569.75068.125
11.66.625US8Emily JackowskiPluto Bona II-6468.25065.00066.75066.50066.625
12.66.425US9Isabella FielderConan Star67.37566.87564.37565.25068.250
13.65.675USAReese WymanSamurai65.87564.75066.00066.25065.500
14.65.475US5Katherine NayakGaspacho66.00066.75064.12564.75065.750
15.65.400US2Allison BergerMejicano CXV67.75065.00064.12565.25064.875
16.65.200US8Tiggy GatesShadow’s Dream66.50064.37566.25063.87565.000
17.58.550US2Alicia BergerTrust Me57.75058.75055.87560.62559.750