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Bellissimo, and other key figures associated with the Welling- ton circuit, with their vision for the YHS. The YHS series saw more than 100 horses competing in the 2011 season, with the series final in Wellington in December hosting 30 finalists (of 60 who qualified).


Now in its eighth season, the YHS Finals moved to the


Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring, North Carolina, in 2015. In 2017 there were YHS regional shows in California, two locations in Florida (Ocala and Wellington), Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and North Carolina (held the two days before the finals there). YHS in-hand and at liberty classes are offered for yearlings


through four-year-olds for $65/class and there are jump chute (free jumping) classes for two-year-olds through four-year- olds for the same per-class fee. These costs include profes- sional handlers’ services. YHS Sport Horse Under Saddle (flat classes for all disci-


plines) for three, four and five-year-olds cost $35 to enter. Two divisions of under-saddle jumping classes (height of fences and age of horse are designated in rules) are available for $35 each. In dressage under saddle classes, the contestants can choose between a “Test of Choice” class or use tests provided by YHS for four and five-year-olds. The YHS series awards include ribbons, prize money and


gifts and there is a perpetual trophy for the best American- bred horse in the finals. YHS has also partnered with the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) to recog- nize the top young horse rider of the series. Even though the YHS is not currently officially recognized


by the United States Equestrian Federation, Jean says he is open to discussion with them. “We’ve talked with them before. It’s not that easy to get a program sanctioned or recognized by the USEF without changing things or raising fees. I keep my prices as low as I can, but still function. I’m not going to compromise on that,” he says emphatically. He says it is important—and a good financial choice—to


get young horses out to experience the show ring environ- ment early in their lives instead of waiting until they are older. “If you wait until they are four or five and then if the horse has a meltdown at a show and is not even able to go into the ring because it is scared, while you are spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars…obviously, this is using a pretty extreme example, but the numbers are with me.” “I was just looking at the numbers in the Young Jumper


Three young horses shown at the YHS event held in Reddick, Flor- ida in September (top to bottom): Khaleesi von Camelot, a KWPN mare (Uno don Diego x Olympic Ferro) who won the In Hand Two- Year-Old class, owned and bred by Daniela Hofacker; SF Swag- ger, an RPSI/German Riding Pony yearling (SF Spirit x Gleinant Shane) bred by Solomon Farm and owned by Anne Raisner with handler Andras Szieberth; and Kanon, an sBs yearling (Pallido Blu CF x Lasting Impression) owned and bred by Juli Bitler.


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competition ring today,” he continues, “In the Five-Year-Old Young Jumpers, there were 15 of them, and there should be 200. The reason that there were not 200 [competing] is that even though there are that many horses out there, they are not ready to be competitive at that level. Not that this level is too hard—it is the right level—it is actually normal, maybe even easier than we did in Europe. And, not that they are bad horses, but it is very difficult for a breeder, or a young horse owner, to get a horse prepared for competition at that level [here in the U.S.]. But, if you have no way to get them there, no one to train them and no riders to get them there, and so on and so forth, it will not happen.” A complete list of YHS classes, rules and tips for prepar-


ing for the shows, past results, history of YHS, sponsors and a show schedule are available at younghorseshow.com or by call- ing 805-610-4891.


Photos by The Media Project


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