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Jumping National Team Program Athletes Named For 2024


(EC) is pleased to share the Jumping National Team Program (NTP) – High Per- formance athlete lists for 2024. The NTP was created to provide a pathway that in- creases the number of Cana- dian athletes achieving international podium per- formances. The Program identifies


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athletes in the Train to Com- pete and Learn to Win stages of the Long-Term Equestrian Development (LTED) framework and sup- ports their progression to the Learn to Win and Train to Win levels. In addition, the NTP is aligned with EC’s high performance strategies and funding partners, such as Sport Canada and the Athlete Assistance Program. The list is categorized


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into three levels: A Squad, B Squad, and Talent ID Squad. Athletes named to the squads have access to a number of benefits to sup- port their training and com- petition plans. The NTP cycle runs from January 1st to December 31st, and ath- lete nominations are re- viewed twice per year in


June and December. Please share in our congratulations to


the NTP Jumping Athletes for 2024! https://bit.ly/3wVoVxH Interested in knowing about other


Canadian NTP athletes? Find below the previously published NTP lists for each of Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic eques- trian disciplines:


Dressage - https://bit.ly/3uUXLqt Eventing - https://bit.ly/3Vcsc5T Para-Dressage -


https://bit.ly/3wUQV4A Equestrian Canada News Release QMS Secures Canada’s First IEA Regional Berths


Equestrian Athletes Making an Impression South of the Border


January 24, 2024 – Duncan, BC, Canada – The QMS Equestrian Team has jumped into the American IEA show circuit this year with phe- nomenal success. The QMS Hunt Seat Varsity team and five individual riders have qualified for the IEA Re- gional and Zone 9 Finals in their inaugural competition year, setting these trailblaz- ing riders on an exciting path.


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https://www.rideiea.org/ - Hunt Seat riding format al- lows riders of all levels to compete throughout the United States, with the stu- dents from QMS competing as the only Canadian team this year. IEA focuses on fun, sportsmanship and eq- uitation – judges assess a rider’s position and their ability to clearly communi- cate with the horse for their overall performance. The most challenging part of the IEA format is that each ath- lete rides an unknown mount as horses are assigned


The QMS IEA Hunt Seat Team was excited to take part in their very first show at Burkwood Farm in Blaine, WA in November, earning podium placements in both in- dividual and team events.


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responsible for providing horses to competitors, creat- ing an unknown variable that challenges our athletes to focus on their form, horsemanship and reliance on their equitation skills,” shares Angie Dobbie, Direc- tor of Equestrian at QMS. “While the format provides unknowns, the supportive


team environment ensures riders remain positive, flex- ible and open to adjusting their riding style based on the horse they ride. It has been hugely popular with our athletes and I’m ex- tremely proud of everything they’ve achieved so far.” After a beta testing year


in 2022–2023, where School riders learned the rules at workshops and practice shows run in IEA format, it


became clear that there was an appetite for IEA. “Our original plan was to attend a single 2-day show this sea- son so our riders could measure their skills against this unfamiliar format,” ex- plains Coach, Indiana Wynne-Smith. “Our first show in Blaine, WA was so successful and popular with our students that our team


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