06 Apr BEMER Young Riders Tour: The second season is already in the starting blocks
(Gorla Minore) The BEMER Young Riders Tour is poised for a new season, once again supporting the best and most successful European young riders in the U21 age group as they make the leap into the senior camp. The show jumping series for young riders will first stop off in Gorla Minore, Italy, from 5 – 9 April 2023. Already on Thursday, the qualification will be decided, on Sunday in the Grand Prix of the Young Riders, tour points will be at stake. Valuable points for the overall ranking and the season’s goal ‘Young Rider of the Year’ can be collected at a further seven stages throughout Europe. The top performers will receive starting places in the BEMER Riders Tour for seniors, an event that has been a success for the past 21 years, according to their results this season.
Last year, the Italian U21 contingent already proved to be strong competition: no less than three riders were able to place among the top ten competitors in the overall ranking, the young Amazon Elena Datti even achieved second place. The first overall winner of the BEMER Young Riders Tour 2022 was the German show jumper Matthis Westendarp (Wallenhorst). He proved to be an outstanding young rider who was able to collect points in Zuidwolde as well as in Hagen a.T.W.. His reward: four starting places in the BEMER Riders Tour 2023/24, the first of which he will use at the opening leg in Hagen a.T.W. from 19 – 23 April. Due to his age, Matthis will not be able to defend his title, but he has a message for all participants this year: “The BEMER Young Riders Tour opens up a great opportunity to get into the big sport. I believe that the series will continue to grow in popularity in the near future and more and more Young Riders will set goals for themselves in the Tour. In the end it’s ‘Consistency is key’, you have to score points at as many shows as possible to be in front.”
Title sponsor BEMER has supported the youth show jumping series since its inception. The aim is to develop horses and riders and thus, in the long term, also to increase the talent pool for the classic Riders Tour of the seniors.
The event: www.equieffe.it
Starter lists, results and live stream to follow
The further stops of the BEMER Young Riders Tour are:
Compiègne, FRA (27th – 30th April)
Lamprechtshausen, AUT (3rd – 7th May)
Samorin, SVK (11th – 14th May)
Zuidwolde, NED (30th May – 4th June)
Future Champions in Hagen a.T.W. (13th – 18th June)
Dielsdorf-Zurich, CH (23rd – 27th August)
Opglabeek, BEL (13th – 17th September)
Photo The BEMER Young Riders Tour starts with the first stop in Gorla Minore (ITA) from 06 – 09 April 2023 (c) Digishots