YOUNG Irish show jumpers Jason Foley and Jack Ryan have been selected for the 2020 Young Riders Academy. The seventh addition welcomed candidates to Peelbergen Equestrian Centre last week in a new assessment formula in just one location.

The riders brought two horses, one young horse and one experienced horse to jump in 1.45m classes. The selection panel consisted of Jean Maurice Bonneau, Emile Hendrix and sports manager Sven Holmberg, together with the YRA board and, after evaluating all 25 candidates’ attitude, capabilities, motivation together with technical skills and competition results, they selected seven riders for the full programme and three for the educational programme.