Leah and Damons Davian Festival of Champions 2023
Articles about Leah:
https://equifit.net/blogs/news/leah-drew-raising-standards-with-rising-stars
https://sidelinesmagazine.com/app/index.html#/reader/50894/1798666
Carl Hester Offers Exercises For Precision And Expression At NEDA Symposium
Clinic Report: Carl Hester Focuses On Straightness During Day 1 Of NEDA Fall Symposium
Five Prescient Pointers From The 2023 Robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic
2024:
- Selected for 2024 Robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic Presented by ZEN Elite Equestrian with Damons Davian
2023:
- Selected for 2023 Robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic Presented by ZEN Elite Equestrian with Jazz Beat
- Ranked #4 (Damons Davian) and #5 (Jazz Beat) FEI Junior rider in the US for the USA Dressage Festival of Champions qualifying list
- North American Youth Championship: anchor rider for Region 8’s team bronze (individual 3rd place) with Damons Davian
- North American Youth Championship: 8th place Individual test with Damons Davian
- North American Youth Championship: 9th place Freestyle test with Damons Davian
- National Championships: team, individual and overall bronze with Jazz Beat
- National Championships: team, individual, and overall 5th place with Damons Davian
- Selected for USDF Youth Clinic with Sabine Schut-Kerry with Jazz Beat
2022:
- High score for both FEI Junior Tests in the 2022 season for the US (74+ in Team test, 74.6+ in Individual test) with Jazz Beat
- Number 1 ranked FEI Junior rider in the US 2022 with Jazz Beat
- Top 20 ranked FEI Junior rider in the US 2022 with Harmonious P
- 10th place at the USEF Festival of Champions with Jazz Beat
- Anchor rider for Region 8 team’s 4th place finish at the FEI North American Youth Championships with Jazz Beat
- Debut 2022 Show: Scored 70+ and 72.2+ in the FEI Juniors at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival with Jazz Beat
- Competed in her first CDI and won both the Team and Individual Tests with Jazz Beat
- Selected as the youngest ever demo rider with Jazz Beat for the 2022 Absorbine/New England Dressage Association’s symposium, featuring Carl Hester
- Selected as FEI-level demo rider for Jane Karol Symposium at Equine Affaire in Springfield, Massachusetts
2021:
- Participated in Dressage4Kids Winter Intensive Training
- 3rd level champion at the Bear Spot Dressage Foundation Horse Show on Jazz Beat
- Region 8 Reserve Champion 3rd Level (Junior division) on Jazz Beat
2020: did not compete due to Coronavirus
- Participated in Dressage4Kids Winter Intensive Training
2019
- Northeast Regional Junior Dressage Championship Team Champion
- Northeast Regional Junior Dressage Championship Individual Reserve Champion
- New England Dressage Association Year End Awards top 10 1st level Junior rider
- Lendon’s Youth Dressage Festival 1st level Champion and 3rd place with top 2 highest dressage scores and highest written test score.
- East Coast Pony Cup 4th place 1st level
2018: Did not compete due to injury
2017:
- Top 6 Lendon’s Youth Dressage Festival training level
- New England Dressage Association Year End Awards top 15 training level junior rider
2016:
- Top 4 Lendon’s Youth Dressage Festival Training level
2015
- Introductory Level Champion Lendon’s Youth Dressage Festival
Leah has been fortunate to be able to ride with the following trainers:
- Marie Louise Barrett
- Lendon Grey
- Christoph Koschel
- Nancy Later Lavoie
- Anna Buffini
- Katherine Bateson-Chandler
- Olivia Lagoy-Weltz
- Hope Cooper
- Sabine Schut-Kerry
- Jessica Fan
- Kayla Kadlubeck
- Ben Franklin
- Rein Van Der Schaft
- Shannon Dueck
- Rosie Simoes
Leah Drew 