From May 30 to June 2, the Masters of Selection and the U25 Championship of Spain were held at the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona.
Key date for minors who want to qualify for a place for the 2024 European Championships who must also have met the minimum requirements of the FEI to participate (at least a mark of 64% to a CDI of their category before the opening of nominative registrations)
Once again, several Catalan binomials have stood out across all categories, such as Mar Pena Ríos and Brandour BCN, who despite a difficult start, came back and finished the Master of Childrens in second position.
In the pony category Ixone Lacunza and Pippin's Playboy stood out for another year, achieving first position and securing their place again in the Spanish team.
Finally, two Amazons stood out in the Young Riders category, Mireia Luz Konovalova with Royal Thunder, who achieved the second position, and María Bech Salvatella, who was in fourth position by just one point difference with the third.
In the U25 Spanish Championship Júlia Álvarez and Dark Rose de Es Fangar were left out of the podium by less than one point difference.
This year, the European Championships in the U25 and Young Rider categories will be held in St. Margarethen (Austria), while the Children, Junior and Pony categories will contest the title from July 23 to 28 at the SenTower Park facilities in Opglabbeek (Belgium).
In 2022 and 2023 the teams were selected taking into account the ranking established with the average of the two technical grades of the Master (three in the case of the Children category), if the selection was made in the same way this year, the Catalan Equestrian Federation would have representation in four of the five junior teams, demonstrating one more year the good level of the most young.