YEDA-Indiana Elite Equestrians

Please help this Washington team if you are able, prayers for all those affected by the wildfires🙏

The Indiana Elite Equestrians are excited to welcome new riders as we head into the 2026-2027 YEDA season, and we’d love for your family to be part of the adventure!

✨ What is YEDA?
The Youth Equestrian Development Association (YEDA) is a unique Western riding program that helps riders build confidence, horsemanship, sportsmanship, and lifelong friendships.

🏆 Who can participate?
✅ Students in grades 4–12
✅ Adult riders are welcome, too!
✅ Beginner through advanced skill levels

🐴 No horse? No problem!
One of the best things about YEDA is that horse ownership is NOT required. Riders compete on horses provided at competitions, making the sport more accessible and affordable for families.

❤️ Why choose Indiana Elite Equestrians?
• Supportive coaches and teammates who encourage every rider to succeed
• A welcoming environment where beginners and experienced competitors thrive
• Opportunities to compete, improve your Western horsemanship skills, and make unforgettable memories
• We are a 4-time YEDA Nationals qualifying team with Middle School and High School National Champions

📣 Now Recruiting for the 2026–2027 Season!

Come discover why so many riders and families fall in love with YEDA. We can’t wait to meet the next members of our team!

📩 Interested or have questions?
Text or call Coach Angela at 901-849-4546 for more information!

Happy 250th Anniversary America🇺🇸🎉❤️🤍💙

Fun times at YEDA Nationals 2026 Virginia Horse Center🐴🤠

It was as an incredible time at the Lexington Virginia Horse Center for the Youth Equestrian Development Association National Competition 10th Anniversary 🎉😁 The
Indiana Elite Equestrians were very blessed to have some fantastic placings throughout the week! Although some goes did not quite have the results we were hoping for, each and every rider did their very best and should hold their heads high for a job well done! 👏👏👏🤠

Thursday State Invitational Competition:
Bellamy Fouch Pearl Rail 2nd place Reserve Champion 🥈
Kailani Van Herk JH Ruby Pattern 1st place Champion🥇

Friday Individual National Competition:
Marielena Bibian HS Emerald Pattern 5th place 🎉
Hannah Freitag HS Ruby Pattern 4th place 🎉
Kailani Van Herk JH Ruby Pattern 5th place 🎉
Saturday Individual National Competition:
Elizabeth Fouch Alumni Sapphire Ranch 4th place🎉
Marielena Bibian HS Emerald Rail 3rd place 🥉
Josie Wilson HS Sapphire Ranch 2nd place Reserve Champion 🥈
Hanna King JH Opal Rail 4th place 🎉
Jazmyn Nekvasil HS Ruby Rail 4th place 🎉
Kailani Van Herk JH Ruby Rail 3rd place 🥉
Hanna King JH Opal Pattern 8th place 🎉

Individual Qualifiers:
💙HS Ruby Rail Hannah Freitag
💛HS Ruby Pattern Jazmyn Nekvasil
💙JH Opal Rail and Pattern Colton Frazier
💛HS Emerald Rail and Pattern Briar Barrier and Brenna Hunter
💙JH Emerald Rail Teagen Curtis
💛Pearl Rail Bellamy Fouch
💙HS Sapphire HMS Pattern Josie Wilson
💛Alumni Sapphire HMS Pattern Elizabeth Fouch

Team Competition: So proud that both our JH and HS Team made the top 13 teams for the season to participate!!! And that was with HS missing an Opal for points!
JH finished 10th and HS finished 11th, with multiple riders bumping up to a new level to compete made it pretty tuff and very challenging, but that’s how you get better and improve! We will be ready for a rematch next year! 💪
HS Team-
Emerald Pattern Marielena Bibian 5th place 🎉
Emerald Rail Marielena Bibian
Ruby Pattern Jazmyn Nekvasil 1st place Champion 🥇(on her birthday 🎈)
Ruby Rail Jazmyn Nekvasil
Sapphire HMS Hannah Freitag
Sapphire Ranch Hannah Freitag
Diamond HMS Josie Wilson 6th place 🎉
Diamond Reining Josie Wilson
JH Team-
Opal Pattern Colton Frazier
Opal Rail Colton Frazier
Emerald Pattern Hanna King 6th place 🎉
Emerald Rail Hanna King 6th place 🎉
Ruby Pattern Teagen Curtis
Ruby Rail Teagen Curtis
Sapphire HMS Kailani Van Herk 3rd place 🥉
Sapphire Ranch Kailani Van Herk

Diamond Elite/Head to Head Competition Josie Wilson did an awesome job making it to the second round !👏👏👏🎉

Mickey, owned by Marielena Bibian, won the 2026 Pinto Horse of the Show, 🏆🎉

Bellamy Fouch 1st Runner Up Lil’ Miss YEDA princess competition 👸🎉

Mr. Racoon Top Five in Musical Chairs 🦝🎉

Can’t say enough about how proud we are of everyone for making it to Nationals and representing IEE so well!!! Way to go TEAM 👏👏👏💙💛

Thank you so very much to the Assistant Coaches, Karey Davis and Andrew Hunt for all they do, to the parents for all of your support and cheering us on, to all of the wonderful sponsors that helped these riders dreams come true, to the YEDA founders and staff for such a great program and show, and a big thank you to Jesus ✝️for allowing us this special opportunity to show and enjoy all the amazing YEDA horses!🐴❤️

It was a fun and exciting but long , still going in fact, day here at YEDA Nationals!
Everyone did a great job showing, nice job Josie Wilson, Brenna Hunter, Briar Barrier, Teagen Curtis, Colton Frazier, Bellamy Fouch, Mari Bibian, Kailani Van Herk, Hanna King, Hannah Freitag and Jazmyn Nekvasil😁👏👏👏
💙💛Hanna King, Mari Bibian, and Jazmyn Nekvasil are advancing to finals in their rail class from today! 👏👏👏
💙💛Mari Bibian was 5th place in pattern👏👏👏🏆
💙💛Hannah Freitag was 4th place in pattern👏👏👏🏆
💙💛Kailani VanHerk was 5th place in pattern👏👏👏🏆
Congratulations to Bellamy Fouch on 1st runner up for YEDA Lil Miss👸
And last but not least, Happy Birthday to Hank 🥳
More fun and showing ahead!!!!

First day of YEDA Nationals, great day!!! Bellamy Fouch competed for Lil Miss Queen Contest on Wednesday, today she was Reserve Champion Pearl rail-advancing to individual rail, Kailani VanHerk, Champion Jr High Ruby Pattern-advancing to individual pattern, Josie Wilson 18th Birthday, and enjoyed the WWE match between the Racoon aka Andrew Hunt and the cow, lol 😂 can’t wait to see what tomorrow holds…….💛💙

Congratulations IEE!!! 🎉Final results are in!!! 😁I can’t say enough about how proud we are of every single one of you!!! 💙💛

Bellamy Fouch- Invitational Qualifier in both rail and pattern 👏
Hanna King- National Qualifier in both rail and pattern👏
Colton Frazier- National Qualifier in both rail and pattern 👏
Teagen Curtis - National Qualifier in rail, Invitational Qualifier in pattern👏
Kailani Van Herk- National Qualifier in rail, Invitational Qualifier in pattern👏
Mari Bibian- National Qualifier in both rail and pattern 👏
Brenna Hunter- National Qualifier in both rail and pattern 👏
Briar Barrier- National Qualifier in rail, Invitational Qualifier in pattern 👏
Jazmyn Nekvasil - National Qualifier in both rail and pattern 👏
Hannah Freitag- National Qualifier in both rail and pattern 👏
Josie Wilson- National Qualifier in both HMS and Ranch👏
Biz Fouch - National Qualifier in both HMS and Ranch👏

IEE HS Team - National Qualifier for Team Competition 👏

❤️Happy Valentines Day🤠

Congratulations to all of the riders that participated at the Springfield OH show this past weekend! Great job IEE‼️🤠👏