Young equestrian Ambriel Weatherly, who finished first in the Preliminary Children, FEI World Dressage Challenge 2011, will represent Trinidad and Tobago at The Children of the Americas Dressage Invitational (CADI) in Concord, Massachusetts, USA from August 2-6 through the sponsorship of the Ministry of Sport.

Countries and regions taking part in the competition are USA, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The event brings together grand prix riders and trainers who will train the riders, who are considered the "future of dressage" for their respective countries.

Two days of competition will include riding of the Preliminary Test and a musical item called a Kur, to which Weatherly will ride using specially choreographed movements on a horse to a compilation of Shakira's World Cup song "Waka Waka" and Kes the Band's "Wotless".

The 15-year-old junior equestrian attends St. Joseph's Convent, Port of Spain and has been riding for more than ten years.

She will be accompanied by her coach Margaret "Muffy" Auerbach, who is Trinidad and Tobago's only rider to attend both the Pan Am Games and CAC Games, along with T&T's only FEI judge, Sara McCarthney, who will also attend a Developing Nations Dressage Symposium which offers an intensive and high-level learning experience for judges, coaches and trainers from the FEI Developing Nations of South America, Central America, Bermuda and the Caribbean islands.

That symposium is being hosted on August 5 and 6 at the Bear Spot Farm in Concord.

The T&T team leaves for Boston today.