Thompson on winning team, second individually in Jr. Dressage championships

Mallory Thompson placed second individually in the equitation class at the Southern California Junior Dressage championships August 22-24 in Burbank and was on the winning team in the training level competition.

The performance was the first competition in a recognized dressage show for Thompson. “I was happy,” Thompson said of her second-place individual performance and winning team performance.

The 18-year-old Thompson started riding horses at the age of 12, one year after moving from Las Vegas to Fallbrook. She had participated mainly in eventing, which includes dressage, and has been ridin...