For the twenty year old Amanda Cargile, the 1998 North American Young Riders' Championships were a blast. She didn't intend to ride the Young Riders' test at all, but at the CDN Flint Ridge she qualified immediately for the Region 7 team by scoring twice 67%.

With Hurricane she made an impression the first day of the NAYRC. She won the preliminary test with 65% and defeated team mate and North American Dressage Champion Louise Labrucherie. "Winning the Preliminary test was a great feeling. Hurricane and I trust each other more now that he has mellowed out a bit. He was very spooky in the beginning but the FEI movements were challenging for him as he had more to concentrate on."

Hurricane is a KWPN gelding by Casanova, who recently got re-approved by the KWPN studbook. He was bought through her trainer Kathleen Raine and David Wightman at Johan Hinneman's stable in Voerde, Germany.

Hurricane is only eight years old and with his quality and potential, Amanda can definitely reach for the individual gold next year at the 1999 NAYRC at Tempel Farms in Wadsworth, Illinois