Overview
- The qualifier, which concluded on Friday, Oct. 16, produced 18 qualifying performances across dressage and show jumping that feed into the Junior National Equestrian Championships.
- Anet Salomi Castilino recorded the event's top dressage mark with 71.61% in Children I riding Bella, and Janampally Hitesh Reddy also cleared the Children I dressage qualifying score.
- Siddharth Dutta and Ananya Gupta each posted multiple qualifying results across both disciplines, with Dutta scoring 70% in Children II dressage on Wilbur.
- Show jumping qualifiers included Chris Jonathan Castilino and Prabhnoor Singh Madan, who each finished on four penalties in Junior jumping, and Mohammed Amaan Ali, the sole Young Rider, also qualified.
- The event was staged by Hyderabad Polo & Riding Club in association with the Telangana State Equestrian Association under the Equestrian Federation of India, and reports differ slightly on whether the opening day produced 12 or 13 qualifiers while all outlets agree on the 18‑rider total.