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2011 FEI Nations Cup Series CSIO Falsterbo (SWE) July 7–10, 2011

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In 2007, the successful junior rider made the transition into the senior ranks and at the age of 20 represented the United States on the Gold medal-winning Team at the CSIO Buenos Aires in November with Urbanus. In April he won the Palm Beach Toyota $25,000 Grand Prix with Thomas Edison. He was then second and fourth with Urbanus and Thomas Edison, respectively, at the Rocky Mountain Classic $40,000 High Prairie Grand Prix in Colorado in July. Urbanus was then second again the following week in the $60,000 High Prairie Grand Prix at the Colorado Summer Classic.

In 2008, Jayne was named to the USEF Show Jumping Short List for the 2008 Olympic Games with Urbanus after an impressive performance at the USEF Selection Photo Credit: Kenneth Kraus / PhelpsSports.com

Charlie Jayne Born: March 11, 1986 Hometown: Elgin, Illinois

Trials for Show Jumping. He then represented the US in the first three Samsung Super Leagues with the FEI Nations Cup Team in Europe, turning in consistent results.

In the spring of 2009, Jayne had success with his horses.

Most notably he guided Urbanus to fourth-place finishes in the FEI World Cup Grand Prix CSI4* in Wellington, FL,

Athena – 11-year-old KWPN mare owned by The

as well as at the Budweiser American Invitational held

London Group.

in Tampa, FL. With Thomas Edison, he won the $25,000

Charlie Jayne might as well be part horse. He grew up

Charlotte Welcome Grand Prix in Charlotte, NC, in April.

on his family’s farm outside of Chicago and horses were

Also in 2009, Jayne and Urbanus were part of the US ef-

always part of his life. Aside from a brief respite during

fort on Tour Three of Meydan FEI Nations Cup. While in

his five-year-old year when he played soccer, Jayne has

Europe, Jayne and Urbanus were second in the $30,753

been in the saddle ever since. Along with his parents,

Grand Prix of Dublin. He finished the 2009 season on a

Alex and Linda, and his sister, Maggie, the Jayne fam-

high, winning the $25,000 Spy Coast/ Sweet Oak Farm

ily runs the definition of a family business. His younger

Grand Prix in Wellington on Sampras.

sister, Haylie, also rode on the University of Georgia Equestrian Team.

The 2010 competition year started off successfully for Jayne. He was fourth with Sampras at the CSI3*-W

Jayne won his first grand prix the summer he finished

Jacksonville International in mid-January. This finish was

high school in Michigan, riding JF. He was 18.

on the heels of a fifth place finish on the same horse at

Jayne won the USET Maxine Beard Show Jumping Developing Rider Award in 2006, which recognizes accomplishment by an up-and-coming show jumper. He also won the USEF Talent Search Finals – East.

the $25,000 Bahamas Eco Grand Prix. Jayne and Sampras continued their successful season with an eighth place finish in the $50,000 EMO Grand Prix in February.

Jayne finished off his strong 2010 campaign by collecting top placings with the Belgian mare, Athena, in the

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fall. They were winners of the $125,000 Strongid C 2X Grand Prix in Saugerties. Three weeks later, the pair were second, behind McLain Ward and Sapphire, in the $1,000,000 Pfizer Grand Prix.

In 2011, Jayne began the season jumping successfully on both US coasts. With Urbanus, he was eighth in the $40,000 Equine Couture/Tuff Rider Grand Prix at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida. On the HITS circuit at Thermal, Jayne and Athena won the $31,000 HITS Welcome Classic on February 3. He also collected an eighth place finish in the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix with Uraya in March.

This summer Jayne and Athena have competed on the US team at FEI Nations Cup stops in La Baule, Rome and St. Gallen.

Jayne graduated from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL, in May, 2008 with a degree in business management. Despite all of the awards he’s picked up over the years, he considers the fact that he was able to ride full-time and graduate in five years to be his greatest accomplishment.

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Romantovich Take One and McCrea continued collecting consistent results throughout the spring of 2010. In May, they were third in the CSI2* at the Hagyard Lexington Classic and later in the month were fifth in the $100,000 Grand Prix of Devon-Celeste McNeal Harper Perpetual.

2011 has started off well for McCrea and the Dutch Warmblood gelding. Once again jumping at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, they were seventh in the fifth round of the WEF Challenge Cup Series. They picked Photo Credit: Sophie Durieux

Christine McCrea Born: February 16, 1978 Hometown: East Windsor, CT

up another seventh place finish in the CSI4*-W at the Winter Equestrian Festival in March.

Over the summer of 2011, McCrea travelled to Europe to take part in the FEI Nations Cup Series. With Romantovich Take One, she jumped two clear rounds over a tough track in St. Gallen in the Nations Cup and two days later

Romantovich Take One – 11-year-old KWPN geld-

jumped to a strong third place finish in the Longines

ing owned by Candy Tribble

Grand Prix of Switzerland.

Christine McCrea has always been a consistent perform-

McCrea first made her presence known on the interna-

er for the U.S. Team and 2009 was certainly no excep-

tional scene when she joined the United States Eques-

tion.

trian Team Developing Rider Tour in 1999, she finished

McCrea represented the U.S. at the 2009 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final in April in Las Vegas. At the 2009 Final

second in the Nations Cup competition at CSIO Lummen, Belgium, riding Caraibe du Moulin.

she rode the appropriately named Vegas. The pair won

McCrea was part of two successful Samsung Super

the $100,000 Budweiser FEI World Cup Qualifier of

League efforts both in 2005 and 2007. She won a 1.50m

Syracuse in November of 2008; they then represented

class in Lummen in 2005 and in 2006 qualified for the

the U.S. on the Nations Cup team at the CSIO Wellington

Rolex FEI World Cup Final and was short-listed for the

the following spring.

2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany.

With Promised Land, McCrea was second in the

In 2005, she earned multiple Top 10 finishes at home,

$150,000 CN Grand Prix on March 1, 2009 and third in

including taking second in the $75,000 Budweiser World

the Tampa Bay Classic, the final qualifier for the year’s

Cup of Syracuse, third in the $50,000 Fidelity Grand

World Cup Final.

Prix of Boston, fourth in the $25,000 Winter Equestrian

2010 again was a successful year for McCrea. With Promised Land she was fifth in both Round One of the WEF Challenge Cup Series and the $75,000 Nespresso

Festival Challenge Cup Round 5 and the $100,000 Lexus National Horse Show Championship, and sixth in the $40,000 CSI-W Lexington.

Grand Prix. She was also fourth with Romantovich Take

McCrea is a graduate of the University of Connecticut

One at the $25,000 Suncast Classic Grand Prix. Roman-

with a major in business. She and her husband John, an

tovich Take One was also fifth in the $75,000 Adequan

Irish show jumper, currently train at her family’s farm,

Grand Prix in February at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival.

Windsor Show Stables, in East Windsor, CT.

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Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North – they earned the Individual Silver medal in the Young Rider Championships for Zone 10.

Their second place at the 2009 Championships earned them a trip to compete in the Youngster Cup at CSI Frankfurt in December of that year. In the final round, Davis and True Love were the only combination to jump clear – they beat many of the best European Young Riders to take top honors.

In the summer of 2010 Davis expanded her European experience, spending a month working for Meredith and Markus Beerbaum in Germany. After her stint with the Beerbaums, Davis returned to the U.S and rode Nemo 119 on the gold-medal winning team at the Adequan FEI

Lucy Davis

Photo Credit: Sportfot

Born: October 22, 1992 Residence: Los Angeles, CA Nemo 119– 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned

by Old Oak Farm.

At just 18 years old Lucy Davis is a force in the Grand Prix ranks – competing and winning against some of the country’s best.

Davis got an early start, riding as soon as she could walk and taking lessons by the age of five. It was a natural progression for her to take up riding early on as her grandfather works in the horse racing industry.

North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. They also finished fifth individually.

Davis started the 2011 season by collecting top placings at every turn on the Desert Circuit in California. In January, Davis and Hannah were fifth in the $50,000 EMO Grand Prix.

Nemo 119 and Davis kicked off the month of March by winning the $50,000 HITS World Cup Qualifier. Davis returned to the Grand Prix ring the following day and rode Hannah to win the $25,000 Smart Pak Grand Prix presented by Pfizer Animal Health.

Nemo and Davis returned to the ring the following weekend and beat a star-studded field in the largest class of the Desert Circuit, the $200,000 Lamborghini Grand Prix.

Throughout her career Davis has been active in both the

This was also Davis’ fourth consecutive Grand Prix win, as

jumper and equitation ranks. In 2010, she was fourth in

two days earlier she rode Hannah to win another $25,000

the USEF Medal Finals at the Penn National Horse Show.

Smart Pak Grand Prix presented by Pfizer Animal Health.

Davis jumped in her first Grand Prix, the $25,000 CA

In April, Nemo 119 and Davis once again led the victory

Horse Trader Grand Prix, in the fall of 2008 and was

gallop at the Blenheim Spring Classic III after winning the

second.

$50,000 Royal Champion Grand Prix. This victory was just

In the summer of 2009, Davis and True Love, travelled

hours after Davis and Hannah won a 1.35m Classic.

to Lexington, KY for the Adequan FEI North American

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In November 2010, Coulter made her first experience representing the US a winning one. With the Holsteiner stallion, Chalan, she was part of the winning Nations Cup team at CSIO Buenos Aires.

2011 is proving to be a very successful year for Coulter and the Dutch Warmblood gelding, Springtime. At the beginning of March, the pair were second in the $50,000 HITS World Cup Qualifier in California. The following month they picked up another second place finish in the $40,000 Blenheim Spring Classic II Grand Prix.

Coulter and Springtime were once again second in the $100,000 Grand Prix of Del Mar during the first week of May. Riding is a family affair for Coulter, as younger sister Audrey is also active in jumper ring. Out of the saddle, Saer is Photo Credit: Sportfot

Saer Coulter

Born: April 10, 1991 Hometown: San Francisco, CA Springtime – 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Copernicus Stables, LLC At just 20 years old, Saer Coulter is already making her mark on the US show jumping scene. Coulter rode to top finishes in many junior jumper and equitation classes during her years in the juniors, helping her make a smooth transition to the Grand Prix stage.

In just her fifth ever Grand Prix, Coulter rode one of only three clear rounds in the 2009 $100,000 Grand Prix of Del Mar on Cats are Grey.

Coulter has ridden to great success in the Adequan/FEI North American Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North. In 2009, she was part of the Bronze Medal winning Zone 10 team in the Young Rider Championship.

The following, year Coulter once again jumped for Zone 10, winning the Team Gold Medal.

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a student at Stanford University.

returning to the US she won the Budweiser Grand Prix de Penn National at Harrisburg.

Riley teamed up with the Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding, Ilian, in 2003 jumping to many top results. That winter they won the $25,000 WEF Challenge VI and continued their success into the summer placing second in the $50,000 Mary Rena Murphy Grand Prix in Lexington, KY. The following year, Riley and Ilian were fourth in the $75,000 PDP Capital Master Cup LVI in Wellington, FL. In 2005, they once again collected fourth place honors in the $60,000 Grand Prix Idle Dice Classic in Wellington.

Recently, Riley has jumped to great success with the HolPhoto Credit: Kenneth Kraus / PhelpsSports.com

Schuyler Riley

Born: July 30, 1971 Hometown: Wellington, FL

steiner gelding, Lapacco. In September 2010, the pair collected second place honors in the $30,000 Boston Jumper Classic Grand Prix.

They kicked off their 2011 campaign with a third place finish in the $40,000 Surpass Grand Prix at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival in January. Additionally, Riley and La-

Lapacco – 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned

pacco picked up a pair of fifth place finishes in the $78,000

by South Beach Stables, LLC

Fidelity Investments Grand Prix and the $200,000 Gene

Schuyler Riley began riding and competing at the age of

Mische American Invitational.

seven, winning numerous state equitation and hunter

A graduate of Tufts University with a major in International

championships. In her junior years, Riley had continued

Relations, Riley runs a successful training and sales busi-

success placing in both the BET/USET Talent Search Finals

ness out of Wellington, FL.

and the Rolex Maclay Finals at the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden.

In 1991, at the age of 19, Riley became the first female and the second youngest rider to ever win the Rolex/USET Show Jumping Talent Derby. Entering the Amateur-Owner ranks in the same year, she rode Flamingo to the 1991 AHSA Amateur-Owner Jumper National Horse of the Year Award.

In 1998, Riley placed fourth aboard Isis in the $100,000 Bayer/USET Wellington Cup. Later that year, she represented the US in Europe competing in Gijon, Spain and Linz, Austria. Riley was then an important member of the second placed US team in the Nations Cup in Prague. Upon

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In 2005, Morris took over the Chef d’Equipe duties of the US Show Jumping Team. He instantly proved his outstanding leadership when the US team, the only nonEuropean team competing in the Super League, won the prestigious Samsung Super League championship.

He commandeered an excellent performance from his riders at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games, where they won a Team Silver medal and Beezie Madden won Individual Silver with the mighty Authentic. In 2007, he guided the Pan American Games team to a bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2008 brought the most successful accolades thus far to Morris’ coaching resume. He steered the US show jumpPhoto Credit: USEF Archives

George Morris

ers to another fantastic performance, this time winning Team Gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong.

The US riders won a jump-off with the Canadians for the

Chef d’Equipe

Gold medal, Madden also won Individual Bronze.

Born: February 26, 1938 Residence: Wellington, FL

His teams also won the prestigious Nations Cup at the

Considered one of the most influential riders and trainers in equestrian sport, George Morris’ career began as a precocious junior rider winning both the AHSA Hunter Seat Medal Final and the ASPCA Maclay Final at the tender age of 14, the youngest rider ever to do so.

In international competition, he represented the US on the Gold medal-winning Pan American Games team in 1959 and on the Silver medal-winning team at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Between 1958 and 1960, he rode on eight winning Nations Cup teams and in later years

Spruce Meadows Masters on the heels of the 2008 Olympic success, and then he took four riders inexperienced on the international stage and handily won the Nations Cup at the CSIO Buenos Aires in November.

2009 was another busy and rewarding year for Morris and those he coaches. He guided the US team to a runner-up spot in the 2009 Meydan Nations Cup. This romp through Europe included winning two legs of the tour. In November of 2009, Morris was named the USEF National Coach of the Year. In May, Morris was awarded the coveted title of ‘Horseman of Honor of the Cadre Noir of Saumur’.

served as Chef d’Equipe for numerous Nations Cup

In 2010, US Teams picked up Nations Cup wins at CSIO

teams including as Co-Chef d’Equipe at the 1999 Pan

Rotterdam and CSIO Spruce Meadows and had consis-

American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, where the US

tent European results all summer.

won both the Team and Individual Silver medals. Morris also served as a Director of the former USET and as a member of its Executive and Show Jumping Committees.

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His attention to detail and meticulous preparation of his teams is legendary.

Morris’ individual training successes include a “Who’s Who” of the US’ top show jumping riders figuring

prominently in US Olympic history. At the 1984 Olympic Games, the Gold medal winning team included three former students, Conrad Homfeld, Leslie Burr-Howard and Melanie Smith Taylor. The 1992 team included students Lisa Jacquin, Anne Kursinski and Norman Dello Joio. In 1996, Morris was assistant Chef d’Equipe of the Silver medal Olympic team, which included former students Burr- Howard, Kursinski and Peter Leone. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, former student Chris Kappler won the Individual Silver medal and was a member of the Gold medal-winning team.

Morris is also a well-known author of equestrian books and videos. He currently serves on several USEF committees and holds a Registered Judge’s License in the Jumper, Hunter and Hunter Seat Equitation divisions.

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Elizabeth Chesson Team Leader

Born: April 3, 1977 Residence: Gladstone, NJ Lizzy Chesson has been deeply rooted in international equestrian sports for many years. As a groom for her mother she was part of two World Championship Driving teams. At the age of 22, Chesson was selected to drive a pair of horses in the World Pair Championship in Hungary. She is a graduate of Columbia University where she studied German and Spanish and earned a degree in Art History.

Chesson began working for the USEF in 2006. Her first position was in the USEF Show Jumping department as an assistant to Managing Director, Sally Ike. Chesson has been a member of the USEF High Performance Driving Photo Credit: USEF Archives

Committee and the Chairman of the USEF High Performance Eligible Active Pair Driver Committee. In December 2007, Chesson was promoted to USEF Director of Show Jumping High Performance Activities.

Chesson resides in Gladstone, NJ and still rides and drives when she can find the time. She finds herself incredibly fortunate to work with such an experienced and dynamic team.

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