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2011 FEI Nations Cup Series: CSIO Falsterbo 1

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

2 2011 FEI Nations Cup Series Tour 1

Charlie JayneBorn: March 11, 1986 Hometown: Elgin, IllinoisAthena – 11-year-old KWPN mare owned by The London Group.

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

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

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

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

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

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

ily runs the definition of a family business. His younger

sister, Haylie, also rode on the University of Georgia

Equestrian Team.

Jayne won his first grand prix the summer he finished

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

Jayne won the USET Maxine Beard Show Jumping De-

veloping Rider Award in 2006, which recognizes accom-

plishment by an up-and-coming show jumper. He also

won the USEF Talent Search Finals – East.

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

Trials for Show Jumping. He then represented the US in

the first three Samsung Super Leagues with the FEI Na-

tions 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,

as well as at the Budweiser American Invitational held

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Prix in Wellington on Sampras.

The 2010 competition year started off successfully for

Jayne. He was fourth with Sampras at the CSI3*-W

Jacksonville International in mid-January. This finish was

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

the $25,000 Bahamas Eco Grand Prix. Jayne and Sam-

pras 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 collect-

ing top placings with the Belgian mare, Athena, in the

Photo Credit: Kenneth Kraus / PhelpsSports.com


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 man-

agement. 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.


Christine McCreaBorn: February 16, 1978 Hometown: East Windsor, CTRomantovich Take One – 11-year-old KWPN geld-ing owned by Candy Tribble

Christine McCrea has always been a consistent perform-

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

tion.

McCrea represented the U.S. at the 2009 Rolex/FEI

World Cup Final in April in Las Vegas. At the 2009 Final

she rode the appropriately named Vegas. The pair won

the $100,000 Budweiser FEI World Cup Qualifier of

Syracuse in November of 2008; they then represented

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

the following spring.

With Promised Land, McCrea was second in the

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

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

World Cup Final.

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

Grand Prix. She was also fourth with Romantovich Take

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

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

Grand Prix in February at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival.

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 Win-

ter Equestrian Festival, they were seventh in the fifth

round of the WEF Challenge Cup Series. They picked

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 Romantov-

ich Take One, she jumped two clear rounds over a tough

track in St. Gallen in the Nations Cup and two days later

jumped to a strong third place finish in the Longines

Grand Prix of Switzerland.

McCrea first made her presence known on the interna-

tional scene when she joined the United States Eques-

trian Team Developing Rider Tour in 1999, she finished

second in the Nations Cup competition at CSIO Lum-

men, Belgium, riding Caraibe du Moulin.

McCrea was part of two successful Samsung Super

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

class in Lummen in 2005 and in 2006 qualified for the

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

2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany.

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

including taking second in the $75,000 Budweiser World

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

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

Festival Challenge Cup Round 5 and the $100,000 Lexus

National Horse Show Championship, and sixth in the

$40,000 CSI-W Lexington.

McCrea is a graduate of the University of Connecticut

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

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

Windsor Show Stables, in East Windsor, CT.

Photo Credit: Sophie Durieux


Lucy DavisBorn: October 22, 1992 Residence: Los Angeles, CANemo 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 pro-

gression for her to take up riding early on as her grandfa-

ther works in the horse racing industry.

Throughout her career Davis has been active in both the

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

the USEF Medal Finals at the Penn National Horse Show.

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

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

second.

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

to Lexington, KY for the Adequan FEI North American

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 Rid-

ers 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

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 week-

end and beat a star-studded field in the largest class of

the Desert Circuit, the $200,000 Lamborghini Grand Prix.

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

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

Smart Pak Grand Prix presented by Pfizer Animal Health.

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

gallop at the Blenheim Spring Classic III after winning the

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

hours after Davis and Hannah won a 1.35m Classic.

Photo Credit: Sportfot


Saer CoulterBorn: April 10, 1991 Hometown: San Francisco, CASpringtime – 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood geld-ing 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 dur-

ing 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.

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 begin-

ning 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 Au-

drey is also active in jumper ring. Out of the saddle, Saer is

a student at Stanford University.Photo Credit: Sportfot


Schuyler RileyBorn: July 30, 1971 Hometown: Wellington, FLLapacco – 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by South Beach Stables, LLC

Schuyler Riley began riding and competing at the age of

seven, winning numerous state equitation and hunter

championships. In her junior years, Riley had continued

success placing in both the BET/USET Talent Search Finals

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 repre-

sented 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

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 Hol-

steiner gelding, Lapacco. In September 2010, the pair col-

lected second place honors in the $30,000 Boston Jumper

Classic Grand Prix.

They kicked off their 2011 campaign with a third place fin-

ish in the $40,000 Surpass Grand Prix at the FTI Winter

Equestrian Festival in January. Additionally, Riley and La-

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

Fidelity Investments Grand Prix and the $200,000 Gene

Mische American Invitational.

A graduate of Tufts University with a major in International

Relations, Riley runs a successful training and sales busi-

ness out of Wellington, FL.

Photo Credit: Kenneth Kraus / PhelpsSports.com


George MorrisChef d’EquipeBorn: February 26, 1938 Residence: Wellington, FLConsidered one of the most influential riders and train-

ers 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

served as Chef d’Equipe for numerous Nations Cup

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

American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, where the US

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 Commit-

tees.

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 non-

European 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 jump-

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

Gold medal, Madden also won Individual Bronze.

His teams also won the prestigious Nations Cup at the

Spruce Meadows Masters on the heels of the 2008

Olympic success, and then he took four riders inexpe-

rienced 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 Mor-

ris 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’.

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

Rotterdam and CSIO Spruce Meadows and had consis-

tent European results all summer.

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

Photo Credit: USEF Archives


prominently in US Olympic history. At the 1984 Olympic

Games, the Gold medal winning team included three for-

mer 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 com-

mittees and holds a Registered Judge’s License in the

Jumper, Hunter and Hunter Seat Equitation divisions.


Elizabeth ChessonTeam LeaderBorn: April 3, 1977 Residence: Gladstone, NJLizzy 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 Driv-

ing 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

Committee and the Chairman of the USEF High Perfor-

mance Eligible Active Pair Driver Committee. In Decem-

ber 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 in-

credibly fortunate to work with such an experienced and

dynamic team.

Photo Credit: USEF Archives

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