Inspirational Stories of the USA's Medal-Winning Equestrians and Their Horses

United States Equestrian Team Foundation
Edited by Nancy Jaffer

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Riding for the Team

Inspirational Stories of the USA's Medal-Winning Equestrians and Their Horses

United States Equestrian Team Foundation
Edited by Nancy Jaffer

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“To win for the USA.” Many young athletes grow up with a goal of reaching the Olympics and the glories of their sport’s highest levels. It is no different for equestrians, whether they ride English, Western, vault, or drive a carriage. From playing with plastic ponies and taking their first riding lessons, to finding success in the arena, thousands of horse lovers hope they can one day represent the United States in international competition. Riding for the Team chronicles the lives of those who dreamed about competing for their country and “made it,” sharing inspirational stories from the international governing organization’s eight equestrian disciplines: show jumping, dressage, eventing, driving, vaulting, reining, endurance, and para-dressage. Readers are immersed in the fascinating histories of the medal-winning riders, drivers, and vaulters who have dominated American equestrian sport over the past 28 years, such as McLain Ward, Karen O’Connor, Debbie McDonald, and Tim McQuay. Get the inside scoop on legendary horses who have become household names, including Flexible, Biko, Verdades, and Gunners Special Nite. Offering exclusive insights, this book gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of top-level equestrian sport. Athletes tell their stories and those of their horses during the years they honed their talent and dedicated their lives to representing their country in the Olympics, World Equestrian Games, World Championships, and Pan American Games. Beautifully illustrated with breathtaking photographs from prestigious competitions held around the world, Riding for the Team not only provides a dazzling record of American equestrian accomplishment, it promises to inspire the next generation of champions.

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The mission of The United States Equestrian Team Foundation is to provide the necessary resources to make equestrian competitive excellence possible, now and in the future. The Foundation supports the competition, training, coaching, travel and educational needs of America's Elite and developing International High Performance athletes and horses in partnership with the United States Equestrian Federation. High Performance programs are developed in the eight international equestrian disciplines of dressage, eventing, jumping, driving, endurance, reining, para-equestrian and vaulting. These programs train and support top US athletes and horses to compete at the Olympics, World Championships, Pan American Games and other major international competitions.

Nancy Jaffer is a renowned equestrian photojournalist whose articles have appeared regularly online and in the pages of Practical Horseman and Dressage Today magazines. She has covered nine Olympics and is a contributor to Horse & Hound magazine (UK), Horse International, and In Stride, and writes the “Due South” column on the Horse Canada website. Jaffer, who has a website www.nancyjaffer.com, wrote a weekly newspaper column on equestrian sports that appeared in The Star-Ledger of New Jersey from 1972 until 2015. She is the coauthor of Riding Through with dressage Olympian Debbie McDonald and Life in the Galloping Lane with eventing Olympians Karen and David O'Connor. She also edited the last USET publication, entitled Riding for America.

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Author United States Equestrian Team Foundation
Edited by Nancy Jaffer

Format: Hardcover

Total Page Count: 304

Illustrations: 170 photos

ISBN: 978-1-57076-872-9