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Jan’s days are filled with riding her own competition
horses, schooling horses in for training or sale and
coaching riders at all levels, both at the farm and away at
events. She competes most weekends and travels nationally to
teach at clinics.
Jan is 40 years old, and has been riding and eventing for
over 30 years. She started out taking lessons in Chicago,
joined the local Pony Club, started competing on her first
pony, Lorbus, and represented Area IX as a young rider at
the 1985 NAYRC. As a sixteen-year-old, Jan went east to work
and train with Bruce Davidson, and eventually with Ralph
Hill, David and Karen O’Connor, Phillip Dutton, Mark
Phillips, Betsy Steiner, Robert Dover and Laura Kraut.
Consistently a top-ranked U.S. Event rider, she has a
well-deserved reputation for identifying and producing
world-class event horses.
Jan is also quite active in the United States Eventing
Association organization as co-chair of the Young Rider
committee, has coached the Area IX Young Rider Championship
teams for many years and has presented at numerous USEA
year-end conventions. In addition, she is a Level IV ICP (USEA's
Instructor Certification Program) instructor, qualified to
teach through the Advanced three-star level.
Jan also serves on the United States Equestrian Federation's
Eventing Technical Committee.
When she isn’t training, teaching or competing, Jan relaxes
by running, hiking, skiing, playing volleyball, and spending
time with her dog, Echo.
Recent career highlights include:
2007
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1st place Bromont CCI**
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1st place Morven CCI*
2006
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Reserve Champion Fair Hill International CCI***
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Individual member U.S. World Equestrian Games squad, Aachen,
Germany
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1st and 2nd place finishes
Jersey Fresh***
2005
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6th place finish Malmo, Sweden World Equestrian Games, one
of two riders to finish on their dressage score and the
highest-placed American.
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Selected by United States Equestrian Federation’s High
Performance Committee to represent the USEF in a Talent Tour
at the Luhmühlen, Germany CCI ****.
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6th place finish at Rolex
Kentucky CCI****, the second highest-placed American and the
third year in a row with a top ten finish.
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2nd place finish at the Foxhall Cup Advanced-level Spring
Three-Day Championship.
2004
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Third alternate for the Athens Olympics Three-Day Event Team
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6th and 10th place finishes at Rolex ****.
2003
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USEA year-end ranking: 2nd among U.S. lady riders; 5th
overall
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42 starts, 29 top ten finishes of which 21 were top five
placings
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14th place with Task Force at Blenheim CCI***
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10th place with Shared Dreams at Rolex Kentucky CCI****
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Team gold and individual bronze medals at Pan-American
Championships
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