Laura Kraut: USA
Laura Kraut is a member of the U.S. show jumping team, a seasoned international competitor and an Olympic champion. She represented the United States at the Olympic Games, winning a gold medal in Beijing in 2008. Kraut was a member of the silver medal WEG team at Aachen in 2006. Kraut’s resume also includes numerous World Cup Finals and several Nation’s Cup teams. She is highly ranked in the All-Time Money list in career earnings with more than 100 grand prix wins!
McLain Ward: USA
In April 2017, McLain Ward was ranked #1 in the Longines FEI world rankings for the first time. At the 2020 Summer Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan, Ward, heading into his fifth Olympics, joined Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut and Jessica Springsteen as a reserve in the team jumping final. McLain, as the anchor, helped lead the team to a silver medal, just losing out to Sweden by 1.3 seconds.
Shane Sweetnam: Ireland
In 2017, 2019 and 2020 he Shane was presented with the Niall Grimes Perpetual Trophy as the leading Irish rider during the CSIO Nations cup week at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington Florida.
Lorenzo de Luca: Italy
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Lorenzo de Luca is the only Italian rider to have competed in the Rolex IJRC Top Ten Geneva. Lorenzo won the Rolex Rome Grand Prix at Piazza di Siena in 2018. In that same year, with Irenica Horta, de Luca obtained an excellent seventh individual place at the WEG in Tryon. In addition to these, there are many wins and placements in the CSI and CSIO on the more prestigious international competitions.
