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the following riders have been named by the united states equestrian federation to represent the u.s. in the 2012 saddle seat World cup.

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Brooke BoyerBorn: July 2, 1996 residence: Johnston, Ia

Brooke Boyer has been riding for seven years and has

earned several equestrian titles. Her titles include the

2009 UPHA Junior Challenge Cup Top Ten, 2010 UPHA

Junior Challenge Cup Reserve Champion, 2011 National

Horse Show Saddle Seat “Good Hands” Finals Top Ten,

and the 2011 USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final Top Ten.

Boyer’s current horse is He’s Heaven Sent, whom she

shows in Saddle Seat Equitation. Her favorite horses

include He’s Heaven Sent and The Crowd Favorite.

Boyer is a sophomore at Johnston High School.

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Emily ChapmanBorn: May 31, 1994 residence: tucson, aZEmily Chapman has been riding for eight years and has

earned multiple equestrian titles, including the 2008

UPHA Junior Challenge Cup Top Ten, 2011 UPHA Plea-

sure Challenge Cup Top Ten, 2011 National Pleasure

Equitation Olympics Top Ten, 2011 UPHA Senior Chal-

lenge Cup Top Ten, 2011 USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final

Top Ten, 2011 Saddle Seat Invitational Team Gold med-

alist, 2012 AHSA National Pleasure Equitation Cham-

pion, 2012 Pleasure Equitation Medallion Senior Finals

Reserve Champion, and 2012 USEF Saddle Seat Medal

Final Top Ten. Her current show horses are My One

Night Stand, whom she shows in Senior Pleasure Equita-

tion, and Show Material whom she shows in the Juvenile

Three-Gaited division. Chapman’s favorite horse that she

has owned is CHTimeless Drifter.

Chapman attends the University of Kentucky and when

not competing, she enjoys working out, spending time

with friends, reading, traveling, and eating good food.




Brooke JacobsBorn: december 1, 1980 residence: Georgetown, KYBrooke Jacobs has been riding her entire life and has

accumulated a vast list of equestrian titles. Her titles

include the 2011 UPHA Adult Challenge Cup Grand

Champion, 2011 UPHA Five-Gaited Horsemanship Na-

tional Champion, 2006 & 2008 USEF Saddle Seat Adult

Amateur Medal Final National Champion, 2002 & 2008

National Pleasure Equitation Olympics Adult Gold Med-

alist, 2005 Saddle and Bridle Five-Gaited Horsemanship

National Champion, and 2004 UPHA Adult Challenge

Cup Grand Champion. She was also a member on the

2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 Saddle Seat World Cup

Teams. Jacobs is currently showing CHRecoup in the

Park Pleasure division, A Holiday Affair in the Five-Gaited

division, and Mahalo in the Hackney Pony Pleasure Driv-

ing division. Her favorite horses include CHRamses and

CHBright Lights RWF.

When Jacobs isn’t showing she enjoys traveling and

photography.

Photo Credit: Genie Stewart-Spears


Alexandra LawsonBorn: July 12, 1993 residence: North Salem, INAlexandra Lawson has been riding for 11 years. Some

of Lawson’s titles include the 2011 World’s Champion

17-Year-Old Saddle Seat Equitation, 2011 USEF Saddle

Seat Medal Final Champion, 2011 UPHA Senior Chal-

lenge Cup Reserve Champion, 2011 National Pleasure

Equitation Olympics Gold Medalist, 2010 American Royal

Saddle Seat Equitation National Champion, and 2010

Reserve World’s Champion 16-Year-Old Saddle Seat

Equitation. Lawson’s current horse is Brookhill’s Fame,

whom she shows in the Five-Gaited division. Her favorite

horse she has had the privilege of showing is Imagine My

Surprise.

Lawson is a freshman at Purdue University. While in

high school at Danville Community High School, she was

a member of the National Future Farmers of America

Organization and the National Honors Society. When

Lawson is not around horses, she enjoys being involved

in FFA and working outside.

Photo Credit: Donna Shifflette





Abigail MutruxBorn: May 26, 1995 residence: St. louis, Mo

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Abigail Mutrux has been riding for 12 years. Some of

Mutrux’s equestrian highlights include five World’s

and Reserve World’s Championship titles, and seven

Equitation National Championship titles. In 2008 she

was the UPHA Junior Pleasure Challenge Cup Grand

Champion, and in 2010 she was the UPHA Senior

Pleasure Challenge Cup Grand Champion. In 2012, she

was the UPHA Senior Challenge Cup Grand Champion

and USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final Reserve Champion.

Mutrux’s current horse is Lemon Shake Up, whom she

shows in Senior Saddle Seat Equitation. Mutrux has

been fortunate to own many horses, all which have had a

special place in her heart.

Mutrux is a junior at University City High School. In

addition to riding saddle seat, she enjoys fox hunting and

has been awarded her junior colors. When not showing

horses, Mutrux enjoys playing soccer and field hockey

for her high school, participating in recreational sports

with friends, and relaxing.




Kristen SmithBorn: May 15, 1993 residence: crestwood, KY

ALTErnATEKristen Smith has been riding for 12 years. Some of

Smith’s equestrian highlights include being the 2005

World’s Champion of Champions Junior Exhibitor

Three-Gaited Country Pleasure Rider 13 & Under, 2006

& 2007 Reserve World’s Champion Junior Exhibitor

Three-Gaited Country Pleasure 13 & Under, 2007 Re-

serve National Champion Country Pleasure 14 Years &

Under, 2008 UPHA Senior Pleasure Challenge Cup Top

Ten, 2011 Reserve World’s Champion Kentucky Saddle

Seat Equitation Rider 17 Years Old & Under, 2012 USEF

Saddle Seat Adult Amateur Medal Final Champion, and

2012 UPHA Adult Challenge Cup Grand Champion.

Smith’s current horse is Sing My Song whom she shows

in Adult Country Pleasure and Adult Saddle Seat Equi-

tation. Her favorite horse is Jazz, who is an American

Saddlebred. She has owned Jazz for nine years and the

mare is very special to Smith.

Smith attends the University of Louisville. She graduated

Magna Cum Laude from Oldham County High School,

where she was a member of the National Honors Soci-

ety and received three Academic Achievement Awards.

When not showing horses, Smith enjoys spending time

with family and friends.




Kristen CaterBorn: September 30, 1977 residence: dunbarton, NH

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Kristen Cater worked alongside Lisa Jensen Richardson

at Cricket Hill Farm when she was 17. Cater assisted

Richardson in training World Champion equitation

riders such as Kyle Gagnon and Kaitlin McGowan,

and was named Equitation Instructor of the Year for

three consecutive years. After training Morgans, Cater

switched to the Saddlebred industry where she opened

up Cater Stables with her husband David. They have

matched several riders and horses that have won World

Championships including Maggie and Clara McCool and

Caroline Rose. Cater holds judges’ cards for Saddle Seat

Equitation, Saddlebred, Hackney Harness Pony, and

Roadster divisions. She has been the UPHA Chapter 14

Chairman for four years and most recently was asked to

be on the UPHA National Equitation Committee.


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Cindy MugnierBorn: december 12, 1956 residence: Belchertown, Ma

CoACh

Cindy Mugnier owns and operates a training stable

out of Fox Meadow Farm in Massachusetts. She is

also a USEF judge and current committee member of

the USEF Morgan, Saddle Seat Equitation, and Saddle

Seat Equitation World Cup Committees. Mugnier has

served on previous World Cup selection committees

and has trained many State, Regional, National, and

World Championship riders. She coached the Morgan

International Equestrian Team at the 2009 Saddle

Seat Team Morgan. Mugnier was the recipient of

the 2007 AMHA Cecil Brown Sportsmanship Award,

Massachusetts Morgan Horse Association Woman of the

Year, UPHA Chapter 14 Horseperson of the Year, 2010

UPHA Chapter 14 Lifetime Achievement Award, and is

a member of the UPHA Chapter 14 Hall of Fame. She is

the current Director and past President of the American

Morgan Horse Association.

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hunter ChancellorBorn: July 26, 1995 residence: evansville, INHunter Chancellor has spent much of her life in the

saddle and has already garnered an impressive amount

of success at a young age. Chancellor began riding at

the age of two and quickly found success in the show

ring. Chancellor was the 2008 & 2011 Junior Exhibitor

Five-Gaited World’s Champion of Champions, 2008,

2009, & 2011 Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited National

Champion, 2009 Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited World’s

Champion, 2010 World’s Champion 17 & Under Saddle

Seat Equitation, 2010 and 2011 USEF Saddle Seat Medal

Final Reserve Champion, 2011 UPHA Senior Challenge

Cup National Champion, 2012 National Horse Show

Saddle Seat “Good Hands” Finals Champion, and 2012

USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final Champion, just to name

a few. Her current show horses include Platinum’s New

Look in the Five-Gaited division, I’m McDreamy in the

Three-Gaited division, and Imagine My Surprise and

Chanti’s Prayer in Saddle Seat Equitation. Chancellor’s

favorite horses include the four she is currently showing

whose barn names are Tonto, Dreamy, Leo, and Button.

She says Tonto is the most fun to ride but she loves all

her horses.

Chancellor is a junior at Mater Del High School where

she is ranked third in her class, has a 3.99 GPA, and is on

the high Honor Roll. When she is not competing, Chan-

cellor enjoys reading, spending time with friends, hunt-

ing, traveling, and working with Horses Against Hunger.


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Angela DarrowBorn: october 9, 1991 residence: Hartland, wIAngela Darrow has been riding for 12 years and has

earned titles such as the 2010 Ladies Amateur Five-Gait-

ed World’s Championship Top Three, 2009 American

Royal Saddle Seat Equitation 16-17 Champion, 2009

Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited 14-17 World’s Champion,

2009 Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited 14-17 Reserve World’s

Champion of Champions, and 2009 U.S. Saddle Seat

World Cup Three-Gaited Team Alternate. Darrow’s fa-

vorite and most recent horse is Freaky Links, whom she

showed in the Amateur Five-Gaited division.

Angela Darrow is a junior at the University of Colorado

at Boulder majoring in Communication. When not show-

ing horses she enjoys dancing, musical theatre, singing,

skiing, and being involved in her sorority, Alpha Phi.

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Drew Taylor hewittBorn: March 29, 1995 residence: Bermuda run, NcDrew Taylor Hewitt has been riding for 13 years, earn-

ing multiple equestrian awards and titles. In recogni-

tion of her sportsmanship, she received the American

Saddlebred Horse Association’s 2011 Frank Ogletree

Youth Award. Hewitt has also earned many titles in the

show ring including being the 2009 Lexington Junior

League Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited Pleasure Champion,

2009 Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited Show Pleasure 14-17

World’s Champion of Champions and World’s Champion,

and the 2009 Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited Show Plea-

sure National Champion, making Hewitt the 2009 Junior

Exhibitor Five-Gaited Show Pleasure Triple Crown Win-

ner. She was also the 2010 Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited

Show Pleasure 17 & Under Reserve World’s Champion,

2011 Junior Exhibitor Five-Gaited 14-17 World’s Cham-

pion, and the 2011 Five-Gaited Pony Reserve National

Champion. Hewitt’s current horse is Kalarama Shiraz

whom she shows in the Juvenile Three-Gaited 14-17

division. Her favorite horse is Sunken Treasure.

Hewitt is a senior at Forsyth Country Day School where

she is part of the Spanish Honors Society. When not rid-

ing, she enjoys spending time with family and friends.


Ali JudahBorn: September 17, 1989 residence: louisville, KYAli Judah has been riding for 14 years and has earned

20 World’s Championships and Reserve World’s Cham-

pionships, two National Championships, and multiple

Reserve National Championships. Judah was a member

of the 2010 Silver Medal Five-Gaited World Cup Team

and the 2006 Gold Medal Five-Gaited World Cup Team.

Her current show horse is Reedann’s Whodunnit for the

Three-Gaited Show Pleasure division. Judah’s favorite

horses have been Riva Diva and Iza Diva.

Judah is a graduate of Centre College with a degree in

Biology. When not showing horses, she enjoys hiking,

hanging out with friends and family, photography, and

traveling. Photo Credit: Geoff Bugbee



nick MaupinBorn: august 10, 1993 residence: Sussex, wI

TEAM CApTAinNick Maupin has been riding for 11 years and has earned

numerous equestrian titles. His titles include being the

2007 Saddle and Bridle Pleasure Equitation Medallion

Champion, 2007 World’s Champion 13 & Under Saddle

Seat Equitation, 2007 UPHA Junior Pleasure Chal-

lenge Cup Reserve Champion, 2009 World’s Champion

15-year-old Saddle Seat Equitation, 2009 UPHA Senior

Challenge Cup Reserve Champion, 2010 World’s Cham-

pion 16-year-old Saddle Seat Equitation, 2010 Reserve

World’s Champion Senior Saddle Seat Equitation, 2010

UPHA Senior Challenge Cup Grand Champion, 2010

USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final Champion, and the 2010

Saddle Seat Equitation Triple Crown winner. Some of

Maupin’s favorite horses include Coco Mojo and Aphro-

dite’s Fears.

Maupin is a student at the University of Wisconsin

majoring in Finance, Investment, and Banking, as well as

Real Estate and he plans to graduate in 2015. When he is

not riding, he enjoys running, skiing, singing, and playing

lacrosse.




Sandra CurrierBorn: december 17, 1956 residence: Belville, tX

CoAChSandra Currier started riding horses at a young age,

but did not start showing horses until her teens, begin-

ning with local hunter/jumper shows. After two years

of college, the lure of horses called to Currier and she

opened a public training barn, taking on several different

breeds and showing across various disciplines. She fell in

love with saddle seat and ended up with mostly Mor-

gans, Arabians, and Saddlebreds in her barn. A job offer

led her to Texas to work for Bluebonnet Farm, where

she has been for the past 20 years. Currier has worked

exclusively with Saddlebreds and Hackneys at Bluebon-

net Farm, which has bred several World’s and Reserve

World’s Champions. Currier has paired many amateur

and junior riders and horses who have become World’s

and Reserve World’s Champions. In recent years, Curri-

er has judged the Saddle and Bridle Pleasure Medallion

Finals and the Saddle and Bridle Western Pleasure Finals

along with the Morgan Medal at the Morgan Grand Na-

tional and World Championship Horse Show.


Brent JacobsBorn: May 12, 1948 residence: Georgetown, KY

CoAChBrent Jacobs has been involved with American Saddle-

breds since the late 1950’s. He was the nation’s leading

boy rider in the early 1960’s under the guidance of Helen

Crabtree. Jacobs apprenticed with Don Harris, then

opened Werk Way Stables in Georgetown, KY in 1968

where he started and trained many World Champions.

In Equitation, he instructed National and World title

holders Brooke Jacobs, Andy Jacobs, Martha Bosken,

Tori Heck, and Mary Nu. Jacobs is a licensed USEF Judge

and has judged the World’s Championship, South Africa’s

National Championships, and all of the Equitation finals.

He also sits on the USEF Hearing Committee. Jacobs

has organized seven Invitationals between South Afri-

ca and the U.S. since 2003 giving nearly 100 riders the

opportunity for international competition. The UPHA

has honored Jacobs with Hall of Fame, Distinguished

Service, and the Shirley Parkinson Professional Awards.

The ASHA awarded him the Gordon Jenkins Internation-

al Award in 2009.


Photo Couresy of Brent Jacobs


Lori nelsonBorn: January 9, 1973 residence: paris, KY

TEAM LEADErLori Nelson has been involved in equestrian sports since

the age of five when she began riding a Shetland pony

named Red. However, her first lessons in saddle seat

were on a neighbor’s Saddlebred named Stoney. The

beauty of the breed caught Nelson’s attention and her

family soon became involved in buying and showing Sad-

dlebreds in the Ohio area under the tutelage of Junior

Sullivan. Although Nelson took time off from the sport

during high school and college, she vowed to get back to

the sport she loved one day.

Nelson graduated from the University of Cincinnati with

a Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Sociology and a minor

in Paralegal Studies. In 2002, Nelson began working in

the Regulation Department at the USEF and ultimately

serving as Director of the department for several years.

In 2009, Nelson was promoted to Assistant Executive

Director of National Affiliates, the department which is

responsible for 19 of the 27 breeds/disciplines at the

USEF.

Nelson is also an active rider and competitor in addition

to serving as secretary at USEF competitions. She re-

sides in Paris, KY on a small farm with her beloved four

dogs, cat, and horse in addition to having a second horse

in training.

Photo Credit: USEF Archive

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