Dressage rider Caroline Roffman may only be in her early twenties, but she already has an impressive list of accomplishments to her name. She not only won the Five-Year-Old Championship in 2010 at the USEF National Dressage Championships on Bon Chance, a horse she trained herself, but she was also one of the youngest competitors ever to compete in Gladstone in the Intermediaire I division.
Lauren Sammis began riding as soon as she could walk. Lauren is no stranger to hard work and started on horses bareback with a halter and lead rope.
Colombian dressage rider Marco Bernal, who owns and operates Marco Bernal International Dressage in Wellington, Florida, grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia, where his love of horses began on his father’s farm at the tender age of four. While Marco was a successful show jumper in his late teens, his life changed when he decided to dedicate himself to dressage. “I have had a great and rewarding career, but I will have to say the highlight of my career happened last year when I competed at the 2009 Rolex FEI World Cup in Las Vegas,” Marco said. “Coming in 11th meant the world to me and to my country. I am proud of that experience and it certainly ranks as the highlight of my career to date.”
International dressage rider, trainer and instructor Dr. Cesar Parra was one of Colombia’s top international riders for much of his career, competing in the Olympics, riding in the World Equestrian Games and being named the Colombian National Champion multiple times.
Best selling author Tami Hoag is a writer and rider who enjoys a dual life at the top of the literary and dressage world.
