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This week's rider is: McLain Ward
of Brewster, NY
In 1991, McLain Ward was part of the gold medal team at the North
American Young Riders Championship, and that same year earned the AGA’s
Rookie of the Year award. He went on to become the youngest rider, at
the age of 24, to pass the 1 million dollar mark in Grand Prix
winnings, which he did in 1999 by winning four big classes at the
Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida. At 14, he’d become the
youngest rider to win the USET Show jumping Talent Derby. Ten weeks
later, he became the youngest rider to win the USET Medal finals and,
in doing so, the first rider to win both titles in the same year.
Most recently, Ward earned a silver medal for the team competition at
the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Ward and his horse “Victor” came this
close to winning the World Cup Final last year in Leipzig, where three
rails in the final round took them from 1st to 4th to tie with Leslie
Howard and her mount “Priobert de Kalvarie”.
Thanks to www.lasvegasworldinvitational.com for the information.
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