Wellington, Fla. – Having qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team will turn their focus to qualifying for the 2019 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final in October. They will have a chance to pick up coveted points enroute to Barcelona when they compete against six countries in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup USA on Sunday. Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland has tasked Margie Engle, , Laura Kraut, Beezie Madden, and McLain Ward with a podium goal in the grand finale of the Palm Beach Masters CSIO at 1:30 p.m. EST.

Meet the Team

 

 

 

Margie Engle from Wellington, Fla., riding Royce, Gladewinds Partners, LLC’s 14-year-old Oldenburg stallion. Follow Engle on Facebook (@margiegoldsteinengle), Twitter (@margieengle), and Instagram (@margie_engle).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Kraut from Wellington, Fla., riding Confu, St. Bride Farm’s 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding. Follow Kraut on Facebook (@LauraKrautUSA), Twitter (@LauraKraut), and Instagram (@laurakraut).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beezie Madden from Cazenovia, N.Y., riding Breitling LS, Abigail Wexner’s 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion. Follow Madden on Facebook (@beeziemadden), Twitter (@JohnMaddenSales), and Instagram (@johnmaddensales).

 

 

 

 

McLain Ward from Brewster, N.Y., riding HH Azur, Double H Farm and Ward’s 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare. 

 

 

 

Last Time Out

Engle and Royce most recently competed in the 2019 Winter Equestrian Festival Week 4 CSI4*. Their last win occurred in the $205,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI 4* in December.

Kraut and Confu competed last at the Palm Beach Masters CSI4*-W earlier in the month. Their most recent top-three placing occurred at the 2018 Olympia Horse Show where they placed second in the Longines Christmas Cracker. 

Madden and Breitling LS competed in the 2019 Winter Equestrian Festival Week 4 CSI4*. Previously, they won the $135,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Washington and placed second in the $40,000 Welcome Stake at the 2018 Washington International Horse Show

Ward and HH Azur competed last at the Palm Beach Masters CSI4*-W. Previously, they placed second in the Turkish Airlines-Prize of Europe CSIO5* at the 2018 CHIO Aachen.

Career Highlights

Engle: 2000 Sydney Olympic Games competitor; team silver medal at the WEG Aachen 2008; three-time Pan American Games medalist, including a team gold medal and individual bronze at the Santo Domingo 2003 Games and team silver medal at the Winnipeg 1999 Games; 2014 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team member

Kraut: member of the gold medal-winning team in the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018; Two-time Olympian, including a team gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games; member of the silver-medal winning 2017 Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team; member of the first all-women’s FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin gold-medal winning team and recipient of the Aga Khan Trophy in 2017, and recipient of the “Prize of the Federal Minister of the Interior” award at 2017 CHIO Aachen

Madden: Four-time Olympian, including team gold medals at the 2008 Beijing and 2004 Athens Games and a team silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games; 2018 and 2013 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final champion, member of several winning Nations Cup teams, including member of the silver medal-winning 2017 Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team and member of the first all-women’s 2017 FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Dublin gold-medal winning team and recipient of the Aga Khan Trophy

Ward: member of the gold medal-winning team in the FEI WEG Tryon 2018; 2017 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final champion, member of the silver-medal winning 2017 Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final team, and four-time Olympian, including team gold medals at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games and a team silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games

Competition Information

PalmBeachMasters.com will provide live coverage of the competition. 

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