Rebecca Hart got involved with the Paralympic movement in 1998 at a regional competition in Atlanta, Ga. It was at that competition that Hart decided she wanted to aim for international competition. Hart purchased her first horse and began to train for national and international competition. Over the years, Hart has represented the U.S. at several international events, including five consecutive Paralympic Games. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games led to her best team finish yet, as a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team aboard El Corona Texel.

Following a series of standout accomplishments with Schroeter's Romani, Hart retired the Danish Warmblood mare and teamed up with El Corona Texel in September 2017. They quickly garnered 11 Grade III first-place finishes out of 13 opportunities, which helped them earn a spot on the U.S. Para Dressage Team presented by Deloitte for the WEG Tryon 2018.

Hart and El Corona Texel were selected to represent the Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival 1 CPEDI3* in Wellington, Fla., in January of 2020. The duo was also named to represent the team at the Tryon CPEDI3* hosted in Tryon, N.C. in October 2020, where they also were crowned the national champions of the 2020 Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship.

In 2022, Hart was a member of the Adequan U.S. Para Dressage Team that traveled to Herning, Denmark for the 2022 FEI Para Dressage World Championships where she helped the team earn bronze with El Corona Texel. The duo also secured an individual bronze in Herning, marking their third fourth championship medal together. 

In 2024, Hart debuted a new horse in her quest to make her fifth straight Paralympic Games, this time aboard Floratina (Flora), a 2008 Hanoverian mare (Fidertanz 2 x Rubin Royal OLD) owned by Chloe Gasiorowski and Rowan O’Reilly.  

Hart and Flora represented the U.S. Para Dressage Team at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, where they swept Grade III competition and brought home a historic medal haul of one team gold medal and two individual gold medals. Hart’s stellar performance throughout the week helped the team bring home gold with a total score of 235.567% and came home with a personal best score of 77.900% in the Individual Championship Test – Grade III and a new personal best of 83.534% in the Grade III FEI Grand Prix Freestyle. 

As a newly minted Paralympic gold medalist, Hart helped the U.S. Para Dressage Team secure their third consecutive victory of the 2025 season at the TerraNova CPEDI3* with longtime partner El Corona Texel. 

Hart and Paralympic mount, Floratina, made their first FEI and international appearance since 2024 at the 2026 Hagen CPEDI3* representing the U.S. Dressage Team on their quest for selection to the 2026 FEI Para Dressage World Championships Aachen. The pair helped the U.S. Para Dressage Team top the podium on a final team total of 446.804, besting ten other international teams.  

Rebecca is the daughter of Sue Dobson and Terry Hart. She has one sister, Katie, and one brother, Jordan. In her free time, Hart enjoys kayaking, sailing, camping and rock climbing, and giving back to the Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Foundation by bringing awareness about HSP and working with the children dealing with HSP.

Cynthia “Cindy” Screnci is Grade V para-equestrian athlete. Screnci transitioned from the jumper ring to the para-dressage ring following a broken ankle from a riding accident and bone infection complication called osteomyelitis. At the 2020 Adequan®/USEF Para Dressage National Championship, Screnci was the Adequan®/USEF Grade V Para-Dressage National Champion with Eragon VF and received the Lloyd Landkamer Memorial Sportsmanship Award. 

Screnci represented the United States at the first CPEDI3* of the 2025 competition year in Wellington, Fla., where she and For Memory 4 produced solid tests to help the team to victory. The duo went on to compete again in Wellington, Fla., in the CPEDI3* at AGDF 9. They delivered their best ride yet, clinching a personal best of 75.683% in the FEI Grade V Grand Prix Freestyle. Their impressive scores aided the team in their second, consectutive win of 2025.

Shoemaker has become a staple for the U.S. Dressage program, helping the team begin to earn medals on the international stage. Kate Shoemaker was selected to her first FEI World Equestrian Games™ for the U.S. Para Dressage Team with Solitaer 40 for Tryon 2018, which marked her first international championship selection. Shoemaker then made her Paralympic debut as part of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics aboard Solitaer 40. Aboard Quiana, she helped the U.S. Para Dressage Team earn bronze at the 2022 FEI Para Dressage World Championships in Herning, Denmark, where she also earned her first individual international championship medal, taking silver in the FEI Grand Prix Para Grade IV Freestyle. 
 
In 2024, Shoemaker debuted a new mount in Vianne, a 2016 Hanoverian mare (Vitalis x Ramiro’s Bube), with whom she partnered with in Doha that February. The pair never placed outside of the top three internationally in Grade IV competition in the run-up to the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, where they represented the U.S. Para Dressage Team. Shoemaker and Vianne finished fifth individually after the FEI Para Grand Prix Test A, then rebounded to take home an individual bronze medal in the FEI Para Grand Prix Freestyle for Grade IV. The Paris Paralympic Games marked Shoemaker’s second Paralympic appearance and first Paralympic individual medal.  
 
Carrying the momentum into 2025, Shoemaker took on full ownership of Vianne. The pair anchored the U.S. Para Dressage Team to three straight CPEDI3* victories at AGDF, TerraNova, and Hagen, while Shoemaker herself notched a string of personal best scores. Early in the season, Shoemaker introduced a new mount, Supreme, her own 2016 Westphalian gelding (Sezuan 2 x De Niro 6), who went on to earn the title of 2025 USEF/Adequan Para Dressage National Champion in Grade IV at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in St. Charles, Ill. 

Now campaigning both Vianne and Supreme, as well as a new mount, Ghandi, her own 2011 KWPN gelding (Bojengel x Tushinski), Shoemaker has continued to build her own international resume throughout the season, with top results in Aachen (GER), Aalborg (DEN), and Hagen (GER). 

Most recently, Shoemaker and Vianne notched another personal best, representing the U.S. Para Dressage Team at the Hagen CPEDI3*, helping the team earn gold amongst a competitive international field and topping the podium individually in each of their Grade IV classes.