Team Platform
Trainers and riders who compete in the top levels of both the
English and Western horse show circuits are deeply invested in
their horses’ health and ability to perform. Professional
equestrians know that the first and most important aspect to horsemanship
and showmanship is a trusted, high-quality feed and nutrition plan—one
that takes into account the stress and demands faced by the equine
athlete.
| JAN BYYNY |
Jan Byyny has been riding and eventing for over 30 years. She started out taking lessons in Chicago, joined the local Pony Club, started competing on her first pony, Lorbus, and represented Area IX as a young rider at the 1985 NAYRC. As a sixteen-year-old, Jan went east to work and train with Bruce Davidson, and eventually with Ralph Hill, David and Karen O’Connor, Phillip Dutton, Mark Phillips, Betsy Steiner, Robert Dover and Laura Kraut. Consistently a top-ranked U.S. Event rider, she has a well-deserved reputation for identifying and producing world-class event horses. Jan is also quite active in the United States Eventing Association organization and is a Level IV ICP (USEA's Instructor Certification Program) instructor, qualified to teach through the Advanced three-star level. She also serves on the United States Equestrian Federation's Eventing Technical Committee.
Jan has enjoyed success at all levels of eventing, including top 10 finishes in the Rolex Kentucky CCI**** in recent years. |
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| PATTY STOVAL |
Professional Hunter/Jumper
and Grand Prix rider and trainer Patty Stoval made her mark
early in her career. Notably, she finished second in the 1975
Medal Finals on a four-year-old horse that she herself started
and trained. She rode several hunter mounts to “Horse of the Year” titles
while riding for Otis Brown and Brass Lantern Farms, before
she began riding in the Grand Prix circuit in 1985. In 1986,
Patty finished second in the “AGA Rookie of the Year” standings.
She has more than twenty Grand Prix victories to her credit,
and has won International Hunter Futurity Finals (a competition
for three-year-old horses) a remarkable eight times. In 1994,
Patty was the leading American rider in the World Championships
in Hague, Holland. In 1999 and 2000, Patty trained Frascati
to win “AHSA Horse of the Year” in both the Amateur
and Working Hunter divisions. She has also trained many students
to win Championships in both Hunter and Jumper divisions at
such prestige shows as Devon, Washington International and
Madison Square Garden. |
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| HUGH GRAHAM |
Hugh won his first Grand Prix in
1973, and has been a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team
since 1982. In 1983, he was Equestrian of the Year in Canada.
He won a Silver Medal in the Pan Am Games in Caracas, Venezuela
in 1983, served as a member of the Los Angeles Olympic team
in 1984, and won the title of Canadian Champion in 1984. In
1987 he won a gold medal in the Pan Am Games in Indianapolis,
and was North American Champion in 1989. Hugh was the winner
of the Falsterbo Derby in Sweden in 1990, and was the only
two-time winner of the Queen Elizabeth Cup (Spruce Meadows)
in 1994 and 1995. He took second place in the 1995 Pan Am Games
in Buenos Aires in 1995, and served as a member of the 1996
Canadian Olympic Team in Atlanta. |
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| CHARLIE DOBBS |
Charlie Dobbs and his wife,
Linda, operate a training stable in Ocala, Florida, where
they specialize in halter horses and Thoroughbreds. Charlie
began showing pleasure, reining and halter horses when he
was still a schoolboy, and paid for his college education
by riding horses. He has been an American Quarter Horse Association
judge since 1974, and has judged the AJQHA World Show two
times. He has also judged in Australia, England, Germany,
Brazil, Mexico and Canada. Charlie has trained 20 AQHA World
Champions. At several American Quarter Horse Congress shows
he has had four Grand Champion mares and three Reserve mares,
one Grand Champion gelding and three Reserve champion stallions.
He has also had 15 Alpha World champions and several Palomino
World Champions. Since moving to Florida, he has also become
increasingly involved in the Thoroughbred industry. |
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| AL DUNNING |
Since 1970, Al Dunning has owned
and operated Almosta Ranch, a Quarter Horse training facility
in Scottsdale, Arizona.
In 2004 Al was the recipient of the Monty Roberts Equitarian
Award, in 2003 he received the Zane Schulte NCHA Trainer
of the Year Award and in 1996, Al was named American Quarter
Horse Association Professional Horseman of the Year. In 2005
Al received the "Spirit of Community Award" from
the Scottsdale Charros for his contribution to an innovative
horse program for children called "Horsesense". Al Dunning and his students have garnered 21 World titles,
including 9 AQHA World champions, 9 AQHA Reserve World Champions,
7 AQHA Amateur World Titles, 500 Arizona Year End champions,
3 AJQHA World Champions, and 11 All-American Congress Winners.
Al also placed in the 2001 NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman
contest. Al and Becky Dunning have been married since 1971. Becky
is a nationally known horse show announcer. They have two
children, McKenzie and Grady. |
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