Para Show Jumping North America

We had a blast at BreyerFest 2024!🐴✨ We’d like to extend a a heartfelt thanks to the entire family for a truly special and unforgettable experience!💙💛

We’ll be sharing more highlights from the weekend, interview clips, and behind the scenes content soon!

Meet the para-horses of Breyerfest 2024!Each of these amazing horses help make dreams come true, embodying the “Against All Odds” theme.✨

‘Cassicasca’ aka. Valentine 💌 - A 21 year old flea-bitten grey Holsteiner gelding owned by Wren Zimmerman. They have competed up to the 1.15m together. She has owned him for 5 years, and is referred to as her ‘seeing-eye horse!’🐴 He’s super special because 3 different para-riders have jumped him!

‘Stay Frosty’ aka. Frosty ❄️ - A 12 year old Irish Sport Horse jumper gelding owned and ridden by Abby Rigert. Together they have competed up to the 0.85m. He loves anything peppermint🍬 flavored, and has a puppy dog personality!

‘Bodacious’ aka. Beau - Beau is a Hackney x TB x Percheron rescue. He is estimated to be around 12-15 years old, and has showed/schooled up to 0.80-0.90m. His favorite snack is a dehydrated sweet potato. Beau is ridden with voice commands. 🗣️ He is always a favorite around the barn! Recovering from health issues, Beau will not be making the trip down to Kentucky, but he is getting better day by day!❤️

‘Justin Case’ aka. Casey - An adorable appendix quarter horse, Casey is a 9 year old show jumper owned and ridden by Gianna Trotter. They have competed up to the 0.85m. His favorite treat is bananas🍌 and he loves to show off his special tricks, which include hugging and bowing!🥰

We are incredibly thankful for these amazinf equines, be sure to stop by the Para Show Jumping North America stalls and say hi to these awesome para-ponies💜

We are thrilled to officially announce that Para Show Jumping North America will be at BreyerFest 2024, happening this July 12-14 at the renowned !

The 4 riders representing Para Show Jumping North America — , , , and .eq — truly embody this year’s theme of ‘Against All Odds’!

You can catch these riders in action at various events throughout the weekend — attend one of their daily jumping demonstrations, join us for an hour-long panel discussion and Q&A session hosted by the Kentucky Horse Park’s very own Executive Director, Lee Carter, or listen in on individual interviews — all of which will also be streamed online for everyone to enjoy.

Also be sure to stop by the Para Show Jumping North America stalls to talk with these para riders, meet their equally as amazing para-ponies, and learn more about supporting the development and recognition of the sport of Para-Equestrian Jumping!

A huge part of the Para Show Jumping movement is raising awareness and changing perceptions about disabilities! Many people don’t know much about disabilities — which is ok! We as para-riders know and understand this; so while it may be uncomfortable or awkward to ask questions, please don’t be afraid to ask! We welcome the opportunity to answer questions and help people learn more about what it is like for those of us living with a disability!

Education and exposure raise awareness, which in turn fosters understanding. Simply talking about disabilities and asking questions is a great first step towards making our society more inclusive and accepting of people with disabilities (which don’t forget, are often invisible)!

Meet the para-horses of LRK3DE 2022! 🦄 You already met the riders from the Para Show Jumping demos, but what about their equally as amazing four-legged partners?

♘ ‘The Luck Dragon’ aka. Player — A 15 year old thoroughbred gelding owned by Jesslyn Woodall. Player is an eventer who has competed up to the advanced level. He loves carrots, galloping x-country, and the color teal! 🥕 His owner was kind enough to loan him to Wren Zimmerman to ride for the event! 💙

♘ ‘Justin Case’ aka. Casey — The cutest appendix quarter horse you’ve ever seen! 🐴 Casey is a 9 year old show jumper owned and ridden by Gianna Trotter. His favorite treats are bananas 🍌 and he loves showing off his special tricks which include hugging and bowing!

♘ Thor ⚡️ — A 15 year old warmblood, Thor is a jack of all trades! He competes in fox hunting, eventing, and occasionally IHSA. Thor is owned by Michael McCarthy who was kind enough to let Lily Rhodes borrow him for the event! 👑

♘ ‘Unfolding Blame’ aka. Lucy — Lucy is a 6 year old thoroughbred mare who competes in both training level eventing and 2nd level dressage. Lucy loves anything sweet…. 🍬 and the occasional bourbon. 🥃 Lucy is owned and ridden by Mellisa Warden.

♘ ‘Clementine RS’ aka. Clementine 🍊 — Clementine is a 15 year old jumper mare owned by Jacqueline Patmore. Clementine’s favorite treat, believe it or not, is not Clementines, but BANANAS! 🍌 A Grand Prix jumper in her earlier years, she, along with a second mount named Freddie, is currently leased and ridden by Jack Goldberg.

We are so thankful for the incredible horses we get to ride! 🤍

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We are so excited to announce the para-riders who will be riding in the first-ever Para-Equestrian Show Jumping demonstrations in North America which are being held at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event at the end of this month!! They include Mellisa Davis Warden, Lily Rhodes, Jack Goldberg, Gianna Trotter, and finally, Wren Blae Zimmerman. We also want to give a special shoutout to Lizzy Traband, one of the original riders, who sadly won’t be able to join us.

Come watch and learn more about Para Show Jumping on Friday, April 28 @ 1:30pm and Saturday, April 29 @ 2:30pm for the demonstrations in the official demo arena (Walnut ring). Also, come cheer on Wren, Jack, and Mellisa as they open for the $225,000 Invitational Grand Prix in Rolex Stadium on Saturday evening!

We will also have some great giveaways from some of the leading brands in the industry, which you can enter to win at the Para Show Jumping North America booth at the trade fair! We’ll be announcing the list of prizes as the event gets closer, so stay tuned!

A huge thank you to Equestrian Events, Inc.EEI, Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event US Equestrian United States Hunter Jumper Association - USHJA Land Rover Mars Equestrian and Kentucky Horse Park for their support of the Para Show Jumping movement as it continues to grow!

We are thrilled to announce that the first Para-Show Jumping demonstration in North America is going to be held at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day event, attended by 80,000+ spectators, at the Kentucky Horse ParkPark this April!

This is a huge milestone in our sport, as it is contributing to the growth and accessibility of horse sport by making it more accessible to people with disabilities. Getting to this point has been years in the making, but demonstration classes are one of the final steps the governing bodies want to see before deciding to move forward with regulating the discipline, and thus play a pivotal role in the overall process. Ultimately, this will help establish greatly needed resources, pathways, and competition opportunities for riders with disabilities to participate in the jumping disciplines.

A huge thank you to Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Eventay Event and Equestrian Events, Inc. or their support, as well as to US Equestrian - all of whom are helping to empower change on both a national and international level within the equestrian community!

Follow along for the ride on our new North America IG page!

Welcome to all our new members! Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments!

With Covid, the plans to put on some demonstration classes were put on hold, but we are now back on track and plans to hold some Para-Show Jumping demonstrations classes at top-rated shows are in the works!

If you are interested in participating in demonstration classes, please comment or send a direct message. Please let us know your location, your discipline (hunter,, jumper, eventer), how high you jump, if you compete, and if you and your horse are able to travel to shows.

Excited to see this move forward!

As many of you know, US Equestrian recently released their new Diversity & Inclusivity Statement, which bodes well for the advancement of Para-Show Jumping here in the US (and Canada)! I've been working on compiling a database of athletes who are interested in being involved in this movement as we move forward with trying to put together some demonstration classes. If we haven't already spoken, and you're interested in being added to this database, please reach out!

Hi everyone!

We're trying to get some basic info to create a rider database. Please help by answering the following questions (if you don’t feel comfortable answering any of them, feel free to leave them blank). Thanks!

1. What title best describes you? (Athlete/rider, coach, trainer, horse owner, family/friend, sponsor, etc.) If filling out for someone else, what is the rider's name?

2. Do you have a physical limitation? If so, what is it? (In para-equestrian sport individuals are divided into different competition grades based on their functional abilities.)

3. Do you currently ride? If so, what discipline?

4. Do you compete? Currently or in the past? At what level? If you have a physical limitation, did you compete with this limitation?

5. What accommodations, if any, do you use to ride?

6. Have you ever jumped? (This is not necessary to be interested in becoming a para-jumper!)

7. Where are you located?

8. What is your age?

9. Contact info

10. Feel free to give any other info about yourself you want to share!

We are trying to compile a list of trainers/coaches that currently work with, or are open to working with, hunter/jumper or eventing riders with disabilities. Please leave a comment below with your past or current trainers, or if you are a trainer yourself who is interested in being added to the list! Thank you!

Para-Jumping North America is a page for those interested in the development of the discipline of para-equestrian jumping in the USA and Canada.

The purpose of this page is to centralize the para-jumping movement here in North America by uniting para equestrians, their supporters, coaches/trainers and horse owners to create a para-jumping network here in the Americas.