McLain Ward - Hall of Champions

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- McLain Ward

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Olympic Gold medalist McLain Ward has a record-breaking history. In 1990, and at 14 years of age, Ward became the youngest rider ever to win both the USET Medal Finals and the USET Talent Derby. After graduating to the grand prix circuit, he wasted no time in making a name for himself, becoming the youngest rider to reach the $1 million mark in earnings, and eventually fulfilled his Olympic dream in August 2004 as a part of the Gold medal-winning show jumping team in Athens aboard his stable star, Sapphire. He won another Team Gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong.

McLain Ward has represented the US in 5 World Cups, 11 FEI World Cup Show Jumping Finals and numerous Nations Cup competitions. He is one of the most accomplished riders in the US, consistently at or near the top in World FEI rankings.

In 2009, he received the Whitney Stone Cup, awarded annually by the USET Foundation Executive Committee to an active competitor who displays consistent excellence in international competition, high standards of sportsmanlike conduct, while also serving as an ambassador for the United States and equestrian sport.

• 2009 Whitney Stone Cup Recipient
• 2009 Spruce Meadows  – Winner of the $1,000,000 CN International Grand Prix Calgary, AB
• 2009 World Cup, Las Vegas, NV  – 2nd Place
• Team Gold Medal – 2008 Olympic Games, Hong Kong
• 2007 Leading Rider of the Year  - American Grand Prix Association (AGA) Tour
• 2007 World Cup, Las Vegas, NV  – 8th place
• Team Silver Medal– 2006 World Equestrian Games, Aachen, Germany
• Team Silver Medal – 2006 Samsung Super League
• Team Gold Medal – 2005 Samsung Super League
• 2005 World Cup Las Vegas, NV
• Team Gold Medal – 2004 Olympic Games, Athens
• 2005 World Cup - Milan, Italy
• 2003 World Cup, Las Vegas, NV
• 2002/2003 Rider of the Year – American Grand Prix Association (AGA)
• 2002 World Cup, Leipzig, Germany – 4th Place
• 2001/2002 Rider of the Year –  American Grand Prix Association (AGA)
• Youngest rider to pass the $1 million mark in earnings – 1999
• Winner of 11 Grand Prix – 1998

Watch video: McLain Ward at the 2009 Royal Horse Show