The show jumping community always knew Robert Ridland as a great rider, but now they also see him as the brilliant, strategic mind guiding the NetJets Show Jumping team to unprecedented success. Ridland brings several decades of international experience to the U.S. Show Jumping.

As an athlete, Ridland competed in the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games and won several grand prix competitions throughout his riding career. Ridland has been extensively involved in the governance of the sport, including several terms as a board member of US Equestrian and the United States Equestrian Team Foundation.

Ridland's vast experience as an international course designer helped shaped his analytical approach to the sport. He won the Course Designer of the Year Award twice while building the courses for the U.S. Olympic Trials and numerous international competitions. As an international official, he was the only American to have served as the FEI Technical Delegate for four FEI World Cup Finals. As a television commentator, he worked for many years as the color analyst for ESPN and CBS, as well as two stints for NBC at the Barcelona and Athens Olympic Games.

Since being named the U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe/Technical Advisor in 2013, Ridland has led the U.S. team to team bronze medals at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and Toronto 2015 Pan American Games as well as silver medals in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the 2017 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final.

Lizzy Chesson has been deeply rooted in international equestrian sports for many years. As a groom for her mother, she was part of two World Championship Driving teams. At the age of 22, Chesson was selected to drive a pair of horses in the World Pair Championship in Hungary.

Chesson is a graduate of Columbia University where earned a degree in Art History. She began working for US Equestrian in 2006, first in the Show Jumping department as an assistant to then Managing Director Sally Ike. She was then promoted to Managing Director of Jumping in 2013.   

Chesson as Team Leader and Robert Ridland as Chef d’Equipe have gone on to deliver many medals and successes with the U.S. Jumping Team on the worlds stage while also building a strong pathway for the future. She enjoys hunting with the Essex Fox Hounds when she has time, she is also an avid amateur gardener and her life revolves around a littler terrier named Rags who many would have seen standing guard in the Gladstone office.

As the daughter of international Grand Prix riders Mario and Lisa Deslauriers, Lucy Deslauriers has followed their path to the show ring. At only 21 years old, Deslauriers has accumulated many prominent wins, including those against her father. The bond she shares with her partner Hester has molded Deslauriers into one the most successful young riders, winning FEI NAYC medals, a USEF Junior Jumper National Championship, and a USEF U25 National Championship. In 2017, they won the $100,000 Suncast Jumper Classic CSIO4* during week eight of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), where Deslauriers was the youngest rider in the class. In 2018, Deslauriers and Hester won the $132,000 Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup CSI5* during week 12 of WEF following a 23-combination jump-off. She made her senior nations cup debut in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Canada and competed in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain.

In 2019, Deslauriers and Hester placed third in the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5* during week 12 of WEF. She competed in the 2019 FEI Jumping Nations Cup USA and the 2019 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Canada, helping the U.S. secure a spot in the 2019 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final. Deslauriers and Hester aided the U.S. in taking home the team bronze medal at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Next, they had a strong showing at the Hampton Classic, winning the $75,000 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4* and finishing second in the $300,000 DOHA.INC Grand Prix CSI4*.

Deslauriers and Hester tallied two wins in 2020: $214,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI4* and the $73,000 Sweet Oak Farm Holiday & Horses 1.50m Qualifier CSI4*. The pair started 2021 with a fourth-place finish in the $214,000 Marshall& Sterling/Great American Grand Prix CSI4* during week 4 and a win in the $73,000 Adequan WEF Challenge Round 5 CSI5* during week five of WEF. With Billy de Beaufour, Deslauriers was second in the $25,000 FEI Hermes U25 Grand Prix during week two of WEF.

As a youth athlete, Bliss Heers trained under Hap Hansen in Southern California. In addition to competing on the North American circuit, Heers has been a successful competitor in Europe for many years with numerous top results in the Young Horse division. She splits her time between North America and Europe.

Heers has had major wins over the years, including The Hollywood Reporter Trophy at the 2014 Longines Los Angeles Masters and in 2015 the CSI3*at Herflumagle, Denmark, both with Contendra 22. Heers also won the 2015 3* Riders Cup Grand Prix at Herlflumagle with Cortina 179. Recent wins for Heers include the 2021 $50,000 Adequan^® WEF Challenge Round 4 CSI4*; the 2019 CSI3* Table A at Lier, Belgium; and the 2019 Spruce Meadows Continental CSI5* with Antidote de Mars.

Heers made her NetJets^® U.S. Jumping Team debut at the 2021 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*, where her double-clear rounds with Antidote de Mars helped the team claim top honors.

In 2022, Heers had a strong start to the season as a member of the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team in FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Knokke – Hippique CSIO5* with Antidote de Mars. She additionally earned a second-place in the CSI5* Vancouver – Langley BC Grand Prix with Goodbye. Heers and Antidote de Mars were third in the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Valkenswaard CSI5*, followed by a win in the San Miguel de Allende CSI5* Grand Prix. 

Heers started 2023 with a third-place finish in the $146,000 Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup – Round XII CSI5* with Antidote de Mars during week 12 of the Winter Equestrian Festival. The pair helped the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team win the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Mexico at San Miguel de Allende CSIO5*.

Brian Moggre started his competitive career in the jumpers, highlighted by a junior individual bronze medal at the 2016 FEI North American Youth Championship (NAYC) and team gold the following year as a young rider athlete, and team gold in 2017 and 2018 at the USEF Junior Jumper National Championships/Prix des States. Moggre continued his success in the equitation ring, winning the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals in 2018 and finished as reserve champion at the ASPCA Maclay Finals. 

In 2019, Moggre posted his first FEI grand prix win in the FEI Jumping World Cup CSI3*-W at Live Oak with his longtime partner, MTM Vivre Le Reve. He followed his performance up with wins in the 2019 Spruce Meadows Cardel Cup and the Friends of the Meadows Cup with MTM Flutterby, and in the National Horse Show CSI4*-W FEI Jumping World Cup with MTM Vivre Le Reve. Moggre was named to the team representing the U.S. at the 2019 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final CSIOY in Opglabbeek, Belgium, where he and MTM Los Angeles helped secure team gold. Moggre was the 2019 recipient of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation’s Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy. 

In 2020, Moggre was part of the winning U.S. team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* riding MTM Vivre Le Reve. The pair returned to Wellington in November 2020 to place second in the FEI $137,000 Noltrex®Vet CSI3* Grand Prix. 

In 2021, Moggre and Balou Du Reventon helped the U.S. team win the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*. Moggre partnered with MTM Vivre Le Reve to win the $50,000 Adequan WEF Challenge Round 12 CSI4* during week 12 of the Winter Equestrian Festival. 

In 2022, Moggre has had a strong season so far with a third-place finish in the $406,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix CSI5* with Balou du Reventon, in addition to anchoring the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team with the final trip in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5* in Knokke – Hippique aboard Balou du Reventon. 

Adrienne Sternlicht moved through the pony and junior hunter divisions to turn into a serious competitor on the international grand prix circuit. Although her first passion was riding, she took a break during high school and returned while attending Brown University. In 2016, Sternlicht began her partnership with Cristalline and started to train with U.S. Olympic double gold medalist McLain Ward.

In May 2017, Sternlicht made her Nations Cup debut with Cristalline at the FEI Nations Cup™ CSIO4* Coapexpan in Mexico, where they helped the U.S. team win the silver medal. Since then, she has been a member of several Nations Cup teams and collected numerous individual top placings, resulting in her selection to the WEG 2018 NetJets U.S. Show Jumping Team Short List. Following her selection to the short list, she placed second in the $250,000 Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon, won a CSI5* class during Knokke Hippique, and was part of the U.S. team for FEI Jumping Nations Cup Ireland, where she placed fourth in the Longines International Grand Prix of Ireland. Named to the WEG Tryon 2018 team, she and Cristalline aided the U.S. team in their historic victory, bringing home the gold medal for the U.S. for the first time in 36 years.

In 2020, Sternlicht started the year with a CSI4* win at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla. aboard Just a Gamble before being selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*, where she helped the team secure gold. In 2021, Sternlicht was part of FEI Nations Cup teams in Sopot, Poland, and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with Benny’s Legacy.

Sternlicht started off 2022 with a win in a CSI3* at the Winter Equestrian Festival in January riding Lafayette Van Overis, followed by a win in the CSI5* with Benny’s Legacy at WEF in February. She traveled to Europe for the summer season and where she was part of the U.S. team at the Mercedes-Benz Jumping Nations’ Cup of Aachen CSIO5* in June. In July, she and Benny’s Legacy earned a win at the Grand Prix of Valkenswaard CSI2*.