| Heather represented California at the
North American Young Rider Championships CCI** for the first time in
1998 and in 1999 bringing home the Team Gold Medal on her horse, Rebel
Express. Heather and Rebel continued their success, finishing 11th at
the Foxhall CCI** in 2000 earning her the Markham Trophy for the
highest placed young rider. Heather and Rebel competed successfully
through the Advanced level and in 2004 took on the challenge of the
Rolex Kentucky CCI****. After a heart problem occured on cross-country
he is now retired from competition. In 2006 Heather won the CCI* at
Galway with Genial who was also the Preliminary Horse of the Year. Then
in 2007 Genial won the CCI** at Galway. And in 2008 he won the Colorado
Horse Park CCI**. In 2009, Heather has won the CIC** on Slate River,
both at Poplar Place and Weatherford, won the CIC*** at Poplar in September and then finished the 3 star at
Fair Hill on Slate River in 11th. Heather has been the Assistant
trainer at Gold Chip Stables since 2002.
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2009 was an amazing
year, with many miles driven and new venues visited. Heather had many
great opportunities this year including being put on the Developing
Riders list, Training Sessions with Captain Mark Phillips, a trip to
Burghleys CCI**** in England, a training grant from the USEF and being
awarded the Amanda Warrington Training Grant.
Also, Slate River finished the 2009 year in 6th on the Horse of the
Year Leaderboard and while Heather finished 7th on the Overall Leaderboard and also
being placed 3rd for the Ladies. Slate River is now qualified for the
2010 Rolex Kentucky CCI****. 2010 was a dissapointing year when Slate River injured himself in February. All the while, First Mark was rehabing and looking forward to a summer trip to Rebecca Farm. After an amazing dressage and xc, he came up lame and thus reinjured himself. Now the end of 2010, we are looking forward to a much better 2011. Slate River is back on track for Rolex 2011 while First Mark has started back to work following his stem cell surgery. Visit Heather's website at www.teamexpresseventing.com.
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