Jessica Springsteen

Jessica Springsteen is an Olympic silver medalist and a highly accomplished equestrian, demonstrating consistent performance at the top levels of show jumping. After winning the ASPCA Maclay Finals in 2008, Jessica Springsteen established herself as a formidable talent in the equestrian world, swiftly securing the WEF Excellence in Equitation Championship in 2009. Demonstrating her emerging prowess, Springsteen earned both a team silver and an individual bronze medal as part of the Zone 2 Young Riders team at the 2010 FEI North American Youth Championships. Balancing her rigorous competitive schedule, she went on to earn an undergraduate degree from Duke University in 2014.

She maintained this impressive trajectory, winning the Falcon Stakes CSI 5 at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in 2017 with Davendy S. The year 2021 marked a pivotal period in Springsteen’s career. She was named to the NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team that won the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4 with Don Juan van de Donkhoeve and rode RMF Tinkerbell to victory in the Hubside Jumping Grimaud-Gulf of Saint-Tropez’s CSI4 Grand Prix.

Springsteen remained a dominant force in 2022, competing as part of the Nations Cup team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Knokke Hippique CSIO5 with RMF Zecilie and winning the Elite Horse Transport 1.45m CSI3 at the ESP Pre-Charity Horse Show with Naomi Van Het Keizershof. Her strong showings continued into 2023, including a second-place finish in the CHF37,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty CSI4 with Naomi Van Het Keizershof during the Winter Equestrian Festival. Later that year, she contributed to a team win at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of USA at San Juan Capistrano CSIO5 with Don Juan van de Donkhoeve and solidified her status by winning the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of London CSI5 with the same horse.