Tessa Downey Wins October’s Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month Award Sponsored by Charles Ancona
Tessa Downey of Houston, TX, has won the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month Award Sponsored by Charles Ancona for October.
Downey competes in the Junior Division of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series’ East Conference Presented by Rood & Riddle. Her two-year partnership with Orchard Hill LLC’s Isabelle shone brilliantly at the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), where the pair put in the only double-clear round to win the $15,000 SJHOF High Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic which served as the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series Championship Final. This victory helped them secure the WIHS High Junior/Amateur Jumper Championship as well as the Hall of Fame’s Rider and Horse of the Month awards for October.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame conducts the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series with classes at approximately 80 horse shows each year. The Series hosts separate divisions for junior and amateur riders in two Conferences – the East Conference presented by Rood & Riddle and the West Conference presented by LAURACEA. The Series culminates in a West Conference Championship Final at Blenheim EquiSports’ International Jumping Festival in San Juan Capistrano, California and the overall Series Final at the Washington International Horse Show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The riders who top the year-long Series standings receive an engraved Tiffany crystal trophy and the winners of the Series’ two Finals receive one of LAURACEA’s best-selling Convertible Backpack Totes.
The 2023 winners of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month Award Sponsored by Charles Ancona are:
- January – Sofia Cady of Austin, TX
- February – Tony Stormanns of Eschweiler, Germany
- March – Alexa Elle Lignelli of New York, NY
- April – Hilary McNerney of Wellington, FL
- May – Francesca Bolfo of New York, NY
- June – Augusta Iwasaki of Calabasas, CA
- July – Alexa Elle Lignelli of New York, NY
- August – Sophie Gochman of New York, NY
- September – Sophie Gochman of New York, NY
- October – Tessa Downey of Houston, TX
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame was organized to promote the sport of show jumping and to immortalize the legends of the men, women and horses who have made great contributions to the sport. The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is located at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Plaques honoring those who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame can be seen at the Horse Park’s Rolex Stadium. Mementos and artifacts from the sport’s history are on display as part of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame collection at the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) Wheeler Museum at the Horse Park.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is sponsored by Blenheim EquiSports, Charles Ancona, CMJ Sporthorse, Hampton Classic Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, LAURACEA, Markel, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA), Washington International Horse Show and Wellington International.
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