Jessica Springsteen

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Jessica Springsteen CSI 5 * jumping at the Whitsun tournament Wiesbaden 2013

Jessica Rae Springsteen (born December 30, 1991 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American show jumper. In February 2020 she was in 48th place in the world rankings.

Life

She is the second child and only daughter of Bruce Springsteen and the singer Patti Scialfa . Her older brother Evan James Springsteen is a musician.

The family owns Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck , New Jersey , among other properties . When Jessica and her brothers started school, the family moved from Los Angeles to New Jersey to keep the children safe from paparazzi .

In May 2015, Jessica Springsteen successfully completed her psychology studies at Duke University in Durham (North Carolina) .

Career

Jessica Springsteen with Zero at the CSI 5 * jumping at the Whitsun tournament Wiesbaden 2013

At the age of five, Springsteen came to ride through her mother and won the ASPCA Maclay Final in Syracuse (New York) at the age of 16 .

In 2008 she was a member of the victorious US team at the U18 North American Championships. In 2010 Springsteen was a member of the US junior national team at the Horses & Dreams horse show in Hagen am Teutoburg Forest . Two years later she had her first Nations Cup start in the senior riders age group: At the CSIO 5 * Gijón she was part of the US team with Vornado van den Hoendrik .

Shortly after the 2012 Olympic Games, her father bought her the team gold horse of the Briton Peter Charles , Vindicat W.

Springsteen trained with team Olympic champion Laura Kraut until May 2015 . Since then, she and her horses have been based at Jan Tops' facility in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.

Horses (excerpt)

current:
  • Cynar VA (* 2007), Zangersheide gray gelding, father: Clarimo, mother's father: Alcatraz, owner: Stone Hill Farm, taken over by Martin Fuchs (SUI) at the end of 2015
  • Davendy S (* 2003), bay Belgian mare, father: Kashmir van Shuttershof, mother's father: Pachat II, owner: Stone Hill Farm, taken over by Eugenie Angot (FRA) in mid-2014
  • Tiger Lily (* 2007), Oldenburg chestnut mare, father: Balou du Rouet, mother's father: Domino, owner: Stone Hill Farm, taken over by Massimo Grossato (ITA) in mid-2015
  • Volage du Val Henry (* 2009), French chestnut mare, father: Quidam de Revel, mother's father: Cassini I, owner: Stone Hill Farm, taken over in 2016 by Edwina Alexander (AUS) and Alberto Zorzi (ITA)
  • RMF Swinny du Parc (* 2006), bay French mare, father: Caspar, mother's father: Laudanum, owner: Rushy Marsh Farm LLC, taken over by Denis Lynch (IRL) at the end of 2016
  • RMF Zecilie (* 2007), bay Holstein mare, father: Acorado, mother's father: Canturo, owner: Rushy Marsh Farm LLC, taken over by Denis Lynch (IRL) at the end of 2016
  • Dutsboy (* 2008), bay KWPN gelding, father: Veron, mother's father: Lux, owner: Stone Hill Farm, taken over by Joy Lammers (NED) in mid-2014
  • Fleur de L'Aube (* 2005), bay Belgian mare, father: Thunder van de Zuuthoeve, mother's father: Alcatraz, owner: Stone Hill Farm, taken over by Tim Stockdale (GBR) at the end of 2016
former competition horses:
  • Vindicat W (* 2002), since 2012, previously ridden by Peter Charles , retired since 2017
  • Vornado van den Hoendrik (* 1998), bay BWP gelding, father: Darco, mother's father: Ramiro, owner: Stone Hill Farm, since 2010, retired since 2017
  • Lisona (* 2001), bay Irish Sport Horse mare, father: Obos Quality, mother father: Porsch, owner Stone Hill Farm, retired since 2015.
  • Wish (* 2003), bay KWPN mare, father: Numero Uno, since 2012, previously ridden by Catherine van Roosbroeck.
  • Temmie (* 2000), bay KWPN gelding, father: Matterhorn, mother's father: Indoctro, owner: Fam. Springsteen, since 2011, previously ridden by Rebecca Ravilious.
  • Cincinnati La Silla (* 2001), bay mare, father: Carry, mother's father: Acrobat II, since 2011, previously ridden by Laura Crooks and Sean Crooks.
  • Papillon
  • La Movida (* 1996), bay mare

successes

  • 2010: 3rd place in the individual ranking of the North American Young Rider Championship with Vornado van den Hoendrik
  • 2011: 3rd place in the World Cup competition in Lexington KY (CSI 4 * -W) with Cincinnati and 1st place in the Nations Cup of Young Riders from Lamprechtshausen (CSIOY) with Vornado van den Hoendrik with the US team
  • 2012: 1st place in the qualification for the Global Champions Tour stage in Vienna (CSI 5 *) with Vornado van den Hoendrik and 8th place in the Nations Cup in Gijón (CSIO 5 *) with Vornado van den with the US team Hoendrik
  • 2013: 3rd place in a World Cup competition in Wellington FL (CSI 2 * -W) with Vindicat W
  • 2014: 2nd place in a World Cup competition in Wellington FL (CSI 3 * -W) with Vindicat W , 3rd place in the final Grand Prix of the Winter Equestrian Festival (CSI 5 * Wellington FL) with Vindicat W
  • 2015: 3rd place in the Grand Prix of the 7th week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (CSI 5 * Wellington FL) with Vindicat W
  • 2019: 1st place in jumping for the Global Champions Tour in Saint-Tropez (CSI 5 *) with Zecilie

Web links

Commons : Jessica Springsteen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI): Jessica Springsteen. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Jessica Springsteen moves to the Tops stable , Equnews.de, May 24, 2015
  3. ↑ FEI Athlete Performance: Jessica Springsteen
  4. ↑ Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica buys London Olympics showjumping champion (9/2012)
  5. ↑ "Born in the USA": Daughter Jessica is the "Boss" in the saddle (9/2012)
  6. ↑ Olympic gold horse Vindicat goes to Jessica Springsteen (9/2012)
  7. ↑ Jessica Springsteen now in the Tops stable , Reiter Revue International , May 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Springsteen, Jessica
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Springsteen, Jessica Rae (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California