Hometown: East Aurora, N.Y. Birthday: 12/27/1994 Sport/Disciplines: Jumping
Charlotte Jacobs has been a up-and-coming talent within the U.S. Jumping pathway since her junior years. Jacobs attended the FEI North American Youth Championships from 2011-2013, earning team silver, and team gold, alongside an individual bronze in 2012 in the junior division, as well as collecting an individual silver in the young rider division in 2013.
In 2022, Jacobs made her Nations Cup debut for U.S. Jumping in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Lisbon CSIO3* in Portugal and FEI Jumping Nations Cup Madrid CSIO3* in Spain with Edocenta.
In 2023, Jacobs was called up to her first senior team, helping the NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team finish third in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada CSIO5* with Edocenta. Aboard Rincoola Milsean, Jacobs fininshed second in the $145,100 Meijer CSI3* Grand Prix during week one of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival.
The 2024 competition year proved to be a breakout season for Jacobs, who won the $35,000 Welcome Speed Cup CSI4* and placed third in the $225,000 Kentucky Invitational Grand Prix CSI4* with Rincoola Milsean. The duo went on to win the $200,000 CSI5* MLSJ Team Competition and the Odlum Brown Grand Prix 1.50m CSI4* in Vancover, B.C just a few months later. Jacobs and Rincoola Milsean notched another win in the $120,000 Agero Grand Prix 1.50m CSI3* in Traverse City, Mich.
Jacobs was named to the U.S. Jumping Team for the 2025 FEI Jumping Nations Cup in Wellington, Fla. She and Playboy JT Z showed the immense potential of their partnership, securing the third consecutive clear round in the first round for the team and ensuring the U.S. moved into the second round on zero faults. The pair were nearly foot-perfect in their navigation of the track in round two, finishing a hair over the time allowed of 69 seconds to add just a single time fault. They, alonside teammates Carly Anthony, Natalie Dean and Laura Kraut, secured the win for the U.S. on a team total of five faults.