Hometown: Wellington, Fla Birthday: 4/10/1975 Sport/Disciplines: Dressage

Katherine Bateson Chandler was a member of the U.S. team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, riding Jane Clark’s KWPN gelding, Nartan. She went on to represent the U.S. team at the FEI Nations Cup CDIO3* at Hickstead (GBR) in 2014 riding Welnetta, a 2003 Dutch mare also owned by Clark.

Bateson Chandler had a long and successful partnership with Clark’s 2005 Dutch gelding, Alcazar, who she rode at the FEI levels beginning in 2013 through 2023. The pair represented the U.S. at FEI Nations Cup competitions including the as part of the second-place team at CHIO Aachen (GER) in 2016, bronze medal-winning teams at Hickstead in 2017, Compiègne (FRA) in 2019, and Aachen in 2019. In 2020 and 2021, they helped the U.S. to the podium on home turf, winning first and second, respectively, in the FEI Nations Cups in Wellington, Fla.

With her own and Jennifer Huber’s 2012 KWPN mare, Haute Couture, Bateson Chandler has had top results at the CDI3* and CDI4* level at home and abroad, including wins at WEC Ocala in 2023, a second-place finish at Hartpury (GBR) in 2023, and at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Fla., in 2024.