Hometown: Williston, Fla. Birthday: 5/21/1984 Sport/Disciplines: Dressage

By the time she turned 21, Nora Batchelder had already earned her United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals on horses she trained herself. She also has her USDF Gold Freestyle Bar. Based out of Williston, Fla., she is a Grand Prix trainer with her parents, Verne Batchelder and Jeanie Hahn, at River House Hanoverians, which she owns and operates with her family. Batchelder has qualified numerous horses at a multitude of levels for the US Dressage Finals, U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, Young and Developing Horse National Championships, and more. She competed at the North American Youth Championships and the USEF Young Adult “Brentina Cup” Young Adult National Championships. By 2018, Batchelder successfully debuted Faro SQF and Fifi MLW, her 10-year-old Hanoverian mare, in the CDI Small Tour in Wellington, Fla., where they earned several top-three finishes. She and Faro SQF have consistently placed in the top 10 at the FEI and national levels, winning their last four classes ahead of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. This will be Batchelder’s first continental championship.