Hometown: Wellington, Fla Birthday: 11/26/1996 Sport/Disciplines: Jumping

As a junior rider, Spencer Smith competed at the FEI North American Youth Championships in 2012 and 2013 riding Skara Glen’s Voltan H and was the winner of the 2014 Pessoa/U.S. Hunter Seat Medal Finals. He competed as part of the winning U.S. Young Rider TeamNations Cup team riding IV Ever at WEF in 2015 where the pair also won the CSIOY Grand Prix.

Smith had a breakout year in 2018, representing the U.S. as part of a senior Nations Cup team for the first time in Rome. That same year he won his first Grand Prix at the CSI3* $132,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix during week 10 at the Winter Equestrian Festival aboard his Selle Français gelding, Theodore Manciais. The pair went on to win the 2018 $114,626 CSI4* Grand Prix in Valence (FRA) and the 2019 Massimo Dutti Trophy at the CSI5* at the Global Champions League in Madrid. In 2020, Smith and Theodore Manciais won the CSI5* 1.55m Grand Prix in Wellington, Fl.

Spencer Smith represented the U.S. at the CSIO5* 2021 Nations Cup Final in Barcelona where he and his mount Quibelle won. Later that year, Smith and Theodore Manciais won the CSI5* GCT/GCL in Samorin, Slovakia.

In 2022, Smith started the year off strong, winning the FEI $140,000 Southern Arches Grand Prix CSI3* at WEF aboard Ayade Hero Z. He then went on to win the FEI $37,000 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50m Championship CSI3* riding Picobello Full House Ter Linden Z.

Spencer Smith had continued success into 2023, winning the 1.20m Open Jumper Championship aboard Golden Star 38, the 1.30m Open Jumper Championship on Keenland, and the CSI4* $50,000 Adequan WEF Challenge Round 11 aboard Theodore Mancais.

In 2024, Smith started the year with a win at the CSI4* 1.40m at the World Equestrian Center with HHS Seattle. They then won the FEI 5* 1.40m Opener Two Phase at the American Gold Cup. The duo continued to shine, winning the CSIO5* Longines League of Nations. In August, Smith and Keenland represented the U.S. at the CSIO 5* Nations Cup in Ireland bringing home win.

Smith’s parents own and operate Ashland Farms, a hunter, jumper, and equitation stable with locations in Lexington, Ky., and Wellington, Fla.