Christine Traurig is the current Chef d'Equipe of the U.S. Dressage Team, as well as Technical Advisor and Development Coach for the program. Christine has been a part of the U.S. Dressage Pathway programs for more than a decade. 

Aside from coaching, Christine had a successful career as an athlete, representing the U.S. at the 2000 Olympic Games aboard Etienne, where they helped the team earn bronze. 

Traurig was named Chef d'Equipe in late 2023 and helped the U.S. Dressage Team earn team gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in her championship debut with the team. Traurig will lead her first Olympic team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as Chef d'Equipe.

In her youth career, Anna Buffini rode Sundayboy to wins in the FEI Young Rider Team and Individual Tests at the 2014 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. That same year, they were members of the gold-medal team at the FEI North American Youth Championships.

Buffini placed first and second in the 2016 USEF Young Adult Brentina Cup Dressage National Championship with Sundayboy and Wilton II, respectively. At the 2019 USEF Festival of Champions, she came back with Wilton II to win the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle 16-25 en route to becoming Brentina Cup Reserve National Champion.

In 2021, Buffini earned several top results early in the season with FRH Davinia la Douce, placing third in the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special CDI3* at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival Week 10 and third in the Grand Prix Freestyle CDI-W at AGDF 5. Buffini competed abroad for the first time, riding FRH Davinia la Douce at the Achleiten CDI4*, CHIO Rotterdam, and CHIO Aachen. At CHIO Aachen, Buffini made her senior team debut and finished fourth in the FEI Grand Prix Special. 

The following year, Buffini and FRH Davinia la Douce competed in their first FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final, finishing ninth in the Freestyle. They spent the spring competing in Europe, finishing second in the Achleiten CDI4* Grand Prix. In the fall, Buffini and FRH Davinia la Douce were second in the Grand Prix and Freestyle CDI-W at Desert Dressage II and III. 

In 2023, Buffini and FRH Davinia la Douce were second in the Grand Prix and Freestyle CDI-W at Desert Dressage IV. They headed to the East Coast and won to the Grand Prix and Freestyle CDI-W at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby. Buffini and FRH Davinia la Douce were sixth in the Freestyle of the FEI Dressage World Cup Final in Omaha. The pair then won the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special CDI3* at the Spring Benefit CDI.

Anna Marek is a professional dressage trainer and instructor based out of Reddick, Fla., in the Ocala area. Marek has earned FEI Grand Prix wins in the international arena throughout her career, with 43 international victories in nearly 200 starts.  

Since her international debut, Marek has collected numerous CDI3* wins on her mounts including Dee Clair, Duvel and Fire Fly. With Fire Fly, Marek helped the team earn silver in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup USA CDIO3* with The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team. After an impressive spring campaign, the pair were selected to represent the U.S. Dressage Team at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. In Marek’s senior championship debut, her and Fire Fly helped the team earn gold and took home individual bronze in the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle.  

With Fayvel, the partnership started with a handful of successful competitions at the Grand Prix level with their debut in 2023. Together, Marek and Fayvel won the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDI-W at WEC Ocala, and in 2024, the pair finished as the highest-placed U.S. combination on the final day of competition at the 2024 FEI Dressage World Cup Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  

Aboard Fire Fly, Marek was selected to represent The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team at the 2024 CHIO Aachen Dressage Nations Cup CDIO5* aboard Fire Fly. The pair were also selected to the U.S. Dressage Olympic Short List prior to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 

Marcus Orlob was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, and spent his youth riding and training under Hubertus Schmidt. He competed across Europe and debuted at the Grand Prix level at age 21. After working extensively in Europe and earning his Bereiter FN title from the German Riding School in Warendorf, Germany, he moved to the U.S. and began his own training operation. Orlob has successfully competed across all young horse levels with up-and-coming young horses, including wins at USEF Festival of Champions in the 5-year-old, 6-year-old, and Developing Grand Prix divisions. His current mount, Jane, owned by Alice Tarjan, is the first horse he’s competed at the Grand Prix level since 2019 with personal best scores recorded at the level.

Orlob was selected to represent the U.S. Olympic Dressage Team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with Jane, marking his first championships start and first Olympic Games for the U.S. Dressage Program. 

Endel Ots is an up-and-coming talent for the United States Dressage program, debuting at the CDI Grand Prix level in 2024 with Zen Elite’s Bohemian. Endel grew up on a farm in De Pere, Wisconsin, and began riding at age eight, finding a love for dressage early on. Throughout his career Endel has trained under some of the best eyes in sport and started his early career in Germany before relocating to Wellington full-time in 2011. He was named a reserve rider for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was selected to compete in his first championship for the program ahead of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Ots has earned top honors at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, a prestigious national championship competition, and represented the U.S. at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Dressage in 2015 and 2016.

Ots and Bohemian won the FEI CDI3* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby. The duo went on to win the CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle at Terranova Dressage 3 and contributed to the U.S. Dressage Team fourth place finish in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Aachen CDIO5*. Ots and Bohemian became the travelling reserve for the USA Dressage Team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.