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 the Ocala, Fla., area. Marek has earned Grand Prix wins in the international arena, beginning with the CDI3* FEI Grand Prix Freestyle at the Adequan^® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) and at the Kentucky Dressage Association in 2013 with Unico G.

With Dee Clair, Marek earned top-three finishes at the Grand Prix level at the AGDF every year from 2017 to 2021. In 2019, Marek and Dee Clair were the reserve champions in the USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. In 2020, the pair made their Nations Cup debut and helped The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team secure gold at Stillpoint Farm FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ USA.

In 2023, Marek and Duvel were members of The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team that won silver in FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ USA CDIO3*. With Fire Fly, Marek scored CDI3* wins at the WEC – Ocala. The pair was selected for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games where they earned team gold and individual bronze.

After a successful winter season at home in Florida at the start of 2024, Marek traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to make her FEI Dressage World Cup Finals debut riding Fayvel.

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.