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.

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.

Ashley Holzer was a staple in the Canadian dressage community for nearly four decades. Her accolades as part of Team Canada include four trips to the Olympic Games (London 2012, Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, and Seoul 1988, where she won her team bronze medal) and as a three-time Canadian WEG competitor (Lexington, Ky., 2010; Aachen, Germany, 2006; and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, 2002).

In 2017, Holzer officially declared she would ride for the U.S. Dressage Team. With Havanna 145, she was part of the gold medal-winning team at the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ USA CDIO3* in Wellington, Fla. She repeated the feat the following year, assisting the team to a gold medal at the 2019 FEI Dressage Nations Cup USA CDIO3* with Valentine.

In early 2022, Holzer earned wins with Valentine in the FEI Grand Prix at Palm Beach Dressage Derby and in the CDI3* FEI Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special  at AGDF 11. She traveled to Leipzig, Germany, for the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final with Havanna 145, where they finished in the top 10 in both the FEI Short Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. With Valentine, Holzer was part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2022 FEI Dressage Nations Cup The Netherlands in Rotterdam, where they finished third individually in the Grand Prix and fifth in the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Kevin Kohmann grew up around horses in Germany and demonstrated talent at young age, winning a pony regional championship in 2002. Kohmann was recruited to the U.S. as a top young professional to work under several trainers. He developed difficult horses into willing mounts, his own skills to the Grand Prix Level, and his teaching skills, bringing along a successful string of students. Kohmann joined Diamante Farms in 2014 as a rider and trainer.

Kohmann took over the ride on Duenensee in 2023, and the pair quickly found success. They finished fourth in the CDI3* Grand Prix and third in the CDI3* Grand Prix Special during week 11 of the Adequan^® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). Kohmann and Duenensee were then second in the CDI3* Grand Prix and CDI3* Freestyle at the World Equestrian Center (WEC) - Ocala May Dressage Show. The pair headed to Europe for the summer and represented The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team at the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ Netherlands CDIO4*. Kohmann and Duenensee were named the first reserve combination for the U.S. Dressage Team for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games for their solid results. They closed out the year with CDI-W wins at TerraNova and WEC - Ocala. 

In 2024, Kohmann and Duenensee finished no worse than fifth during the AGDF, sweeping the CDI-W classes during week 8. They were members of The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team at the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ USA CDIO3*, earning team silver and individual gold in the Grand Prix Special.