The jumping community always knew Robert Ridland as a great rider, but now they also see him as the brilliant, strategic mind guiding the U.S. Jumping Team to unprecedented success. Ridland brings several decades of international experience, both as a rider and coach, to the Chef d'Equipe position.

As an athlete, Ridland competed in the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games and won several grand prix competitions throughout his riding career. Ridland has been extensively involved in the governance of the sport, including several terms as a board member of US Equestrian and the United States Equestrian Team Foundation.

Ridland's vast experience as an international course designer helped shaped his analytical approach to the sport. He won the Course Designer of the Year Award twice while building the courses for the U.S. Olympic Trials and numerous international competitions. As an international official, he was the only American to have served as the FEI Technical Delegate for four FEI World Cup Finals. As a television commentator, he worked for many years as the color analyst for ESPN and CBS, as well as two stints for NBC at the Barcelona and Athens Olympic Games.

Since being named the U.S. Jumping Chef d’Equipe/Technical Advisor in 2013, Ridland has led the U.S. team to team bronze medals at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and team gold at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, N.C. Under his guidance the team has medaled at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, 2019 Lima Pan American Games, and most recently secured team gold at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. The U.S. Jumping Team has earned three consecutive team silver medals in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and 2024 Paris Olympic Games. 

As a youth athlete, Bliss Heers trained under Hap Hansen in Southern California. In addition to competing on the North American circuit, Heers has been a successful competitor in Europe for many years with numerous top results in the Young Horse division. She splits her time between North America and Europe.

Heers has had major wins over the years, including The Hollywood Reporter Trophy at the 2014 Longines Los Angeles Masters and in 2015 the CSI3*at Herflumagle, Denmark, both with Contendra 22. Heers also won the 2015 3* Riders Cup Grand Prix at Herlflumagle with Cortina 179. Recent wins for Heers include the 2021 $50,000 Adequan^® WEF Challenge Round 4 CSI4*; the 2019 CSI3* Table A at Lier, Belgium; and the 2019 Spruce Meadows Continental CSI5* with Antidote de Mars.

Heers made her NetJets^® U.S. Jumping Team debut at the 2021 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*, where her double-clear rounds with Antidote de Mars helped the team claim top honors.

In 2022, Heers had a strong start to the season as a member of the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team in FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Knokke – Hippique CSIO5* with Antidote de Mars. She additionally earned a second-place in the CSI5* Vancouver – Langley BC Grand Prix with Goodbye. Heers and Antidote de Mars were third in the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Valkenswaard CSI5*, followed by a win in the San Miguel de Allende CSI5* Grand Prix. 

Heers started 2023 with a third-place finish in the $146,000 Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup – Round XII CSI5* with Antidote de Mars during week 12 of the Winter Equestrian Festival. The pair helped the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team win the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Mexico at San Miguel de Allende CSIO5*.

Michael Hughes has been a talented and committed young talent for the U.S. Jumping Team for the last several years, basing full time out of Europe and competing most recently for Stephex Stables. Hughes got his start in the U.S. under his father Eamon Hughes before training with Missy Clark and John Brennan at North Run. He was the indiviudal silver medalist in the Young Rider category at the North American Youth Championships in 2014 representing Zone 2, and also helped the team capture team bronze. Hughes also competed on the U.S. Jumping Young Rider team as part of the CSIOY in Wellington, Fla. in 2014, where the team won gold. 

Making the move to Europe in 2015, Hughes as continued to make a name for himself on the European circuit, capitalizing on competition opportunities from the CSI 1* level all the way up through the CSI 5* level. Hughes last represented the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at Rotterdam in 2018, and competed on two developing rider tour teams in 2017 in Slovakia. Currently, Hughes as several international mounts, including his top 5* horse, Kashmir Van D'oude Pastory. 

Brian Moggre started his competitive career in the jumpers, highlighted by a junior individual bronze medal at the 2016 FEI North American Youth Championship (NAYC) and team gold the following year as a young rider athlete, and team gold in 2017 and 2018 at the USEF Junior Jumper National Championships/Prix des States. Moggre continued his success in the equitation ring, winning the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals in 2018 and finished as reserve champion at the ASPCA Maclay Finals. 

In 2019, Moggre posted his first FEI grand prix win in the FEI Jumping World Cup CSI3*-W at Live Oak with his longtime partner, MTM Vivre Le Reve. He followed his performance up with wins in the 2019 Spruce Meadows Cardel Cup and the Friends of the Meadows Cup with MTM Flutterby, and in the National Horse Show CSI4*-W FEI Jumping World Cup with MTM Vivre Le Reve. Moggre was named to the team representing the U.S. at the 2019 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final CSIOY in Opglabbeek, Belgium, where he and MTM Los Angeles helped secure team gold. Moggre was the 2019 recipient of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation’s Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy. 

In 2020, Moggre was part of the winning U.S. team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* riding MTM Vivre Le Reve. The pair returned to Wellington in November 2020 to place second in the FEI $137,000 Noltrex®Vet CSI3* Grand Prix. 

In 2021, Moggre and Balou Du Reventon helped the U.S. team win the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*. Moggre partnered with MTM Vivre Le Reve to win the $50,000 Adequan WEF Challenge Round 12 CSI4* during week 12 of the Winter Equestrian Festival. 

In 2022, Moggre has had a strong season so far with a third-place finish in the $406,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix CSI5* with Balou du Reventon, in addition to anchoring the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team with the final trip in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5* in Knokke – Hippique aboard Balou du Reventon. 

Jessica Springsteen is a lifelong equestrian who started taking riding lessons at age five and has risen through the competitive international ranks to become an Olympian and one of the top jumping athletes for the U.S. She was a dominant force in the equitation ring in her junior years, winning the 2008 ASPCA Maclay Finals and the 2009 WEF Excellence in Equitation Championship.

As a jumper, Springsteen had early success as a member of the Zone 2 Young Riders team that won the silver medal at the 2010 FEI North American Youth Championships and as the individual bronze medalist at the same event. She represented the U.S. as part of FEI Nations Cup teams, including the winning teams in Dublin, Ireland in 2014, Palm Beach, Fla., and Wellington, Fla., in 2020, and Aachen, Germany in 2021.

In March of 2021, Springsteen was named to the NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team that won the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* with Don Juan van de Donkhoeve. In June, she rode RMF Tinkerbell to victory in the Hubside Jumping Grimaud-Gulf of Saint-Tropez’s CSI4* Grand Prix.

Later in 2021, Springsteen was named to the team for the Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, with Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, and helped bring home the team silver medal. She continued her banner year with wins at the €500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5* at the Brussels Stephex Masters riding RMF Zecilie in August and the CSI2* Grand Prix at Saint-Tropez in September riding Tiger Lily. Jessica Springsteen and Don Juan van de Donkhoeve helped the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team win gold in the the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup at CHIO Aachen.

In 2022, Springsteen competed as part of Nations Cup team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Knokke Hippique CSIO5* with RMF Zecilie. In the fall, Springsteen and Naomi Van Het Keizershof won the Elite Horse Transport 1.45m CSI3* at ESP Pre-Charity Horse Show.

In 2023, Springsteen and Naomi Van Het Keizershof were second in the CHF37,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty CSI4* during week three of the Winter Equestrian Festival. She was part of the winning team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of USA at San Juan Capistrano CSIO5* in with Don Juan van de Donkhoeve. The pair then won the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of London CSI5*.