John Williams
Discipline: Eventing, 4-Star Level
Hometown: Southern Pines, NC
Birth Date: April 4, 1965
Horses:

• Carrick, 13 y.o. TB cross gelding
• Sloopy, 13 y.o. TB gelding
• Sweepea Dean, 6 y.o. TB cross gelding
• Emmett Kelly, 5 y.o. TB cross gelding

Winner '04 Olympic Team Bronze
Winner '02 WEG Team Gold
FEI recognized “I” course designer
USEF recognized “R” course designer
Best Placed American at Burghley CCI**** '03 & ‘04
Chronicle of the Horse Horseman of the Year, Jan. ‘03

Sponsors: Charles Owen (hats & safety vests only), Pennfield Feed, Kentucky Equine Research
Boehringer Ingelheim (supplements)

John Williams is an equestrian from the United States of America, who competed for the USA on the
US Eventing team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning the bronze medal.

John and Outback Red competed in the 1991 Pan American Games, and was the winner of the
National DeBroke Championships in 1994. In 2002, riding Carrick, John finished in 2nd place at
CCI**** Lexington with less than a half point separating him from the winner. John was a member of
the Gold Medal team and finished 4th in the individual competition at the 2002 World Equestrian
Games, Jerez, Spain. In 2003, John earned a spot to compete for the USA at CCI**** Burghley,
finishing 4th with Carrick.

John has trained with many great eventers, including Jack Le Goff, James C. Wofford, and David and
Karen O'Connor. John is also a recognized Eventing course designer, and designed the 2005 American
Eventing Championship courses (novice to advanced).

Background

• Became a member of the U.S. National team member at the age of 23.
• Has been repeatedly named among the top ten in the USEA Rider of the Year rankings.
• Winner of 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Bronze Medal & 2002 WEG Team Gold Medal.
• Along with being a great eventer John is also a "R" Eventing course designer. Williams is
  building a reputation as a designer of cross-country courses for eventing testing. He has created
  courses in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New York and New Jersey, including Jersey
  Fresh, Pine Top (Georgia), Southern Pines and the 2005 American Eventing Championships to
  name a few.
• The gelding, Carrick, was purchased for $12,000 in 1996. He easily would fetch more than six
  figures were he for sale today
• Williams and his wife, Ellen, who is a groomer, are the sole caretakers of all of their horses
• Grew up in Mendon and competed in cross country skiing and track and field at Honeoye Falls-
  Lima
• The New York native graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology for American
  Craftsmen, where he studied woodworking and furniture design at the School for American
  Crafts.

Future Goals
(Broken down by mount.)

Carrick
(John's Olympic mount, Carrick, was the Performance Horse Registry Horse of the Year in 2004.)

• 2006 World Equestrian Games Team
• 2007 Pan American Games
• 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Sloopy

• 2006 World Equestrian Games Team
• 2007 Pan American Games
• 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Sweepea Dean

• 2006 ational Intermediate Championship
• 2007 Rolex Kentucky CCI****
• 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Emmett Kelly
(John's youngster enjoyed numerous wins and placings at the Novice Level during the 2005 season.)

• 2006 1-Star Championship
• 2007 USET National 3-Star Championship

Competition Record
2006

• Pine Top Spring Advanced Horse Trials, Advanced Test A, Section 3, 2nd place (Sloopy)
• Ocala Winter 1 Horse Trials, Open Training, 2nd place (Sweepea)
• Pine Top Winter II, Open Preliminary 1, 2nd Place (Sweepea)
• Rocking Horse Winter 1 Horse Trials, Open Preliminary B, 2nd Place (Sweepea)

2005

• Foxhall CCI***, 6th place (Sloopy)
• USEF National One-Star Eventing Championship, 1st place (Sweepea)

2004

• Olympic Games, bronze medal (Carrick)
• Rolex Kentucky CCI**** , 3rd place (Carrick), 16th place (Sloopy)
• Burghley CCI****, 18th place (Sloopy)
• Morven Park: Advanced Division II, 1st place (Carrick); Advanced Division I, 3rd place
  (Sloopy)
• Morven Park Spring Horse Trials, 1st place (Carrick)
• Pine Top Winter II Horse Trials, 1st place (Carrick)

2003

• Burghley CCI****, 4th place (Carrick), 18th place (Sloopy)
• Morven Park Horse Trials, 1st place (Carrick)
• Pine Top Farm Advanced Horse Trials: Advanced Division V, 1st place (Sloopy)

2002

• World Equestrian Games, Jerez, Spain, 4th place (Carrick)
• Team gold at the World Equestrian Games, Jerez, Spain (Carrick)
• Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event CCI****, 2nd place (Carrick)
• 6th Foxhall Cup CCI*** (Sloopy)

2001

• Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event CCI****, 12th place (Carrick)
• Burghley CCI****, 18th place (Carrick)
• Morven Park Spring Horse Trials, 4th place (Carrick)
• Fair Hill International CCI***, 8th place (Sloopy)

1999

• Selected to compete in Olympic Test Event, Sydney, Australia

1998

• Radnor CCI**, 5th place

1997

• Long-listed, European Championships

1996

• Winner Reserve National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI**

1995

• Winner Mid-Atlantic Horse Trials Series
• National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI**, 3rd place

1994

• Winner National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI**
• Winner National DeBroke Championships
• Long-listed, World Championships

1993

• Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, CCI***, 4th place

1992

• Long-listed, Olympic Games
• Checkmate CCI***, 8th place

1991

• Pan American Eventing Team Member, Chatsworth, GA
• Fair Hill International, 9th place

1988

• Winner National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI **