Since 1883

National Horse Show

The

history

In 1883, the National Horse Show was founded in New York by a group of influential sportsmen at the original Madison Square Garden. In 1933, The first National Horsemanship Championship for the ASPCA Alfred B. Maclay Trophy was held. In 2011, the National Horse Show moved to the Kentucky Horse Park, and the National Horse Show began hosting the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping in 2015. In 2018, the NHS held the inaugural Hamel Family Foundation 3’3” Equitation Championship, and in 2019, went on to hold the inaugural THIS NHS Adult Equitation Championship.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The National Horse Show Association of America, Ltd. is spearheaded by a very distinguished group with extensive business experience and passion for the equestrian industry. This group represents the leaders of international corporations, professional businessmen and women, and owners of the top show horses in the world.

WILLIAM H. WEEKS

Chairman

Jennifer Burger

President

Cindi Perez

Vice President

Samuel A.B. Boone

Treasurer

Amanda Pollack

Secretary

KRISTEN HAMEL

Executive Member

Board members

Blair Balmer
Samuel A. B. Boone
Clementina Brown
Jennifer Burger
Stephanie Danhakl
Rob Gray
Kristen Hamel
Louis Jacobs
Melissa Jacobs
Wendy Janesky
Margaret Jewett
Meredith Lipke
Suzanne Thoben Marquard
Ernest M. Oare
Cindi Perez
Amanda Pollack
Kimmy Risser
Katie Robinson
William H. Weeks

Past presidents

1957 -1961 – Wm. Joshua Barney
1963-1969 – Walter B. Devereux
1970-1971 – Wm. Joshua Barney
1972-1973 – Woodrow G. Gatehouse
1973-1975- Theodorus V.W. Cushny
1991-1993 Mrs. Kenneth W. Wheeler
1994-1995 – Julian B. Heron, Jr.
1996-2003 – Alan F. Balch
2004- 2007- Eugene R. Mische
2008-2015 – Mason Phelps, Jr.
2016-Present – Jennifer Burger

Past presidents

1883-1908 – Cornelius Fellowes
1909-1914 – Alfred G. Vanderbilt
1915- 1916- Edward T. Stotesbury
1917 – 1918 – James McLean
1919-1921 – Robert A. Fairbaim
1922-1924 – Alfred B. Maclay
1925-1931 – John McEntree Bowman
1932- 1937 – J. Spencer Weed
1938- 1946 – Amory L. Haskell
1946-1948 – Whitney Stone
1948-1954 – Alfred G. Tuckerman

Previous winners

The National Horse Show has hosted some of the world’s best horses and riders since its inception in 1883. A proving ground for Olympians and World Champions, the National Horse Show Grand Prix and Equitation Championships have been won by some of the most legendary equestrians and equine athletes in history.
YearEventRiderHorse
2023$226,000 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonShane SweetnamJames Kann Cruz
2022$213,300 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonDaniel BlumanLadriano Z
2021$213,300 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonKent FarringtonGazelle
2020$213,300 National Horse Show Grand Prix CSI4*Devin RyanEddie Blue
2019$225,000 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonBrian MoggreMTM Vivre Le Reve
2018$250,000 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonBeezie MaddenChic Hin D Hyrencourt
2017$250,000 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonDenis LynchRMF Echo
2016$250,000 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonKent FarringtonVoyeur
2015$250,000 Longines FEI World Cup‚Ñ¢ Jumping LexingtonKent FarringtonVoyeur
2014$250,000 Canadian Pacific Grand Prix CSI4*-W, presented by the Harrison FamilyBeezie MaddenCortes C
2013$250,000 Alltech Grand Prix CSI-W 5* presented by LIFEFORCE ELITEKatie DinanNougat du Valley
2012$250,000 Alltech Grand Prix benefitting the USET FoundationMclain WardAntares F
2011$250,000 Alltech National Horse Show Grand Prix CSI-WRichard SpoonerCristallo
2010$100,000 Detwiler Fenton FEI World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse presented by G&C FarmMargie EngleIndigo
2009$100,000 Budweiser FEI World Cup Qualifier of SyracuseDarragh KennyObelix
2008$100,000 Budweiser FEI World Cup Qualifier of SyracuseChristine McCreaVegas
2007$75,000 World Cup Grand Prix of SyracuseMclain WardPhillipa
2006$50,000 Rolex/ USEF National Show Jump Ch/ WCQ/ CSI-WMclain WardSapphire
2005$100,000 Lexus NHS Jumper Championship CSI-W /WCQJaime GuerraSanta Teresita Power Point
2004$100,000 Lexus NHS Jumper Championship CSI-W /WCQMclain WardQuick Star II Z
2003$100,000 NHS Jumper Championship CSI-W / WCQMargie EngleHidden Creek's Perin
2002$100,000 NHS Jumper Championship CSI-W Presented by Adequan/ WCQLauren HoughClasiko
2001$150,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New York CSI-W/ WCQLauren HoughWindy City
2000$125,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New York CSI-WRich FellersStealth Sprenger
1999$75,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New York Presented by Range Rover / WCQLeslie Burr HowardClover Leaf
1998$50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New York / WCQPeter LeoneCrown Royal Legato
1997$50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New York / WCQMcLain WardAmity
1996$50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New York /WCQ/AGASusan HutchisonAmerica 1
1995$50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New Jersey/WCQ/AGAIan MillarMistral
1994$50,000 Budweiser Grand Prix of New Jersey/WCQ/AGAAlois Pollman-SchweckhorstHauser's Bangui Del Fol
1993$100,000 International & Open Jumper GP of NY/WCQ/AGATim GrubbDenizen
1992$50,000 Grand Prix of New YorkDarlene SandinAlley Oop
1991$100,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New YorkJeffrey WellesSerengeti
1990$100,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New YorkHerve GodignonMoet & Chandon Quidam
1989$50,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New YorkBeezie (Patton) MaddenNorthern Magic
1988$50,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New YorkGreg BestGem Twist
1987$50,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New YorkIan MillarBig Ben
1986$40,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New YorkIan MillarBig Ben
1985$35,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New York/AGAJoe FargisTouch of Class
1984$35,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New York/AGANick SkeltonApollo II
1983$25,000 Mercedes Grand Prix of New York/AGALeslie Burr HowardAlbany
1982$25,000 Open Jumper Mercedes Grand PrixBarney WardGlandor Akai
1981$15,000 Open Jumper Mercedes Grand PrixDonald CheskaSouthside
1980$10,000 Carte Blanche Grand PrixRodney JenkinsSecond Balcony
1979$10,000 National Horse Show Open Jumper GPBernie TraurigEadenvale
1978$10,000 National Horse Show Open Jumper GPConrad HomfeldBalbuco
1977$10,000 National Horse Show Open Jumper GPMichele McEvoyNight Murmur
1976$10,000 National Horse Show Open Jumper GPBernie TraurigThe Cardinal
1975$10,000 National Horse Show Open Jumper StakeRodney JenkinsNumber One Spy
1974$10,000 National Horse Show Grand PrixBernie TraurigJet Run
1973$10,000 NHS 90th Anniversary Open Jumper StakeMichele McEvoySundancer
1972Grand Prix of New YorkFrank ChapotGood Twist
1971Grand Prix of New YorkRobert RidlandAlmost Persuaded
1970Grand Prix of New YorkHans Gunter WinklerTerminus
1969Grand Prix of New YorkHugo ArrambideAdagio
YearRider
2023Carlee McCutcheon
2022Augusta Iwasaki
2021Zayna Rizvi
2020Dominic Gibbs
2019Ava Stearns
2018Sam Walker
2017Madison Goetzmann
2016Hunter Holloway
2015McKayla Langmeier
2014Victoria Colvin
2013Lillie Keenan
2012Jacob Pope
2011Sarah Milliren
2010Hayley Barnhill
2009Zazou Hoffman
2008Jessica Springsteen
2007Kimberly McCormack
2006Maggie McAlary
2005Brianne Goutal
2004Megan Young
2003Mathew Sereni
2002Erin Stewart
2001Brian Walker
2000Avery Dimmig
1999Emily Williams
1998Erynn Ballard
1997Keri Kampsen
1996Lauren Bass
1995Megan Johnstone
1994Leslie Fishback
1993Kelley Farmer
1992Nicole Shahinian
1991Peter Lutz
1990Lauren Kay
1989Raymond Texel
1988Christy Conard
1987Stacia Klein
1986Scott Hofstetter
1985Steve Heinecke
1984Francesca Mazella
1983Linda Kossick
1982Peter Wylde
1981Lisa Castelucci
1980Laura Tidball
1979Gary Young
1978Michael Sasso
1977Francie Steinwedell
1976Colette Lozins
1975Katharine Burdsall
1974Alex Dunaif
1973Michael Patrick
1972Leslie Burr
1971Anna Jane White
1970Fred Bauer
1968Brooke Hodgson
1967Conrad Homfeld
1966Debbie Wilson Jenkins
1965Chrystine Jones
1964Lane Schultz
1963Wendy Mairs
1962Carol Altman
1961Bernie Traurig
1960Mary Mairs
1959Hank Minchin
1958Wendy Hanson
1957J. Michael Plumb
1956Barbara Friedemann
1955Wilson Dennehy
1954Ronni Martini
1953Glena Lee Maduro
1952George Morris
1951G. Baker Schroeder Jr.
1950Mary Gay Huffard
1949Myrna Davis Felvey
1948Charlotte Hanlon
1947Frank Chapot
1946Elaine Moore
1945Nancy Dean
1944Alice Babcock
1943Anne Morningstar
1942William P. Dunn III
1941William C. Steinkraus
1940James Thomas Jr.
1939Hugh Dean
1938Archie Dean Jr.
1937Walton Perry Davis Jr.
1936Ellie Wood P.K. Baxter
1935Lillian M. Chambers Lindemann
1934Elizabeth Hyland Maloney
1933Audrey Hasler Chesney
YearRider
2023Eryn Stanton (18 to 24) and Sara Wytrzes (25 & Over)
2022Eva Bernstein (18 to 24) and Julie Hogan (25 & Over)
2021Madison Olvert (18 to 24) and Claire Stevenson (25 & Over)
2020Madison Sellman
2019Elizabeth Chenelle
YearRider
2023Maggie King
2022Juliette Earley
2021Rylynn Conway
2020Caroline Tinsley
2019Eleanor Rudnicki
2018Dominic Gibbs