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An impulsive birthday gift of riding lessons for a six-year-old and the
tender tutelage of an aging Appaloosa named Fred were the start of a
lifelong love of horses and riding for Lauren Kieffer.
Lauren was born and raised in a rural community of Southern Illinois
called Mt. Carmel, where she competed in local hunter/jumper and 4-H shows for many
years. At the age of 12, Lauren began training at an eventing barn in
Indiana. She competed her own horses as well as horses in training throughout
high school. In 2005, at the age of 18, Lauren began training with Karen
and David O'Connor in Virginia and Florida.
In 2005, Lauren was on the bronze-medal CCI* eventing team at the North
American Young Riders Championships. She competed on the Area VIII CCI**
team at the 2006 NAYRC. Also that year, Lauren won the Virginia CCI*, placed
7th at the Jersey Fresh CCI**, and placed 2nd and 4th at the Maui
Jim/Wayne CIC**. By then, she was the second-place Young Rider of the year,
according to the USEA Leaderboard.
This year, Lauren and her horse Snooze Alarm were selected to be on the
Developing Riders program, designed by the United States Equestrian Team
to begin training future team prospects. She also has plans to compete
in this year's Jersey Fresh CCI*** and the NAYRC CCI**, and to finish off
the year either at the Fair Hill CCI*** or Blenheim CCI***.
Lauren’s latest results:
Seneca Horse Trials
Training:
8th on Agent 99
Novice:
1st on Take Two
Surefire Horse Trials
Training:
2nd on Allstar
3rd on Agent 99
7th on Harbour Pilot
Novice:
5th on Take Two
Rocking Horse I
Novice:
4th on Take the Mick
Novice:
6th on Belle Luna
Rocking Horse II
Intermediate:
8th on Tigger Too
Intermediate:
8th on Snooze Alarm
Poplar Place
CIC***:
10th on Snooze Alarm
American Eventing Championships
Preliminary Horse:
1st on Walk the Moon
Wits End
Advanced HT:
3rd on Snooze Alarm
The Fork Horse Trials
Open Preliminary:
2nd on Walk On The Moon
Open Novice:
1st on Take the Mick
5th on Chocolat
8th on Belle Luna
Fair Hill Horse Trials
Junior/Young Rider Open Preliminary:
1st on Tigger Too
M.C.T.A. (Maryland Combined Training Association)
CIC***:
6th on Tigger Too
Young Event Horse (4-Year-Old Division):
6th on Take the Mick
Open Preliminary:
2nd on Walk on the Moon
Virginia Horse Trials
Open Novice:
2nd on Take the Mick
Novice Horse:
5th on Bella Luna
Open Training:
4th on Chocolat
Jersey Fresh CCI***
CCI***:
25th on Tigger Too
We also won the Markham Trophy
for highest-place Young Rider.
