Beezie & John Madden and Victoria Birdsall by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services

The Plaidcast

Piper speaks with Beezie and John Madden and Victoria Birdsall about their new business partnership and their plans for the future. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Beezie Madden is one of the top US show jumping riders and has set the standards for show jumping. She was the first woman to pass the $1 million mark in earnings, and in 2004, she became the first woman and American to reach the top three in the Show Jumping world-ranking list. Beezie is also the only four-time USEF Equestrian of the Year. In 2013, Beezie won the FEI World Cup Finals Champion in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2014, Beezie became the first woman to win the King George Gold Cup at Hickstead and became the first woman to achieve back to back victories when she won again in 2015. Beezie is an Individual Olympic Bronze Medalist and a member of the two gold medal U.S. teams from the 2004 & 2008 Olympic Games and a part of the U.S silver medal team in 2016. Beezie has 18 wins in Nations Cup competition and 8 World Cup Qualifier wins. Beezie became the first rider to win the $1 Million AIG HITS Grand Prix in all three locations.
• Guest: John Madden is a distinguished figure in international horse sport. Having started his career as a groom on the hunter/jumper circuit, and progressing into an assistant trainer role, in 1984 he founded John Madden Sales Inc, and has trained many riders and horses to Championship success. John has held multiple roles in USEF, and served as Vice President of the FEI, and FEI Jumping Director. He was recently named Chairman of the Board of Non-Executive Directors for the International Grooms Association. John is married to legendary USA jumper Beezie Madden.
• Guest: Victoria Birdsall started in the sport as a young rider competing in the ponies and progressed through the equitation and jumpers, training with Holly Hill Farm, Heritage Farm, and Frank, John & Beezie Madden. She graduated from Boston College in 2015 . Since then, she has honed her skills in the jumper ring, working for top professionals, such as Anne Kursinski and Ilan Ferder, competing young horses, sale horses, and grand prix horses up to the 5* level. For the past year, Victoria has worked and trained alongside Beezie and John Madden developing her own young horses and has recently announced that she will join the John Madden Sales, Inc.
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