NGP Riders
Our NGP riders represent talent from around the world, each bringing unique strengths and specialties to the sport. Together with their trusted teams, we’re committed to building sustainable, cohesive, and ethical careers that stand the test of time.
Based in Wellington, Florida, Taylor Cawley is one of the sport’s most accomplished junior riders. A product of a lifelong equestrian upbringing, she rose from the pony hunters to the FEI ranks with standout success. In 2024, Taylor captured both the USET Talent Search Finals and the ASPCA Maclay Finals, while earning second place at the Washington International Horse Show Medal Finals—a rare and defining sweep of the major equitation championships. In 2025, she continued her upward trajectory by training and competing across Europe against top international competition. Already holding her own against professionals, Taylor is firmly focused on representing the United States at championships and Nations Cup events on the world stage.
Ali Wolff is an accomplished professional show jumper based between Kentucky and Wellington, Florida, with experience at the 5* level. Turning professional in 2016, she quickly established herself internationally, spending significant time training and competing across Europe. Ali has represented the United States in multiple Nations Cups, including appearances in Mexico, Spain, England, Sweden, Portugal, and Argentina. She is also known for developing top horses, notably producing Casall from a 7-year-old to the highest level of the sport. Alongside her competitive career, Ali trains riders and horses and serves as a WEF 5* Grand Prix reporter, contributing to the sport both in and out of the ring.
Gia Rinaldi is an international show jumping athlete competing at the highest level of the sport. After a successful junior career in the U.S., she launched her professional career in Germany in 2018, gaining elite experience producing young horses and competing at major events including LGCT Monaco, Paris, Rome, and Valkenswaard. Gia earned two Young Rider Nations Cup victories before returning to the U.S., where she rapidly climbed the ranks at WEF with consistent 3* and 4* podium finishes. At just 22 years old, she won her first 5* Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows, followed by selection for her first Senior 5* Nations Cup* representing the United States in Xalapa, Mexico. From 2023–2025, Gia competed for Ashford Farm in Belgium, securing six Grand Prix wins and numerous top placings up to 5* level. Now back in the U.S., she remains a consistent top-level contender while producing the next generation of elite horses.
Taylor Kain is an internationally accomplished professional who began her career as a standout catch rider in the hunter and equitation rings before turning professional in 2008. Her career spans all facets of the sport, from developing young jumpers to preparing top hunters. In 2016, Taylor co-founded Horseshoe Bend Sales with her husband, Geoff Case, launching a successful international operation. In 2023, the program relocated from Wellington, Florida, to Ommen, Netherlands, with operations now spanning the Netherlands and Spain. Recent highlights include a team podium finish at the CSIO 3* Vejer de la Frontera (2024) and a Senior Nations Cup appearance at the 5* League of Nations Abu Dhabi (2025), underscoring her continued presence at the top level of the sport.
Originally from Santa Monica, California, Zazou Hoffman rose from an elite junior standout - earning the Ronnie Mutch Working Student Scholarship, winning the 2009 ASPCA Maclay Championship, and placing top 10 at every major equitation final - to a successful international Grand Prix rider and trainer. A Cum Laude UCLA graduate, she joined MeadowGrove Farm full-time in 2014. Under the guidance of Dick Carvin, Francie Steinwedell Carvin, and Susie Schroer, she progressed to represent the United States in Nations Cup competitions, including the 5* Spruce Meadows Masters. Zazou went on to secure marquee wins such as the 5* Spruce Meadows AON Cup and multiple 3* Grand Prix victories. From 2021–2024, Zazou trained and competed in Europe with Jos Lansink and Mathijs van Asten, earning consistent top finishes in 3* and 4* Grand Prix events and developing top-level young horses. Now a partner at MeadowGrove, she focuses on producing riders and horses for sustained success at the highest levels of the sport.
Nora Nauss began riding at a young age in Minnesota, where she built a strong foundation before steadily progressing through the ranks of the sport. In 2023, she joined Team Welles in Wellington to further her development. Since then, Nora has competed successfully in U25, Grand Prixs and FEI 2* classes, while playing a key role in bringing young horses through the ranks from early development to top-level competition. Her career highlights include winning the National Grand Prix in Traverse City in 2023, earning top placings at Spruce Meadows, and capturing the 6-Year-Old Young Jumper Final at WEF in 2025. Nora’s long-term goals are centered on developing young horses to their full potential and producing them for success at the highest levels of the sport, as well as representing Team USA in Nations Cups and championship competitions.
Taylor St. Jacques is an accomplished rider whose career spans hunters, equitation, and jumpers at the highest levels of the sport. A dominant junior, she earned top honors at the Devon Horse Show, ASPCA Maclay Finals, WIHS Equitation Finals, USEF Pony Medal Finals, and the Young Riders Championships. She is the only rider to have won every equitation class at Devon and consistently stood on the podium at the sport’s most prestigious finals.
Taylor graduated cum laude from Auburn University, where she competed on the Auburn Tigers equestrian and built one of the most decorated collegiate careers in NCEA history. During her time at Auburn, she earned two National Championships, three SEC Championships, set the record for most career MOP awards, and became the program’s all-time leader in flat wins.
Today, Taylor focuses on producing and developing horses for the top levels of the sport, with the long-term goal of representing Canada in Nations Cups and championship competition.
Alicia Gadban-Henaut is an internationally accomplished Canadian show jumping professional competing at the senior level and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her career spans national championship success and international team representation, marked by steady progression through the upper ranks of the sport. After beginning her professional career with Oz Incorporated in Oregon and further refining her experience in England under Olympic gold medalist Peter Charles, Alicia transitioned into senior international competition. In 2021, she won the Canadian Show Jumping Championship in Calgary, Alberta. The following season, she made her senior championship debut representing Canada at the Longines Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain, and went on to compete in CSIO events across Europe, North Africa, and North America at the CSI5* level.
Alicia holds a business degree specializing in equine management from the University of Guelph and, alongside her husband Guillaume, co-founded and operates Forever Horses out of her family’s training facility in British Columbia. She focuses on producing horses and riders for sustained success at the highest levels of the sport, with long-term ambitions of continued Nations Cup and championship representation for Canada.
Jacob Pope is a professional equestrian competing at the highest levels of both Hunters and Jumpers. Since turning professional in 2017, he has built a dynamic international career marked by major Grand Prix victories, Nations Cup team wins, and consistent success in elite hunter competition. In the jumper arena, Jacob has represented the United States on multiple FEI Nations Cup teams, earning podium finishes in Denmark and Norway in 2023, Spain and Portugal in 2024, and securing team victories in Denmark (2023) and Traverse City (2025). Individually, Jacob captured Grand Prix wins in Traverse City (2022) and Wellington (2025), earned a podium finish in a 2025 World Cup Qualifier (3rd place), and competed as a Major League Show Jumping Team member on the North American Tour in Mexico (2023). Equally accomplished in the hunter ring, Jacob is a three-time winner of the International Hunter Derby in Traverse City (2019, 2022, 2024), demonstrating his rare versatility across disciplines and consistent excellence at premier competitions. Based in Wellington, Florida Jacob owns and operates a highly successful training and sales business specializing in the development and competition of top hunters and jumpers. World ranked and competing regularly on both the national and international stage, he continues to produce elite equine talent while maintaining his position as a leading contender in the sport.
Hayley Barnhill is an accomplished American rider with success in hunters, equitation, and international show jumping. As a junior, she won both the ASPCA Maclay National Championships and the Pessoa/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals. After turning professional in 2012, she went on to earn numerous victories and championships in the professional hunter divisions along with many Hunter Derby wins, and competed up to the 5* level before joining the international jumper circuit in Europe. There she worked with leading riders including Nelson Pessoa, Eric Lamaze, Laura Kraut, and Nick Skelton, earning wins across Europe and on the Longines Global Champions Tour.
Today, Hayley operates her own program with a select group of horses, including several she has bred herself, focused on horsemanship and the training, development, and sale of quality horses while also training junior and amateur riders for success in the show ring.
Eleanor Rudnicki is a professional rider at Brookside Pine Farms. Originally from Houston, Texas, she is based in Wellington, Florida during the winter season and Lexington, Kentucky in the summer.
As a junior, Eleanor finished top three at all major equitation finals, highlighted by a win at the 2025 USET Finals East, along with tricolors in the Junior Hunters at Devon and Indoors. Now competing professionally in the hunter and international jumper rings, she has earned results in U25 and CSI2* classes while also developing young horses and helping the next generation of riders.