Welcome to IPPOS

At IPPOS, we believe that sports, particularly equestrian sports, develop confidence, leadership and communication skills in girls and women. We celebrate our sport for allowing men and women to compete with and against each other. Despite this unisex approach in equestrian sports, women have been underrepresented in Olympic showjumping. As more and more woman athletes strive to achieve gender equality in sports, Angela Ruggiero, a senior International Olympic Committee member (four-time ice hockey world champion and Olympic gold medalist) said it best: “Having visible female role models is one of the most important things that we as an organization can do”.

We agree with Angela and as we head into the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, IPPOS would like to showcase our exceptional role models, our sponsored riders and brand ambassadors. They know that success in our sport is based on being prepared and centered. We start with featuring four of our show jumpers, all of whom are not just extremely talented athletes, but also outstanding female role models.

We asked each of them the following 10 questions about their riding experiences.

We hope you are as inspired as we were with the answers to our questions.

1. At what age did you begin riding, and what riding style did you begin with?
2. What is the best training tip you received from a trainer?
3. What is the worst training tip you received from a trainer?
4. What training technique is your go-to tool for preparing yourself and your horse(s) for a show?
5. What do you consider your biggest riding strength?
6. What has been your biggest riding challenge?
7. If you could ride anywhere in the world where would that be?
8. Do you cross train/trail ride with your horse(s)?
9. If you were to dress up your horse(s) for Halloween what would you both be?
10. What books on riding would you recommend?