RJ Classics Sponsored Riders

Sandy Ferrell is currently one of the top hunter riders in the country. She splits her riding between Bernville, Pennsylvania and Wellington, Florida. Her talent as professional rider and trainer has helped her to produce numerous championships in the hunter ring. Sandy prosperous career spurred her to create Royal Show Hunters Inc, where she specializes in taking horses to the top levels of the sport. She was named 2008 WCHR Professional World Hunter Champion Rider. Also Sandy has won multiple titles including 2008 winner of 3 WEF circuit champions, Winner of 3 champions at the Devon Horse Show. In 2009 she has competed aboard Showman to the Future World Hunter Championship at the Capital Challenge Horse Show.

Lauren Sprieser is a USDF Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist based in Northern Virginia. Since beginning her international career in 2003, Lauren earned Team Bronze and Team Gold at the North American Yong Rider Championships before breaking into the Grand Prix ring. She’s taken two horses to the USEF Brentina Cup National Championship for Young Adults and Grand Prix, including a win in the Young Rider Grand Prix test aboard Clairvoya at the 2009 Championships. Lauren looks forward to campaigning her Ellegra for the 2010 Brentina Cup and Victorious for the 2010 Developing Horse Championships for the 7-9 year old Prix St. Georges horses. www.laurensprieser.com

Kelly Sult is an up and coming event rider based out of Erie, PA.  She is currently competing in both training and preliminary levels. Her greatest accomplishments so far have been riding at the Rolex Kentucky 3-day 4* twice and placing 14th in 2008 and 27th in 2009. She also placed 3rd at Fairhill International 3* Championships in 2009 earning the title Under 25 Champion. She has won many prestigious events such as the Markham trophy for the highest placing young rider in 2007 placing 8th at the Fairhill International 3* Championships and also the silver medal from the 2007 North American Young rider 2* Championships. Also Kelly was on the Developing Rider Program for 2008. She is currently successfully competing Montgomery and Queen of Hearts. She is currently ranked 16th overall rider in the United States.

Callan Solem trains and competes at top-level hunters and jumpers out of Quiet Winter Farm based in Colts Neck, NJ. She has piloted to the win in numerous Grand Prix events up and down the East Coast including HITS Ocala, Saugerties, Fairfield, and Old Salem. She has competed internationally, with much success as well, in Brazil, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, and Spruce Meadows in Canada and was a member of the winning 2005 Super League Team. At last year's National Horse Show and Syracuse Sporthorse Tournament, Solem earned the Leading International Rider title and was first qualified for the Animal Planet Sporthorse Cup. She has also earned tricolors from Devon to Indoors in the professional hunter divisions. www.callansolem.com

Christan Trainor is an upper level event rider who competes and trains in North Carolina. To date her greatest riding accomplishments are being long-listed for the 2000 US Olympic Eventing Team and training the 2007 Pan American Gold winner and USEF Horse of the Year, Theodore O'Connor to the Advanced/FEI level prior to Karen O'Connor taking over the ride on the "super pony." Christan also has a Silver Medal from the 1998 North American Young Rider Championships, and was named to the USEF Developing Rider List in 2000. She currently competes the young stallion Theodore al Coda, full brother to Theodore O'Conner, her gelding All Purpose Brown, and several other talented horses for her clients. www.trainoreventing.com

Tamie Phillips is a top level jumper rider and trainer based in Strathmore, Alberta Canada where she operates Caragana Show Jumpers. During a fabulous 2005 season Tamie won the Chrysler Leading Canadian Rider Award at Spruce Meadows and was crowned the 2005 and 2006 Western Canada Kubota Cup Champion. Based on these remarkable achievements, Tamie was named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team Short List for the first time. In 2009 she saw a sensational string of victories at the Spruce Meadows indoor series and an astounding outdoor campaign. Tamie has since moved onto the international stage, with impressive results. Tamie currently competes on Lucas, a 13 year old Warmblood gelding, and Lerche 37, a 7 year old mare.

Samantha Schaefer resides in Westminster, Maryland and currently competes on the hunter/jumper circuit of the USEF. She earned many national titles on ponies as well as winning the USEF pony medal finals in 2006. In 2008 Samantha was the leading junior world championship hunter rider on horses, and rode Perfectionist, owned by Scott Stewart, to the Large Junior Hunter 15 and under Horse of the Year title. In 2009, Samantha placed 7th in her first grand prix at the age of 15 aboard Perle. Also in 2009, Samantha won the Washington International Horse Show Equitation championship and placed 4th in the USEF Medal Finals. She was also champion and reserve champion in the large junior hunters 15 and under at Harrisburg.

Michael Meller, owner of MMM Horseman, Inc. based out of Tiverton, Rhode Island and Wellington, Florida has a long list of successes in the equestrian world: he has won top ribbons at such events as the Prix de States, ASPCA Rolex/ Maclay, Rolex Talent Derby, Jr. Olympics, Grand Prix of Phoenix, Tucson, Virginia and Phoenix, Southwest Mercedes Benz Jumping Championships, Winter Equestrian Festival of Palm Beach, Pennsylvania International Horse Show, Washington International Horseshow, National Horseshow, Hampton Classic and the Devon Horse Show. He has instructed riders at all major national, and select international, horse shows. He and his clients have successfully campaigned prospects that he has imported from Europe in the Grand Prix, Adults, and Junior Jumper divisions in the “AA Rated” Show Circuit.