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Chester Weber: Driven
Chester Weber is one of the most celebrated combined drivers
in history. The Ocala, Florida native was raised on his family’s
Live Oak Plantation and started driving competitively as a boy,
under the mentorship of Jimmy Fairclough. At 18, he became the
youngest driver named to a US team for the World Pairs Driving
Championships and in 2008, became the first American to win
Individual Silver at the Four-in-Hand FEI World Driving Championships.
He has twice consecutively won England’s Royal Windsor
CAI3* and the personal congratulations of Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II. Having earned three World Equestrian Games Silver
medals, 14 USEF Four-in-Hand National titles, and the number
one slot on the FEI World Rankings, he keeps an equally steady
hand guiding the direction of the horses and sport he loves,
serving on the USET Board of Trustees, USEF High Performance
Driving Committee, National Driving, Safety and Hearing Committees,
and Licensed Officials and Driving Technical Committees. He
is a driving force behind Live Oak International, which annually
showcases FEI level combined driving and show jumping in
Ocala at the family’s 5,000-acre Thoroughbred breeding farm,
Live Oak Plantation. Twice named a USEF Equestrian of Honor,
he always shares the spotlight with his horses, most famously
with Jamaica, who was named 2008 USEF Horse of the Year and
in 2013 was inducted into the EQUUS Foundation Hall of Fame.
We have the pleasure of turning the spotlight on Chester as he
readies for the CAI 2* Live Oak International, March 15-18.
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