KEP Hats are proud to sponsor Great Britain International Showjumper Nick Skelton and USA International Showjumper Laura Kraut

NICK SKELTON

Nick Skelton is a world-renowned show jumping rider whose career has spanned nearly 35 years, winning  more than 1,500 classes and well over £4m in prize money. A near-fatal injury forced Nick to retire in 2001 but he made an amazing recovery and he is once again at the very top of the prestigious sport of international show jumping. Nick Skelton’s brilliant horsemanship is demonstrated by the fact that no other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as well known and popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Gothenburg or Paris or Spruce Meadows.

LAURA KRAUT

For almost two decades, Laura Kraut has represented the United States in the Olympic Games, World Cup Finals, and Nation’s Cup teams. After a successful 2009 winter in Wellington, Florida, Laura and the horses returned to Europe for the summer. Kraut and Anthem has a successful start by winning the 2009 Grand Prix of Madrid, repeating their 2007 victory. Cedric will be Laura’s Nations Cup horse for competitions in La Baule, Rome, St. Gallen, Rotterdam and Aachen. 2008 was a remarkable year for Laura and her team. Kraut and Cedric competed in the US Olympic trials held in Wellington, Florida. As Cedric was only ten years old at the time, Laura entered him in the trials for the experience, but they went on to win and earn a place on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team. In August the pair traveled to Hong Kong and where Cedric continued to amaze everyone by winning the Team Gold Medal.