Alison Robitaille came within two seconds of winning this year’s Upperville Jumping Classic, the $213,000 finale to the prestigious Upperville Colt & Horse Show. But it was meaningful for the local rider nonetheless since this was her home show. A native Virginian, Alison has ridden on this turf all her life. She inherited her passion for horse sports and first made her mark on the U.S. Team when she was selected for the 1998 World Equestrian Games in Rome where she was the highest placed American rider at the tender age of 22. Since then she has been on the 1999 Pan American Games team in Winnipeg and at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where she represented the USET as the first alternate. Other career highlights include the winning Nations Cup Team and third in the Grand Prix in Buenos Aires in 2012. Alison has competed at five World Cup Finals, won more than 40 Grand Prixs and ridden on 25 Nations Cup team. Alison says the most important thing in her life now is being a mom to her two daughters, Ava and Zoe, and arranging her show schedule to fit in with them.

Host: Chris Stafford

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