Lisa Wilcox

Home: Thousand Oaks , CA & Cloppenburg , Germany
Born: September 8, 1966

Lisa Wilcox is based in Germany at Gestut Vorwerk, an Oldenburg stud farm and rides and competes Gudula Vorwerk's stallions. She is currently training with Ernst Hoyos, a rider for the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria. Wilcox has also trained with four-time Olympic Gold Medalist Nicol Uphoff and U.S team coach Klaus Balkenhol.

In 2003, Wilcox helped the U.S. finish second in the team competition at Aachen where she also placed second individually on Relevant. She successfully placed second in the European Championships with a 77.04% in the Grand Prix.

In 2002, Wilcox and Relevant helped the U.S. dressage squad capture the team Silver Medal, marking the best finish ever for a United States dressage team in any World Championship or Olympic Games. Individually, Wilcox placed fifth with a 72.02%.

In 2001, Wilcox entered the top ten in the FEI rankings based on such accomplishments as winning the Grand Prix Championship with Relevant at CDI*** Zwolle, The Netherlands where she scored a 76.93% in the Grand Prix Freestyle. She was also second in the Grand Prix with Friedenfurst, owned by Merzdorf, with 71.68%. The following week at the Grand Prix at CDI*** in Dortmund, Germany, Wilcox placed third with Rohdiamant with a score of 72.74%. Wilcox became the first non-European rider to enter the top 10 of the BCM FEI World Dressage Rider Rankings. In November 2001, she moved from 10 th place to 5 th , thanks to her win of the Kur in Bremen and her good results in the Grand Prix and Kur of Dusseldorf.

Horse: Relevant 7 – Chestnut, stallion, 1991, Oldenburg
Royal Diamond, dapple grey stallion, Oldenburg
Owner: Gudula Vorwerk and Dr. Claus Crone-Munzebrock

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