Jessica Jo Tate-2003
Aspiring to Olympic Success!

Having ridden for most of her life, Jessica is inseparable from horses. She began dressage lessons in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin at age 7. Later, under the guidance of Charles de Kunffy, world-renowned dressage instructor, clinician and USAEquestrian judge, JJ had the opportunity to study dressage in Budapest, Hungary for two years with that country’s Olympic and World Cup finals competitor, Gyula Dallos. While in Europe she successfully competed at international competitions both at the CDI and national levels.

JJ was a member of the Region 2 Dressage Team at the North American Young Rider Championships in 1996, 1997, and in 1999 when they won the Silver Medal.

JJ has earned her United States Dressage Federation bronze, silver and gold medals in dressage. During 1999, JJ participated in the Pan American Games Selection Trials and is on the United States Equestrian Team Developing Riders List. Jessica Jo has published several articles in a variety of equestrian publications.

Since 2000, JJ has trained horses and riders, along with her co-head trainer Greta Pell, at their Wyngate Dressage Center in Walworth, Wisconsin during the spring through fall, and in Florida during the winter season. She gives clinics and trains students in several states, and is currently competing on several horses at the highest levels of dressage, including the Grand Prix. She has earned scores from esteemed judges in the high 60- to 70-percentiles at Intermediate II and Grand Prix on several different horses, including the imported Elite Hanoverian Stallion, FEI competitor Donavan, sire of breed show and performance champions. She has returned often to Hungary and Germany to continue her training and in 2002 began riding under Oded Shimoni, Israeli Olympian and World Cup competitor, both in the US and in Europe.

JJ prides herself on using classical dressage to ride and train all of her horses. She gets great pleasure in bringing dressage to riders of all ages and donates her time and talent to worthy causes.

JJ Tate seeks sponsorship to help her achieve her dream of representing the USA in the Olympics and other international competitions. For information on how one would help, please contact her directly, or, if she is overseas, through Candace Tate, at the Wyngate Dressage Center, 262-275-8595 or home, 262-275-2885; or through Wendy Costello, 262-243-9190 or doubleyou@wi.rr.com.