Chris Kappler

Chris Kappler (born February 9, 1967) is an American show jumper and horse trainer. He grew up in Barrington, Illinois, began riding at age nine, and was discovered by George Morris, for whom he worked for almost 25 years at the Hunterdon stable. As a junior he placed second in the USEF Medal Finals, third in the ASPCA Maclay Finals and second in the USET Talent Search Finals. Riding Royal Kaliber, he won team gold and individual silver at the 2003 Pan American Games and again at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in 2003 the United States Equestrian Federation named him Equestrian of the Year. He has won over 100 Grand Prixs, including the American Invitational and the American Gold Cup three times each, and he is a founder of the North American Riders Group. By 2018 he had stopped competing to focus on training horses and riders and teaching clinics.