Heather Morris

Heather, who grew up in California, represented the Area VI Young Rider Team in 1998 and 1999, bringing home Team Gold in 1999.  She then went on to finish 11th the following year at the inaugural Foxhall Cup CCI***, also winning the Markham trophy for the highest placed Young Rider.  Heather then went , in 2002, to work for past USEA President and U.S. Head of Selectors, Mike Huber, at his Gold Chip Stables in Bartonville TX. Then, in 2004, Heather tackled Rolex for the first time with Rebel Express.  But after a heart condition occured after XC, Rebel is now happily retired.  The following year, Genial was bought by Kambalda Land LLC, and he won a lot, including Preliminary Horse of the year and the CCI* at Galway in 2006, the CCI** at  Colorado Horse Park and Galway Downs in 2007. Then in 2008, Slate River was bought by The Team Express Syndicate. He was 2nd at The AEC’s, won 2 CIC**, was 2nd in a CCI**, won a CIC*** and was 11th at Fair Hill CCI***.  Then in 2011, he went on to finish Rolex CCI**** in 22nd and in 2012 tackled Rolex again. First Mark, owned by Lynne and Andy Partridge has also been very successful for Heather.  He won an advanced, was 2nd in his CIC*** and just recently finished 18th at Galways CCI***.  Heather has also won many achievements. She has been the only person to win the Amanda Warrington Grant twice, was given a grant as an up and coming rider to go watch Burghley and she has been on the Developing Riders list consistently the past several years.  Heather is still assistant trainer for Mike at Gold Chip Stables in Texas.