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Name : Nayel Nassar Nationality : Egyptian Birthdate : January 21, 1991 Education : BA – Economics, Stanford University, CA Languages : Arabic, English, French, and German

Number of years in the Show Jumping Sport: 17 years.

Horses Owenership;

Current String of Show Jumping Horses:

- Raging Bull Vangelis S: Belgian Warmblood Stallion, 15 years old - Lordan: Hannovarian Gelding, 9 years old - Dunsoghly Junior: Irish Gelding, 11 years old - Baraka: Oldenburger gelding, 6 years old (Lordan’s brother) - Alva: Holsteiner Warmblood mare, 5 years old - Zayn: Holsteiner gelding, 4 years old

Young Horses: - Ophelio: 3 year old gelding, Hannovarian, Germany - Cordina Z: 2 year old mare, Zangersheiden,Germany - Layaly: 3 year old mare, Holsteiner, Germany HOME X PERSONAL DATA

- Mada: 2 year old mare, Holsteiner, Germany - Menna: 1 year old mare, Zangersheiden, Germany - Hedaya: 1 year old mare, Westphalian, Germany

Brood Mares: - La Paloma: Holsteiner, Germany - Amazon: Hungarian, Hungary - Ploy R: Westphalian, Germany

Coaches; - Self: Current and for most of the last two years except during the World Cup Final in Sweden, April, 2013 - : Holland - : USA - : Belgium - Jorg Naeve: Germany - Markus Beerbaum: Germany - Noaf Al-Eassa: Kuwait

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Current Longines Ranking: 95 (1st Egyptian, 4th Arab)

Qualified for World Cup Final 2013 by winning U.S.A. West Coast League Currently leading World Cup West Coast League 2013-2014 Qualified for WEG 2014 as individual

Grand Prix Results 2013: 1st $1 million Saugerties Zoetis Grand Prix, NY 1st CSI 2*W Del Mar, CA 2nd CSI 2*W GP at Thunderbird, Langley, Canada 2nd CSI 2*W GP at Thunderbird, Langley, Canada 1st/3rd CSI 2*W Thermal week 4, CA 2nd CSI 2*W Thermal week 3, CA 5th CSI 5* Gothenburg Trophy at WC final, Sweden 2nd CSI 5* Speed Final, Gothenburg, Sweden 3rd CSI 5* Agria Prix at WC Final, Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd CSI 2* GP of Drammen, Norway 2nd CSI 3* GP of Outdoor Gelderland, Holland 2nd CSI 3* GP of Ommen, Holland 6th CSI 3* GP of Bonheiden, Belgium

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Grand Prix Results 2012: 1st CSI 2* Dianne Tidball Legacy GP, Thunderbird 3rd CSI 2*W Canaccord Genuity GP, Thunderbird 1st CSI 5* Progress Energy Cup, Spruce Meadows 1st CSI 2*W at LA International Horse Show 1st Welcome GP, Sacramento CA 3rd CSI 5* Pepsi Challenge, Spruce Meadows 1st Overall Artisan Farms Young riders series, WEF Florida 1st CSI2* GP of Abu Dhabi, UAE 5th CSI 5* TD Cup, Spruce Meadows

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College Bound After Nassar graduated from the American School of Kuwait in 2009, he left his home country for America and the sunny beaches of California to pursue a degree in economics from Stanford. Nassar says his choice of school allowed him to keep riding. “I got lucky,” he says. “My brother had to stop riding when he went to USC (the University of Southern California) and couldn’t find a place to ride. Stanford has a stable.”

During his freshman year, Nassar brought along one of his mares from Kuwait to help keep him in riding shape. But this past summer, Nassar sold all of his horses and rebuilt his stable from scratch. Then he took a quarter off from school to get to know his new mounts and compete in Europe before returning to Stanford in the winter.

“I rode in the Middle East, did the Pan Arab Games, and I rode in Europe a little bit,” Nassar explains. “It was a great experience.” Nassar received a team silver medal and at those Pan Arab Games, one of the proudest accomplishments of his young career. “I had a time fault that kept me out of the jump-off for individual gold,” Nassar remembers. BACK HOME X SOME ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS Calm, Cool and Collected: Nayel Nassar's Breakout Winter Circuit (…continue )

Three is a Magic Number Nassar’s string of horses consists of three talented jumpers, all of which he has been showing for less than a year. His main horse is Raging Bull Vangelis S, a 14-year-old Belgian Warmblood that he purchased from Robert Smith, who rode the stallion to numerous wins, including the 2008 CSI 5* Nations Cup in Dublin, Ireland. Nassar acquired Vangelis this past July and rode him in his first Grand Prix just two short months later. “I bought him and took him straight to the show,” Nassar explains. “It went very quickly. We placed in our first three or four grand prixs together.”Those classes included the Sires of the World Grand Prix at the Young Horse Championships, the 3* Kiel Baltic Horse Show, a 3* Grand Prix in Denmark, and the Pan Arab Games.

In the barn, Vangelis is known as a “food junkie,” notorious for ravenously diving for hay at a moment’s notice. Although Vangelis may be getting up there in age, Nassar is very happy with the way he is going. The stallion still has plenty of spunk.

Second in line is Lordan, an eight-year-old Hanoverian gelding. Although Nassar purchased Lordan almost two years ago, he just began working with the horse this past summer due to a tendon injury that Nassar believes the gelding sustained in a trailer ride. Nassar brought Lordan back slowly and just began showing him seriously this winter. “He’s young, so he’s still pretty green and spooky,” Nassar says. “He likes to look around everywhere while on course. You have to stay on top of him.” BACK HOME X SOME ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

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But Lordan showed no fear while tackling the challenging courses of the Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series this circuit. The gelding led Nassar to the overall title, and he placed in his first 1.50 class in Week 12, jumping to 7th of 40 riders in the $32,000 Suncoast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic.

“It just shows how much potential he has,” Nassar says. Rounding out the group is Dunsoughly Junior, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, who Nassar says is coming along slowly. The gelding can be a challenge to ride. “He’s straight like an arrow,” Nassar says, “but just really strong.”

Nassar is considering selling Junior for a younger horse, but he has no plans to add to his stable without taking away. “Three’s a good number,” he says. “The plan is to have one horse to bring up, one Grand Prix horse, and hopefully a third horse that can take a little pressure off the grand prix horse.”

Not Your Average Commute Nassar makes a six-hour commute each and every time he shows at the Winter Equestrian Festival. Three days of classes at Stanford precede either a Wednesday or Thursday night flight from California to Fort Lauderdale, FL, followed by a one-hour drive to Wellington. “It depends on whether I have to qualify for the Grand Prix,” Nassar explains. “If I need to ride in the qualifier, I’ll fly out Wednesday night, get here Thursday morning on the red eye, and compete Thursday afternoon.” Then it’s back to Stanford Sunday night, where he gets in around midnight. Nassar may be sleep deprived, but it’s impeded neither his schoolwork nor his riding. BACK HOME X SOME ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

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“I’ve been doing it (school and riding) for a while,” Nassar says. “Even in high school I would travel a lot for the Arab League horse shows. I try to do as much work as I can while I’m there (at Stanford) and focus on riding while I’m here (in Wellington).”

While Nassar is attending class in California, his groom of 10 years, Linda, rides his horses, keeping them fit and getting them the proper exercise. Occasionally, Nassar’s trainer, prominent show jumper Laura Kraut, will get on if his horses are in need of a tune-up.

This is Nassar’s first year training with Kraut. Previously, he trained with Marcus Beerbaum and Jörg Naeve, a well-known horseman who sold Carlo 273 to . Naeve recommended Kraut to Nassar when he realized he wouldn’t be able to make the trip from Europe to Wellington.

One may wonder while Nassar didn’t contest HITS Thermal, the major winter circuit in California, to shorten his commute. The deciding factor that led to his Wellington travels relates to quarantine.

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Calm, Cool, and Collected The secret to Nassar’s success may be his laid back attitude in the saddle. With such a demanding schedule, it can be easy to get overwhelmed, but Nassar says the greatest lesson he’s learned this circuit is to keep his cool.

“You just have to take a step back and put things in perspective,” Nassar says. “It’s really easy to get upset or stressed out. But you just have to go out there and do what you do every week.”

An inherently competitive drive also fuels Nassar to reach new heights in the sport. Despite all his success this circuit – his very first circuit in Wellington – he’s hardly satisfied.

“I think I needed another six months with my horses to be as competitive as I wanted to be,” Nassar says. “I was good enough, but I was always one rail away in the Grand Prix from getting a competitive ribbon.”

Another six months of preparation and even Nick Skelton may have had to fear stiff competition from Nassar.

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What’s Next Nassar jumped for his certificate of Olympic capability before the Nations Cup in Week 8, an honor he earned by having 8 faults or less over the FEI 1.50m course. He is qualified to represent his nation in this year’s London Olympics, but Egypt has no Olympic-eligible team and only one individual slot, which has been allocated to European Karim El Zoghby. But Nassar is ready and waiting should Zoghby be unable to compete.

“I figure it never hurts to have it in case something happens,” Nassar explains. “I think I have the horse to go now, but hopefully I’ll be ready four years from now as well.”

Nassar says Egypt wants to have a team for the 2016 Olympics, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In order to do that, they must perform better than Saudi Arabia in the World Equestrian Games. “That’s our goal,” Nassar says. “We want to take the team spot from Saudi.”

For now, Nassar will go back to school while his horses get some rest. From there, his plans are still up in the air, but this summer he plans to either travel with Kraut to Kentucky or return to Europe with Jörg Naeve.

One thing is for sure: When Nassar returns for next year’s Winter Equestrian Festival, he won’t be the new kid anymore, and show jumping’s elite will have a fierce and more experienced competitor on their hands. BACK HOME X SOME ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS Nassar like Nascar in the Grand Prix of Showpark (…continue )

Third to go in the order, nineteen-year-old Canadian Bretton Chad on Stone Ridge Farm's Santa Catarina LS La Silla, jumped around without dropping a rail. Directly after, Californian Mandy Porter was fault-free on Plum Creek Hollow's Con Capilot. A few rounds later, Brazilian rider Josephina Nor-Lantzman rode Chello Z clean. It wasn't until the seventeenth pair, World Champion French rider Eric Navet riding Signe Ostby's Quanto Fino 2, that a male competitor joined the jump-off group. Within the next ten rides, Brazilian Francois Esteves and Cord 11 (Antonio Chedraui, owner), Egyptian Nayel Nassar aboard Lordan and Californian Ashlee Bond on Agro Star (Klatte KG, H.u.H., owner) rounded out the top seven to return.

Chad and Santa Catarina LS La Silla left the door open for the six to follow, with two rails in their jump-off round, ultimately sixth. Porter and Con Capilot walked right through that open door, setting the pace for the rest, double clean in 40.79. Nor- Lantzman and Chello Z had a rail halfway through, for a score of four faults, finishing fifth overall. Showing the crowd what it takes to be a World Champion, Navet and Quanto Fino 2 shaved over two seconds off Porter's time, taking the lead in 38.47. Esteves and Cord 11 gave it a good effort, coming close but not close enough in a time of 39.84. Then Nassar pulled his Nascar moves. Right from the start he picked up a forward pace on Lordan, and executed a slick, smooth ride, stopping the clock in 37.03 for the win. Bond and Agro Star had a mishap midway through the course, settling for seventh.

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After taking a victory ride in a Ferarri as well as aboard his winning mount, Nassar slowed down for a minute to speak about his horse. Soon to finish his studies at Stanford, the over six foot tall young talent already has a group of grand prix victories to his credit. A nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding, Lordan seems well suited to the pressures of this level of show jumping.

"I bought him as a six-year-old, so I've had him for about three years now. He's a really small horse so he's quick to turn and quick to move up," Nassar said of Lordan. "Next week I head to Saugerties for the million dollar class. Then he gets a little break and we head back here for the fall circuit."

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Twenty-two year old Nassar has enjoyed much success this year; after leading the FEI North American Western League for World Cup standings, he competed in the 2013 World Cup Finals in Sweden in April, on his stallion Raging Bull Vangelis S. He also competed in the AIG Thermal $1 Million Grand Prix in March. But, the stallion was in quarantine after showing in Europe over the summer, and Nassar decided that the trip East from Stanford, California, was worth it with his lesser experienced mount.

Lordan has certainly been earning his frequent flier miles of late- this is the third Grand Prix he has contested in three weeks. Just eight days ago, he and Nassar won the $50,000 Showpark World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix in Del Mar, CA. The week before that, they jumped double clear in the $100,000 Canaccord Genuity CSI2*-WCQ Grand Prix, and now this result, at Saugerties.

“He’s been on a roll, he won the World Cup [class] at Showpark [Del Mar, California] last weekend and was 2nd in the $100,000 Thunderbird the week before, so he was coming off two really good weeks. I had high hopes for him,” Nassar detailed. Nassar has owned Lordan since he was six and brought him along slowly. “He was really spooky to start and didn’t know what he was doing, but he’s a really careful horse and he came a long way,” he added.

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As with every other HITS Million Dollar Grand Prix, the jumpoff field was small, with exactly two horses going clear to advance to the jump-off this year. Time was a factor in many rounds, as was the case earlier this year in Thermal, California, for the Million Dollar Grand Prix in March.

Nassar is planning to ride Lordan at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, riding for his native Egypt, and is looking toward qualifying for the Olympics from there.

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Looking back, Nasser says his parents placed him and his brother in "a bunch of random activities" when they were younger.

"I got my horse when I was about nine or 10 - a five-year-old chestnut mare who would drag me around against my will," Nasser said. "I was forced to learn to cope with difficult horses from a very young age. From then it just kinda stuck, and I was able to move into the upper echelon of the sport about two years ago.“

Show jumping is a rapidly growing sport in the entire Middle East, said Nasser.

"At the moment, with Egypt's political situation, it hasn't been striving as much as we'd like it to," he added. "But we have a handful of very capable riders who are based in Europe, riding full-time.“

Nasser's show jumping skills have allowed him to tour the globe. He went to Europe in April for the World Cup final and decided to spend the rest of his summer there competing.

It has been a busy few months with two to three shows each month, he said.

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"The horses now have a little bit of time off before getting in gear for T- Bird and New York," Nasser remarked.

After that, he will be tackling the California World Cup competitions in an attempt to qualify again for the final.

Aboard Lordan, he has already qualified for the world championships next year and from there will try to qualify for the Olympics.

"An Olympic medal is every rider's ultimate goal," Nasser said.

As for his immediate goal at Thunderbird, which he describes as "an outstanding facility with some of the best management in North America," Nassar said simply "Win, win, win!"

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Nayel made quite an entrance this past winter on the American show circuit when he won the 2012 Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix Series in Florida. Nayel was originally born in Kuwait and lived in Cairo, Egypt, which is the country he shows for. In 2009, he moved to California to attend Stanford, where he is studying economics. Nayel previously trained with Markus Beerbaum and Jörg Naeve, and most recently with Laura Kraut when he showed in Florida. However, Nayel confessed, “I’ve been pretty much on my own for the past six to eight months and doing my own training.”

It was Nayel’s first time showing on the West Coast. “I thought the facilities and the footing at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center were great. The competition and the crowd were amazing at the grand prix. It was really a good show to gain experience.”

Lucy and Nayel also balance the rigorous academics of Stanford with the intense traveling and energy of competitive show jumping. “I flew in Friday, did the grand prix on Saturday, and then I fly out Sunday morning,” Lucy said. “I came specifically for this class so I’m really glad it worked out.” Nayel admitted that balancing the two can be pretty difficult. “It’s been really tough. I try and get as much done during the week so I’m not so stressed about school when I’m riding. I’ve been riding a long time and I competed all throughout high school, so I think learning to manage my time from such a young age has really helped me as I’ve gotten older.” Both riders are also hoping to qualify for the World Cup Finals and Nayel hopes to qualify for the Olympics for Egypt in 2016.

Nayel was particularly happy to have his brother and his parents at the show to cheer him on. “My parents live and work in Kuwait and they flew to Los Angeles for this week and will come with me to Las Vegas next week. It was my mom’s birthday on Wednesday so it’s also a birthday celebration for her. I’m really glad I could get this win for her.”

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On the junior card, 14-year-old Mitchell Endicott took home the win with two clear, effortlessly fast rounds. “Quiver is a great horse and he’s really, really quick, but he has the scope enough to go clean,” Mitchell noted. “We’ve had him for about six months now and he’s really going well. It’s good mentally to have the win and to get back in the game a little more. I took a break for a few weeks, so now I’m getting back into it and I’m ready for next year.” Mitchell plans to show in the 1.40M classes next year and hopes to start grand prix classes in 2014.

Mitchell’s father, acclaimed rider Michael Endicott, gave Mitchell a few words of wisdom before he went in for his final course. “My dad told me to just relax, to not tense up, and ride it like any other course,” Mitchell recalled. “The horse jumped great and I went in and tried my best and I guess it paid off. My dad was proud of me and I think he was pretty excited when I won.”

The LA Season Finale (Nov 16-18) wraps up LEG's 40th Anniversary show season, but more jumping excitement is right around the corner when the shows start up again in January.

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First Time Win for Nassar at Spruce Meadows

It was anybody’s game in the International Ring at Spruce Meadows today, with a rookie and veteran taking home first place ribbons during day two of the 2012 Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ ring. It was a first for Nayel Nassar (EGY), who beat out veterans like (USA) and McLain Ward (USA) to take home the 1.50 meter Progress Energy Cup. The course featured 16 jumping efforts over 510 meters of track. After 41 horse/rider combinations completed the tough track, 3 riders advanced to the jump off. In the end, Nassar emerged victorious aboard his 14 year old Belgian Warmblood stallion, Raging Bull Vangelis S. This is the first FEI win for 22 year old Nassar, who is competing at Spruce Meadows for the first time. “This place is amazing. It’s the smoothest run competition I’ve ever been to.” said Nassar, when asked about his

experience at Spruce Meadows to date. “I’ve been here for three weeks now, and I couldn’t be happier with a win here.”

Winning at Spruce Meadows isn’t a new feeling for McLain Ward (USA), but the Olympic veteran says it never gets old. Ward posted two clear rounds over the course designed by Michel Villancourt (CAN), with 15 jumping obstacles and 495 meters of track. This win aboard the 11 year old Warmblood gelding, Rothchild, is Ward’s third FEI win at Spruce Meadows this season. “The level at Spruce Meadows is phenomenal” commented Ward after the victory. “No victory here ever loses meaning for me.

Spruce Meadows presents family fun night on Friday, featuring hot dogs, Pepsi and International level sport. The FEI action continues tomorrow during the 2012 Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ tournament, with the Pepsi Cup and the Lafarge Cup.

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Showjumping: Nassar bags top honours in Abu Dhabi

Egyptian Nayel Nassar rode his Nonstop stallion Raging Bull Vangelis to victory in the 2* competition of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday at Al Forsan International Sports Resort.

The 20-year-old jumped a clear round as well as a flawless jump-off clocking 44.01 seconds to take top honours which included a Dh35,075 cheque.

He came ahead of Sharjah’s Sheikh Ali Al Qassimi, who also jumped two clear rounds with Co-Jack, but in 46.53 seconds, while Egypt’s Ahmed Tolba was the third and final rider to return for the jump-off with his horse Splendor, and even though he recorded a fast time of 42.44 seconds he felled a rail and had to settle for third place.

Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Shakhboot Al Nahyan placed fourth on Valentino Balia. Nassar, who studies Economics in Stanford University in California, took a quarter off from school to focus on the upcoming Pan Arab Games in Doha, Qatar. BACK HOME X SOME ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

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“I’m really happy with this win,” said Nassar after the prize ceremony. “I got my hands on a really good horse this summer, so I figured I might as well take some time off from school to focus on the sport, and thankfully it’s been going really well. “Before I came here I rode two three-star shows, in Germany, which is pretty much the toughest place to jump. It was super. I was ninth the first time, and then fourth the next, and then first here so I’ve been jumping up consecutively. Which is super.” One single qualification spot for the London Olympics is still up for grabs and all the region’s finest riders will be vying for it in Doha this December.

The Saudi Arabian team took four of the seven available spots for the region, and Syria’s Ahmad Hamcho and Egypt’s Karim Al Zoghbi took two more when they competed at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky.

But Nassar is not stressing over the London Games at the moment, as he aims for a good showing in Qatar.

“There’s only one spot left that everybody else is fighting for. So the Qataris, the Emiratis, everybody, they want that last spot, it’s going to be in Doha at the end of the year,” explained Nassar. “My goal was the Pan Arab Games really, so if the Olympics come, that would be amazing but that wasn’t really the goal from the beginning.”

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Nassar purchased Raging Bull Vangelis last July and the Egyptian believes he will be key in taking his jumping career to a new high. “The horse is really experienced, he’s really jumped a lot which is perfect for me to move up to the next level. When you have a horse that’s already been there it’s much easier for you to be there.”

Considering he goes to an Ivy League university and has a strenuous study load, Nassar has so far managed to keep the balance between his riding and his studies, but his recent success has motivated him to ride more when he goes back to Stanford in January.

He said: “My solution for the first couple of years was just to take one horse to the USA and basically ride less. But now that I have such good horses and I have to keep them fit somehow, I’ll be taking them with me to the States and then I’ll have three horses to ride. It’s going to be a bit tougher but we haven’t really reached that stage yet, we’ll see. I’ll just jump into it and see how it goes.”

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- Ride the World Cup Final every year for Egypt.

- Ride the World Equestrian Games in 2014 representing Egypt.

- Represent Egypt in the 2016 Olympics.

- Achieve an FEI World Ranking within the top 30 in the World.

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