Andy Kocher
Andy Kocher on Navalo De Poheton at FEI World Cup™ Finals - Paris
As a third-generation horseman from State College, PA, Andy used his riding talent, business savvy, and sheer will to climb the ranks to the highest levels of the sport of show jumping. Now that energy has shifted towards breeding, producing and selling top quality jumpers, hunters, and ponies.
A respected rider and horse dealer, Kocher has represented the United States at both the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final and Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final. He also captured the win in the prestigious CSI5* Queen Elizabeth II Cup in 2019 at Spruce Meadows; won the 2017 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Del Mar; and was part of the winning team in the 2020 FEI Nations Cup CSIO4* at the Winter Equestrian Festival.
Kocher's career has taken him from the walk trot divisions in Central PA to around the globe, and he has been ranked as high as 75 on the revered Longines World Rankings. His always positive attitude and competitive spirit have made him a fan favorite in the industry, while he is respected globally for his equine sales business, breeding the best sport horses and ponies has become the new goal.
Hardin Towell on New York at Longines Global Champions Tour of Shanghai
Hardin Towell
Raised in one of the East Coast’s premier equestrian families, Hardin is a natural horseman. His parents, Jack Hardin Towell and Lisa Towell, run Finally Farm in Camden, South Carolina, alongside his sister, Liza Boyd Towell, a celebrated Hunter rider and trainer. As a leading professional show jumper and trainer, Hardin has made an indelible imprint on the sport, marked by his numerous wins around the world. He achieved notable success with a victory in the prestigious Longines Global Champions Tour of Shanghai, triumphing in a challenging 15-rider jump-off to win the CSI5* 1.50/1.55-meter class and a second-place finish in the renowned Queen Elizabeth Cup II 1.60m CSI5* at Spruce Meadows.
Some of his other victories include the Jarvis Insurance 1.40m National Grand Prix at the Split Rock Tour, Spruce Meadows Friends of the Meadows Cup CSI5*, US Open CSX FEI speed class at the Rolex Central Park Horse Show, 1.50m Suncast® Welcome CSI 3*, RBC Capital Markets Cup 1.50m, Big Ben Challenge at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 2019 American Gold Cup Douglas Elliman 1.40m Jumper CSI4*, Triple Crown Open 1.40m Stake, and many more. With both national and international Grand Prix victories and students competing at the highest levels, Hardin’s proven expertise extends beyond jumpers to training in the hunter and equitation rings where he also has decades of experience.
Dennis Mitchell
A Native of Troy, NY, Dennis Mitchell began building his career growing up in his father's training stable. His success showing his father's ponies quickly garnered the attention of other professionals, leading to catch rides on national champion ponies, and exposure to the training style of the nation's best horsemen.
Besides a long and successful career as a Grand Prix rider himself, Dennis is always keen to share his knowledge. He went on to train other Grand Prix riders, including Olympic hopefuls and qualifiers, Aaron Vale and Todd Minikus. He has developed winning national equitation riders and USEF year-end champions in both the hunter and Jumper divisions, accumulating championships at Harrisburg, Washington and New York along the way.
Over the past five decades his riding and training has taken him to all corners of the United States and Europe. Dennis brings a lifetime of knowledge and experience as well as his passion for the sport to each lesson and clinic he gives, from beginner level to Grand Prix preparation.
At any given horse show he can be seen running between the short stirrup and Grand Prix arena with equal enthusiasm and ever- present smile on his face.