Ashlee Bond

Ashlee Bond (born April 15, 1985) is an American-Israeli show jumping rider who competes for Israel. She has qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1][2][3]

Ashlee Bond
Personal information
NationalityAmerican-Israeli
Disciplineshow jumping
Born (1985-04-15) April 15, 1985

Early and personal life

Her father is Steve Bond.[4] He was born and raised in Haifa, Israel, and moved to the United States when he was 12 years old.[5][6] Her mother, Cindy, is a filmmaker, and she has one younger sibling, her brother Dylan.[6][7][8][9][10]

She married Roy Meeus, now a Belgian former professional soccer player, in 2015 and they have a daughter named Scottie, born in 2016.[4][5][7][11][12]

Riding career

Bond began competing at six years of age, won her first grand prix at age 16, and that year was named Grand Prix Rookie Rider of the Year by both the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the Pacific Coast Horse Association.[7][8] In 2009, at 24 years of age, she was in the top 40 in the FEI World Rankings, was #2 on the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Rankings, and was named “Chronicle of the Horse” Show Jumping Horseman of the Year.[7]

Between 2009 and 2014, Bond won the 2009 CHIO Aachen, 2014 HITS $1 Million Grand Prix, and an FEI Nations Cup.[7][12][13] She won the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping title at Thermal, California, in 2016, and the $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup Qualifier at the HITS Coachella Desert Circuit in 2017.[7][14][15]

Bond became an Israeli citizen in 2018, and now rides for Israel.[6][7][16][17]

She has qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2][3] In July 2019 Team Israel’s Bond, Daniel Bluman, Elad Yaniv, and Danielle (Goldstein) Waldman won the Olympic Jumping Qualifier at Maxima Park in Moscow, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, the first time that Israel has earned a place in the Olympics in equestrian.[2][5]

In July 2019 she announced the retirement of her top horse, Chela LS.[18] Bond is considering riding her horse Donnie in the Olympics.[4]

References
  1. "The Chronicle's Show Jumping Horseman Of The Year: Ashlee Bond". The Chronicle of the Horse. February 5, 2010.
  2. Winer, Stuart (July 1, 2019). "In first, Israeli show jumpers qualify for Olympics". Times of Israel.
  3. "Israeli show jumpers qualify for Olympics". Israel21c. July 3, 2019.
  4. "Ringside Chat: Ashlee Bond On Young Horses, Family And Olympic Ambitions". The Chronicle of the Horse.
  5. "Show-jumper Ashlee Bond trades U.S. citizenship for Israel". Calgary Sun. June 8, 2018.
  6. Ashlee Bond. "I Changed My Nationality, and I'm Not Looking Back". NOËLLE FLOYD.
  7. "'I Thought I Would Never Ride Again': How Ashlee Bond Fell Back in Love With Horses". NOËLLE FLOYD.
  8. Miller, Kim F. (February 22, 2017). "Ashlee Bond: At Full Tilt; A lifetime of involvement fuels the commitment and ambitions of one of showjumping's leading riders". Practical Horseman.
  9. "Ashlee Bond Clarke - From Hollywood to the Million Dollar Grand Prix". Sidelines. May 12, 2014.
  10. "10 Things Ashlee Bond Can't Live Without and Touchdown in Vegas". US Equestrian. April 14, 2009.
  11. "Ashlee Bond on the "Worst Best Experience" of Her Life". Horse Network. February 26, 2019.
  12. Foncé, Blanc (April 19, 2018). "Ashlee Bond Changes Flags from USA to Israel". Stud For Life.
  13. Morris, George H. (2016). Unrelenting: The Real Story: Horses, Bright Lights and My Pursuit of Excellence. Trafalgar Square Books. ISBN 1570767963 – via Google Books.
  14. "Ashlee Bond Captures First and Second in the $40,200 Coachella Classic FEI CSI3*". Phelps Sports. November 4, 2018.
  15. "New Mom Ashlee Bond Wins FEI World Cup Qualifier at HITS Coachella". Jumper Nation. February 13, 2017.
  16. "Ashlee Bond (ISR) Wins $72,000 NetJets Classic at Palm Beach Masters". Horse Sport.
  17. "Photos: Jessica Springsteen, Eve Jobs compete at Nations Cup in Wellington". The Palm Beach Post.
  18. "Ashlee Bond's Chela LS retires from the sport". World of Showjumping. July 24, 2019.
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