Todd Minikus
Advisory Board Member
Minikus began showing at the grand prix level in 1985. Minikus rode to four grand prix wins in 1989 and then took the show jumping world by storm in 1990 with an unprecedented sweep of all open jumper classes at the Washington International Horse Show, including the President’s Cup. His record-setting performance earned him Washington’s Ennis Jenkins Award as Leading Rider (he was both Leading Gentleman and Leading National Rider) to go with that year’s Midwest Grand Prix Rider of the Year award. Now, year after his initial grand prix debut, Todd is one of the top jumper riders in the country and his superior riding and horsemanship continue to make him a fixture on the hunter/jumper circuit.
Birthday:
June 11, 1962
Current Residence:
Loxahatchee, FL
Top Accomplishments:
1997 – winning $100,000 Budweiser American Invitational in Tampa, Florida 2001- 2001 wins included the $50,000 Rio Vista Grand Prix at HITS Culpeper II, the $100,000 Cosequin Grand Prix at HITS Catskills IV, the $100,000 Rolex/USET Show Jumping Championship at the Bayer/USET Festival of Champions at the US Equestrian Team Olympic Training Center in Gladstone, NJ, and the $175,000 Cargill Grand Prix of the United States at the CSI-A Oaks Blenheim, San Juan Capistrano, CA, Following that win, he was named USET Athlete of the Month for July. In 2001, Minikus was also named USA Equestrian Horseman of the Year and was awarded the William C. Steinkraus Equestrian of Honor Trophy. 2004-six Grand Prix wins, including a win in the $50,000 Hérmes I Love New York Grand Prix on Gardenio 2009- second-place finish in the $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational on Pavarotti as well as riding to the Grand Prix winner’s circle on Presidente and Alaska. Minikus went on to win at the Fidelity Investments Classic, the WEF 7 Grand Prix, the Grand Prix of Rotterdam, and the President’s Cup. His outstanding performances in the USEF Selections Trials for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games earned him a place on the long list of candidates for the final selection trials in Europe.2011- Minikus and Pavarotti won the $31,000 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) Challenge Cup Round 10 in Wellington, FL. Minkius and Pavarotti went on to win the $75,000 Woodlea Farms Grand Prix at the I Love New York Horse Show in Lake Placid as well as a grand prix in Saugerties, NY. 2013- winner of the $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix 2014- winner of the $1,000,000 Zoetis Grand Prix aboard Quality Girl, first and second place in the $75,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix 2015- winner of the $30,000 WEF week 1 Grand Prix.
Favorite Draper Therapies Products:
Saddle Pads
Fun Fact:
When Todd isn’t riding, he enjoys golf and bull riding.