Career

He is considered a "founding father" of Hunt Seat Equitation. He also was a chef d’equipe for the United States Equestrian Federation, USEF, show jumping team Morris began riding as a child.

Morris rode on eight winning Nations Cup teams between 1958 and 1960.

Morris has represented the United States in many international equestrian competitions as both a rider and coach. Morris has acted as chef d’equipe for numerous winning teams, including the 2005 champions of the Samsung Super League.

He fully assumed the position of chef d’equipe of the United States show jumping team in 2005. His term as "chef d"equipe" of the USET show jumping team ended in 2013, when he was replaced by Robert Ridland.

He also served in that role for many Nations Cup events.

He coached United States teams to individual and team Silver medals at the 2006 Fédération Équestre Internationale, FEI, World Equestrian Games. Morris also serves on the USEF National Jumper Committee and Planning Committee, and he is the president of the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame. In 2016 Morris will serve as coach for the Brazilian Showjumping Equestrian Team, in Rio.

Achievements

• In 1952, at the age of fourteen, he won the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Maclay Horsemanship Finals and the American Horse Show Association (AHSA) Hunt Seat Equitation Medal Final at Madison Square Garden, making him the youngest rider to do southern He went on to train numerous riders at his Hunterdon stables in New Jersey, who consistently have won in competitions on the East Coast. In 1959 his team won the gold medal in the Pan American Games, and he won a team silver medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Students trained by Morris have won medals in the 1984, 1992, 1996, and 2004 Olympic Games. In 2008 he coached the team that won the Team Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in Hong Kong as well as the team member who won the Individual Bronze Meda

Works

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  • Hunter Seat Equitation: Third Edition

    (A classic by a world-renowned teacher and master equestri...)

  • Hunter Seat Equitation

    (Since its publication in 1971, this book has established ...)

  • George H. Morris Teaches Beginners to Ride: A Clinic for Instructors, Parents, and Students

    ( A classic book of horsemanship is back in print. )

  • George H. Morris Teaches Beginners to Ride: A Clinic for Instructors, Parents, and Students 1st edition by Morris, George H. (2006) Hardcover

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • George H. Morris: Because Every Round Counts

    (George H. Morris has ridden and trained international sho...)

  • George H. Morris Teaches Beginners How to Ride: A Clinic for Instructors, Parents, and Students

    (George H. Morris Teaches Beginners How to Ride: A Clinic ...)

  • By George H. Morris George H. Morris: Because Every Round Counts Paperback

    (George H. Morris: Because Every Round Counts BY Morris, G...)

  • George H. Morris Teaches Beginners How to Ride: A Clinic for Instructors, Parent
  • George H. Morris: Because Every Round Counts by George H. Morris (2006-12-11)
  • George H. Morris Teaches Beginners to Ride: A Clinic for Instructors, Parents, a