Who is Jessica Springsteen? Bruce Springsteen’s daughter shows off her jumping skills in front of Queen
Singer Bruce Springsteen’s daughter Jessica Springsteen amazed everyone with her impressive show jumping skills as she took part in the Royal Windsor Horse Show on Sunday June 4th.
Jessica, put on a dazzling performance while competing in the Rolex Grand Prix competition, which was also attended by the Queen herself. The 29-year-old, who is part of the US team for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, looked chic in her riding gear as she walked towards her horse Don Juan van de Donkhoeve. She donned a navy jacket, black riding helmet, white jodhpurs and tall black riding boots. The rider showed confidence by participating in the equestrian competition. The Horse Show has long been one of the Queen’s favorite events, and this year, after it was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, she was clearly keen to attend when she returned from Scotland.
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Who is Jessica Springsteen?
Jessica Springsteen is a world class show jumping champion and the daughter and middle child of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. She grew up surrounded by animals on the family farm in Coltsneck, New Jersey, and started riding when she was five. She went up every day after school, rarely missed a lesson. She attended Ranney School in Tinton Falls, New Jersey and received an undergraduate degree from Duke University on May 11, 2014.
Springsteen got his first horse at the age of six. As an adult competitor, in 2011 she took part in the Royal Windsor Horse Show competing on her horse Vordnado Van Den Hoendrik. In September 2012, Peter Charles, who had represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in equestrian events, sold his team’s gold medal horse, Vindicat West, to Springsteen. Springsteen herself was an alternative rider for the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She previously trained with Frank and Stacia Klein Madden and then with Laura Kraut from 2010 to 2015. Since May 2015, she trained trains with Edwina Tops-Alexander.
Springsteen won over $ 1 million in cash prizes. She told CNN in 2017 that it was her mother, Patti Scialfa, who got her involved in horseback riding all those years ago. She said, “My mom had always wanted to go horseback riding so we moved to a farm in New Jersey. She started taking lessons and I wanted to start too. I never wanted to miss a lesson and I did. Ended up being right across the street from a really cool junior training barn called Beacon Hill. ” According to Bruce Springsteen FAQ, her parents were eager to raise her and her brothers Evan James, 30, and Sam Ryan, 27, in a paparazzi-free environment.