Achievements
- 2025 - CSI5* Defender Stakes -Royal Windsor Horse Show winner
- 2025 - CSI5* Longines Ranking Class - Royal Windsor winner
- 2023 - CSIO5* Royal International Salver - Hickstead
- 2021 - CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix Win
- 2018 - Team Silver at the Youth Olympic Games
- 2017 - Team Silver at the Junior European Championships
- 2016 - Individual Gold and Team Bronze at the FEI European Pony Championships
- 2015 - Team Gold at the FEI European Pony Championships
Notable horses
Valmy de La Lande
Scenletha
L V Chance Luck
Eldo Van De Roshoeve
Elucar VE
Follow
Jack Whitaker
As the son of legendary showjumper, Michael Whitaker, Jack was always destined for great things with horses.
However, he hasn’t relied on his family name for his success. He is as hard working as his dad, and just as dedicated to his sport.
Jack certainly wasn’t given ready-made superstars to ride. His first pony was a naughty Shetland called Sotty, who regularly threw him off, and he produced his first jumping pony himself, when he was just nine years old. Jack took the five-year-old from novice to the European Championships in 2015, where they won team gold.
Jack won gold again the following year, followed by team silver at the Junior European Championships in 2018. To cap it all he won team silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires on his 17th birthday.
His Olympic medal came 34 years after dad Michael and uncle John Whitaker won team silver at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Jack is now making his mark in international senior showjumping, with various 5* wins and being part of the Madrid in Motion Global Champions Tour team, Nations Cup teams and the World Cup series. He has also been appointed ambassador for Royal Windsor Horse Show.
