About+Beezie+Madden

Beezie Madden

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She is trained by her husband, John Madden, who also runs his business, John Madden Sales, from their farm in Cazenovia. Beezie frequently shows horses owned by John Madden Sales, but she also rides for other owners. Two of her most popular horses, Authentic and Judgement, are owned by Abigail Wexner and Iron Spring Farm, respectively. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Madden won the gold medal as part of the United States team in Team jumping, together with Peter Wylde, McLain Ward and Chris Kappler At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Madden earned gold in the Team Jumping competition along with Laura Kraut, Will Simpson and McLain Ward. She also earned a bronze in the Individual Show Jumping competition. In 2008 Beezie also placed first in the Animal Planet Sport Horse cup aboard Judgement. During the 2008 Rolex Events in Las Vegas, Authentic threw Beezie into the jump, and later got disqualified from the entire event. She is a great influence to many young people, especially young women, wanting to enter the sport, and is also a great favorite of the many fans of Equestrian sports around the World. She loves to ride all types of horses. A favorite saying is "Better crazy than lazy." Beezie has been asked, if she could start her life over again what would she do, and she admitted she would do the same thing. She was already riding at the age of three. Her first horse was called Flicka. In 2004 Madden was still the first woman ever to pass the $1 million mark in showjumping earnings, a record she still holds.
 * Elizabeth "Beezie" Madden** (born November 20, 1963) is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion from Cazenovia, New York.