Riding HerzPrinz, her 12-year-old American Trakehner gelding, the 15-year-old competitor captured the 33-horse field by finishing the competition on her dressage score of 33.04 penalties. No jumping penalties and one of the fastest rides in any of the four preliminary divisions over the cross-country course designed by Olympic gold medallist Torrance Watkins allowed Calder to maintain the lead.

In the stadium jumping phase, the pressure was on as Calder could not afford to have a rail down. The skies opened up just as Calder took to the field, but the downpour did not distract her from the job at hand as she turned in yet another penalty-free performance to capture the division for athletes aged 21 and under.

Calder´s next competition will also mark her first international team competition. Riding as a member of the U.S. Area I Team, Calder will contest the North American Young Riders´ Championship held August 20-24 in Bromont, QC, site of the equestrian events for the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Calder comes into the North American Young Riders´ Championship on a hot streak. The win at Over The Walls marks the fourth major victory for Calder so far in 2003. In May, she won the CCIY* division of the Virginia Horse Trials in Lexington, VA, and, one month earlier, she claimed the Young Rider Open Preliminary division at the Beaulieu North American Classic with an incredible score of 29.9 penalty points. Her first victory of the year came in March when she topped the Young Rider Open Preliminary division at the Rocking Horse Spring Horse Trials in Altoona, FL.

Coached by United States Equestrian Team member Darren Chiacchia, Calder trains south of the border at Chiacchia´s Independence Farm with bases in Buffalo, NY, and Ocala, FL.