Gretchen Butts
Contact Information
Address: 4015 Damascus Rd Laytonsville, MD 20882 USA
Telephone: 301 774 7123
Facsimile: 301 570 0287
Cell: 240 401 4010
Email: Please use this information request to send an email directly to Gretchen.
Upcoming Competitions Schedule
This season, Gretchen plans to compete Arundel ( aka Spencer) at the Preliminary level after a first run of the season at Training. This 16.3 Chestnut Canadian Sporthorse is a half brother to Zydeco, her previous partner at the 4 Star International level of Eventing competition. She also has a half sister to Spencer in for training, a 16.2 Bay Canadian Sport horse who will debut at the Rockinghorse Spring event.
February: Ocala /Florida Horse Park Training Level2nd Place Open Training
March: Rockinghorse Stable Spring Horse Trials
Southern Pines Horse Trials
April: The Fork Stables
May: Fair Hill International
Upcoming Officiating Schedule
January: Ground Jury President, Florida Horse Park Winter I event, Ocala Fl
February: Technical Delegate, Rockinghorse Winter II event
Ground Jury President, Rockinghorse Winter III event
March: FEI Technical Delegate, Red Hills Horse Trials, Tallahassee, FL
FEI and National Technical Delegate, Poplar Place Farm, Columbus, GA
April: FEI and National Technical Delegate, Florida Horse Park, Ocala, FL
Assistant FEI Technical Delegate, Rolex Kentucky 4 Star CCI, Lexingon, KY
May: Ground Jury President, Event at Shawan Downs, Baltimore, MD
FEI Technical Delegate, Jersey Fresh CCI, Allentown, NJ
August: International Technical Official, 2008 Equestrian Event Olympic Games, Hong Kong SAR
September: Ground Jury Member, Necarne Castle CCI 1 and 2 Star, Ireland
Equestrian Experience
- Eventing competitor at the International Four Star Level ; represented the United States at the Burghley 4 Star CCI September 2004
- Event Organizer-Waredaca since 1979
- FEI International Event Technical Delegate
- FEI International Candidate Event Judge
- USA Equestrian Eventing R Technical Delegate
- USA Equestrian Eventing R Judge
- USEA Certified Instructor
- Past member of the Board of Governors and Vice President of Education--United States Eventing Association
- Chief Jump Judge for the 1996 Olympic Three Day Event in Atlanta
- Chief Jump Judge for the Fair Hill CCI***, 1989-2005
- Contributing author to the USEA Eventing magazine
- Recipient of the 2000 Governors Cup from the US Eventing Association
- Educational Consultant for the USEA
- Current member of the USEF Safety Committee, Active Athletes Committee and advisor to the Eventing Technical Committee
- Co Chair of the USEA Officials Committee and Course Design/Course Builders Committee
Education
BS in Nursing; MS in Nursing; MA in Management/Human Resources
Additional Testimony Excerpt for Governor's Cup
"Gretchen Butts has served the USEA in just about every capacity possible. A past board member and VP of Education, she is currently Director of the USEA Officials Advisory Panel and the Educational Consultant to the Association. She also is an advisor to the USEF Eventing Technical Committee, a member of the Active Athletes and Safety Committees as well as being very involved in cross country course design with the licensed designers and builders. Gretchen is herself a licensed judge and technical delegate-- nationally and internationally, organized three USEA recognized events this year, and while doing all this had piloted her horse Zydeco at the Four Star Level as well as training some younger horses. Gretchen is one of those rare people who understands just about every rule of the sport, and is happy to pass this information along to everyone in the form of her Get Smart column in Eventing USA, or at the various competitions and clinics she organizes and attends. Her dedication to the sport, her horses, her family, and the USEA is truly appreciated."