Endel Ots

Originally from De Pere, Wisconsin, Endel Ots is a renowned dressage rider and trainer with a proven ability to develop both championship horses and successful riders. After honing his skills for 8 years in Chicago, he trained with Hubertus Schmidt in Germany and later studied under Danish Olympian Lars Petersen in Wellington, Florida, where he refined his talent for turning training into show ring success. Endel has earned 8 USEF National Championship titles, including winning the inaugural Seven-Year-Old US National Championship in 2022 on Kings Pleasure, and back-to-back USEF Intermediaire I titles in 2019 and 2020.

He has represented the US as an alternate for the Pan Am Games and competed successfully at the World Young Horse Championships. Endel’s CDI wins include the prestigious Dressage at Devon Intermediaire I and Freestyle, and he has coached riders like Bebe Davis to gold at the 2017 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships.