About

matt metell

Matthew grew up in Massachusetts, he began riding at Grazing Fields Farm, near Cape Cod, under the tutelage of Kathy Fletcher at the age of 7. In his 10-year career with Fletcher, Metell started in the ponies before entering the 3′ equitation classes and eventually competing in the big eq classes at the 3’6″ level. But it was always the jumper ring that drew his attention.

During his successful junior career, Metell competed in the junior section at the 2007 North American Young Riders and Junior Championships (Va.) and finished his junior career with a win at  the 2009 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals-East (N.J.), under the direction of Heritage Farm’s Andre Dignelli. Supplemental coaching from Geoff Teall during his career and an influential working student experience at Heritage Farm (N.Y.) further helped to refine his skills in both the equitation and jumper arenas.

“I did my last junior year in the equitation with Andre,” said Metell. “I then worked for him part-time while balancing college, and finally spent several years working for him full-time after graduation [from Sacred Heart University (Conn.)].”

During the summer of 2017, Matthew took a chance with his new Dutch Warm Blood mare and they came out on top in the Grand Prix. The next week, he did it again. Two weeks later, another win. With 3 Grand Prix wins under his belt in less than 2 months, Matthew quickly made a name for himself in the jumper ring.