On April 7, Jane Forbes Clark, Gabor Foltenyi, Hap Hansen and Larry Langer were inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame during a ceremony held during the $200,000 Gene Mische American Invitational in Tampa, Fla.

The four new inductees join the 70 previously enshrined in the Show Jumping Hall of Fame. They were chosen by their peers, comprising some of the nation’s top riders, trainers and officials, based on the impact of their talents and efforts to the equestrian community.

In addition to being an owner of top horses for riders like George Morris, Leslie Howard, Molly Ashe and Mario Deslauriers, Jane Forbes Clark was the driving force in the creation of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame and served as its first chairman. She’s served on boards for the Federation Equestre Internationale, U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation, U.S. Equestrian Federation, U.S. Olympic Committee, American Horse Council, National Horse Show Association and the Lake Placid Horse Show (N.Y.).

Clark’s horse Extreme earned team silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with Howard riding. Howard also rode Clark’s Charisma as part of the 1994 U.S. World Equestrian Games show jumping team. While Clark has always been a supportive and influential owner in the realm of show jumping, she also owns horses that compete internationally in dressage and combined driving. At the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (Ky.), she became the first owner with horses competing in three disciplines. Clark spent much of her life showing in the amateur-owner hunter division and continues to ride regularly.

Gabor Foltenyi was born in Zalazentlaszlo, Hungary in 1922, but made his way to the United States in 1950 after serving in the cavalry and leaving Hungary for political reasons. He forged a path onto the U.S. show jumping scene and impressed U.S. riders with his training methods that focused on dressage.

“He was very much respected and admired by the most notable riders in America’s equestrian world. He was a true athlete and at the same time the most outstanding horseman I have ever seen,” said George Morris. “He was the one who rode very successfully in a style unseen before his time. It was my life’s very good fortune that I was able to learn from him.”

In 1952, Foltenyi reunited with his friend Bertalan de Nemethy, the famed U.S. chef d’equipe, and together they rode and trained horses for Eleonora Sears. In 1955, Foltenyi struck out on his own, moving to Michigan to start Oakland Hills Farm. He won numerous classes and championships at many horse shows including the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden (N.Y.) on horses such as Reno, Sidonia, Lola, Diamant, Marola, Desiree, Kieves Confederate and Ksar d’Esprit. Many of the horses he trained went on to compete for the USET.

With 100 grand prix wins to his name, Hap Hansen has secured his place among the elite riders of the show jumping world. He is a veteran of 12 FEI World Cup Finals (placing sixth in both 1985 and 1988) and two dozen Nations Cup teams, as well as representing the United States at international competitions such as Hickstead (England), Aachen (Germany) and Spruce Meadows (Alta.).

Hansen is a proud member of the Million Dollar Club at the Spruce Meadows venue, having earned more than $1 million in prize money there over the years. He won the American Grandprix Association ride of the year title in 1990 and was AHSA Equestrian of the Year in 1994. Hansen has also served as chef d’equipe for more than 10 gold medal-winning teams at the North American Young Riders Championships and USEF Junior Jumper Prix de States team championships (Pa.).

Larry Langer is best known as the President and CEO of Langer Equestrian Group, one of the country’s top horse show management companies. Langer’s success in horse show management is based on a lifetime spent riding, training, and teaching. Langer was the show jumping competition manager at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and the 1992 FEI World Cup Finals in Del Mar, Calif.

For more than 25 years Langer has served on the USEF Jumper Committee, most recently as co-chairman. He was influential in a complete evaluation and re-write of the jumper rules, and he was part of a small group who redesigned the jumper judges’ clinics.  He has held jumper judge and steward licenses with both the USEF and the FEI.

Langer has served on many boards and committees including the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Board of Directors since its inception, the USEF Board of Directors, and as president of the National Hunter Jumper Council, the precursor to the USHJA on whose board he currently serves. In addition to the USEF Jumper Committee, Larry serves on the USEF Competition Management, Planning, and Legislative Committees.