Ashlee Bond

Ashlee Bond (; often spelled Ashley Bond, born 15 April 1985) is an Israeli Olympic show jumping rider who competes for Israel. Bond represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in team jumping at the Palace of Versailles, and with Team Israel came in 9th.

Early life Bond's father is Israeli soap opera star and lifelong equestrian Steve Bond (né Shlomo Goldberg). He was born and raised in Haifa, Israel (his entire side of the family is from Israel), and moved to the United States when he was 12 years old. He is also his daughter's business partner, has a riding background that includes cutting horses, polo ponies, and show jumping in his 40s, and trains the horses that she rides in competitions.

Her mother, Cindy, is a filmmaker. Bond has one sibling, her younger brother Dylan. She attended Calabasas High School.

Riding career

Bond's father first put her on a horse when she was six months old. She began competing in jumping at the age of six.

Bond won her first grand prix at age 16. In 2001, she was named Grand Prix Rookie Rider of the Year by both the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and the Pacific Coast Horse Association. She won the 2016 $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping title at Thermal, California, and the 2017 $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup Qualifier at the HITS Coachella Desert Circuit.

2016–19 In February 2019, Bond riding Donatello (“Donnie”) won the $10,000 CSIO5* CP Welcome Stake at the Palm Beach Masters in Wellington, Florida.

In April 2019, Bond won the $20,000 Osphos 1.40-1.45m Speed Classic with 8-year-old Westphalian gelding Donatello 141 (Diarado—Luna) in Temecula, California. In July 2019 she retired her top horse, the chestnut mare Chela LS at 15.

In October 2019, Bond riding Donatello won the $100,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Del Mar in California in a field of 37 starters, after a five-way jump off.

2020–22; Tokyo Olympics In March 2020, Bond riding Donatello won the $401,000 Douglas Elliman Real Estate CSI5* at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in a field of 40 riders in Wellington, Florida.

She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021, riding Donatello 141.

In September 2022 she and Donatello 141 won the $138,600 Saugerties Jumper Classic CSI5* at the HITS Championship.

2023; Victory in the Wellington International CSI5* In February 2023, Bond and Donatello 141 won the Wellington International in Florida in the Winter Equestrian Festival CSI5* Challenge Cup 1.55m, over 50 starters. In April 2023, she and Donatello 141 won the Wellington $146,000 Palm Beach County Sports Commission CSI3* Grand Prix. In June 2023 she and Donatello won the $226,000 Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon in Devon, Pennsylvania.

In July 2023, she and Donatello were the only partnership among almost 40 starters to achieve a double clear in the Olympic qualifiers in Prague in the Czech Republic, as the Israeli team finished in first place and qualified for the Paris Olympics.

In 2023, Bond and Donatello 141 came in second at the American Gold Cup CSI5*. In May 2024, she won the $25,000 Spring IV Grand Prix riding Donatello.

Bond represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in team jumping at the Palace of Versailles. She said: "For me, the most important [thing] is for the team to do well, and then my individual result later is a bonus." Bond and her Team Israel teammates came in 9th in the team event.

Personal life Her nickname is Bondie. Bond married Roy Meeus, a Belgian former professional football player who retired three years later, in 2015 and they have a daughter named Scottie, born in 2016. Some of her family lives in Israel. She had a role in the 2001 comedy-romance film Extreme Days, and did voice work in the 2007 animated film The Ten Commandments. She is Christian, while her father is Jewish, and she said "I am part Jewish."