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US Eventing Team Earns FEI Nations Cup Bronze at Houghton International CICO3*

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FEI Nations Cup podium (l to r) U.S., Germany, and Great Britain (Courtesy of Caroline Martin)

Norfolk, England – The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team secured a third-place finish in the FEI Nations Cup at the Saracen Horse Feed Houghton International Horse Trials CICO3*. The U.S. team of Hannah Sue Burnett and Harbour Pilot, Katherine Coleman and Longwood, and Caroline Martin and The Apprentice finished on a score of 160.9, while Germany won gold with a score of 122.2 and Great Britain collected silver with a score of 142.5. The U.S. combinations finished in the top 20 individually, setting them up for success at upcoming European competitions. Leslie Law served as the Chef d’Equipe at this event, in addition to his role as the Emerging Athlete Coach for the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation’s Karen Stives Endowment Emerging Athletes Tour.

“I thought it was a great performance with dressage producing some personal best scores,” Law said. “Show jumping went okay, but cross-country was fantastic with three competitive rides, all clear and inside the time around a course that caused plenty of problems.”

Burnett (The Plans, Va.) and Harbour Pilot were the top U.S. finishers in 10th place with a score of 49.2. They had a lovely dressage test to earn a score of 37.2, a personal best. The pair had three rails for 12 faults in the show jumping phase, but Burnett and Jacqueline Mars’s 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding finished on a high note by going double-clear in Sunday’s cross country phase.

Martin (Miami Beach, Fla.), a Karen Stives Endowment Emerging Athletes Tour recipient, finished in 15th and 16th place with her two mounts. With Pebbly Maximus, Martin scored a personal best of 43.1 in their dressage test and had a single rail down in the show jumping phase for four faults. Martin and her own and Sherrie Martin’s 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding had 6.8 time penalties in the cross-country phase to finish on a score of 53.9. With her Nations Cup mount, The Apprentice, Martin scored 48.1 in the dressage phase and had one rail and two time faults for six faults in the show jumping phase. Martin and Sherrie Martin’s 2004 Irish Sport Horse gelding were double-clear in the cross-country phase to finish on a score of 54.2.

Coleman (New Orleans, La.) and Longwood were the pathfinders for the U.S. team, beginning the competition with a dressage score of 53.5. Coleman and her own 2002 Irish Sport Horse gelding had a single rail in the show jumping phase for four faults and were double-clear in the cross-country phase to finish in 20th place on a score of 57.5.

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By Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department

Competitions, Eventing/H.T., FEI

Coleman Finishes as Top American at Houghton International Horse Trials CICO3*

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Katherine Coleman and Longwood (Libby Law Photography)

Norfolk, England – On the third leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing series, seven nations took part in the Houghton International Horse Trials CICO3* with a field of 100 world-class combinations. Katherine Coleman, Tiana Coudray, and Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp represented the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Ann Taylor. At the end of the challenging competition, the U.S. Team finished in seventh place. Katherine Coleman and Longwood were the top U.S. pair in 34th place on a score of 61.7.

Coleman (Wiltshire, England) put forth a solid effort in her Nations Cup debut at Houghton. She had a respectable dressage test with her own Longwood on Thursday in front of the Ground Jury of Andrew Bennie (NZL) and Tim Downes (GBR). Coleman and the 2002 Irish Sport Horse gelding had nice trot work, and despite some jigging at the end of the walk tour and being late behind in both changes, they received a score of 57.7. During Saturday’s show jumping phase, the pair had an unlucky rail at the oxer, into the triple combination, over Rodger Howe’s course to add four faults to their score. Coleman and Longwood finished the competition on a high note on Sunday with a double-clear round over Alec Lochore’s technical cross-country track to end on a score of 61.7.

“He was an absolute superstar around cross-country,” said a thrilled Coleman of her partner. “We were up on our minute markers that whole way; I actually slowed down quite a bit and was still 10 seconds under [the optimum time]. He finished full of running and still really fresh, which is encouraging that he’s on point for the CCI3* at Bramham in two weeks.”

Coudray (Hungerford, England) had a solid dressage test with Jatial, Inc.’s Sambuca F on Friday in the 2006 Westphalian mare’s three-star debut to receive a score of 53.9. They added nine penalty points to their score in the show jumping phase. Coudray and Sambuca F collected 20 jumping penalties at fence 10, the water and treasure chest complex, and 18.4 time penalties in the cross-country phase to finish on a score of 101.3 for 75th place.

Halliday-Sharp (East Sussex, England) had an excellent dressage test with Deborah Halliday’s Fernhill by Night on Friday to earn a score of 38.9. She and the 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding left all the rails up but had four time penalties during show jumping. Unfortunately, their weekend came to an end when Halliday-Sharp became unseated at the bogey fence, fence 10, resulting in elimination.

Germany won the Nations Cup with a score of 137.1, followed by Australia in second on a 137.5 and France in third on a 146.4. Nicola Wilson (GBR) and One Two Many won the CICO3* on a score of 36.3 and also finished third with Annie Clover on a score of 41.3. Matthieu Van Landeghem (FRA) and Trouble Fete Ene HN were second with a score of 40.4.

Find out more about the Houghton International Horse Trials CICO3* and view the results.

By Kathleen Landwehr