Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp piloted Cooley Moonshine (Cobra x Kilpatrick Duchess) to a silver medal in the 7-year-old division of the FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships in Le Lion d'Angers, France. She and The Monster Partnership’s 7-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding scored 29.3 on their dressage test, then tallied 1.2 time penalties on cross-country. Halliday-Sharp and Cooley Moonshine clinched their silver-medal honors with a double clear jumping round to finish on a score of 30.5.
Halliday Sharp also competed aboard Flash Cooley (CSF MR Kroon x Castlefield Ruby) in the 7-year-old division of the Eventing World Breeding Championships. She and Chailey Stud Equestrian's 7-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding scored a 30.4 on the flat, put in a double clear cross-country round, and had two rails down in the final phase to complete the weekend in 13th place on a score of 38.4.
John Lennon famously said that life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Rebecca Barber Tyler probably would agree.
The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is pleased to offer the USEA Adult Team Championships (ATC) at the upcoming USEA American Eventing Championships (AEC) presented by Nutrena Feeds. The Adult Team Championships will be offered once again at the Beginner Novice, Novice, Training, Modified and Preliminary levels for members of the USEA Adult Rider Program.
USEA Podcast Host Nicole Brown catches up with USEF Eventing Technical Advisor and Chef d'Equipe Bobby Costello on the start of the 2024 eventing season, athlete performances so far, and all things related to this years' Paris Olympics and the U.S. Eventing Team!
Did you know that the United States has more frangible fences than any other country? Frangible technology has been around for nearly 100 years with the British Pin taking the honors as the first formal frangible device. The study of frangible fences has continued in the last decade, including the USEA Collapsible Fence Technology Study which was conducted through the University of Kentucky from 2016-2018.