Oct 05, 2017

Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Set to Take on FEI Nations Cup Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3*

By USEF - Press Release
Katherine Coleman and Back to Business. Libby Law Photo.

The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team will wrap up the 2017 FEI Nations Cup™ season when they compete against 16 nations at Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3* Thursday, October 5-8, 2017. Under the guidance of acting Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law, the team of Katherine Coleman, Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp, and Caroline Martin will fight for a strong finish as they work to upset series leaders Great Britain, who hold a 10-point lead over France.

Coleman (Wiltshire, England), part of the third-place team in the FEI Nations Cup at the Houghton Hall International CICO3* with Longwood, will give Kalai, LLC’s Back to Business her first Nations Cup start. She and the 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse recently competed in the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials CIC3* last month. This past spring, they placed 12th at the Tattersalls International Horse Trials CCI3* in May and seventh in the Barroca d'Alva CIC3* in March.

With an impressive list of finishes from the inception of their partnership, Halliday-Sharp (East Sussex, England) will debut Deniro Z in the gelding’s first Nations Cup. The promising combination has earned six cumulative first-place finishes, four of those in 2017 alone. She and The Deniro Syndicate’s nine-year-old KWPN most recently placed fifth at the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials Eight- and Nine-Year-Old CIC3*, preceded by first-place finishes at the Barbury International CIC2* in June and the Ocala Horse Properties International Three-Day Festival CCI2* in April.

Martin (Miami Beach, Fla.), a United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation Jacqueline B. Mars Developing Rider Grant Recipient, enters her and Sherrie Martin’s Pebbly Maximus. She and the 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding were part of the Karen E. Stives European Developing Tour, where they placed fifth at the Bramham International CCI3*-U25 and contributed to the team’s third-place finish at the Houghton Hall International CICO3*.

Dressage gets underway beginning at 3:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, with Coleman and Back to Business scheduled to compete at 7:51 a.m. EST. Halliday-Sharp and Martin will follow with their dressage tests on Friday. The competition will be streamed live in its entirety here. See the start order and follow live scores here.

Find out more about the FEI Nations Cup Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3*.

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