Raeford, NC- - Beginning in 2010, the Carolina Horse Park plans to undertake a broad based Capital Campaign. This endeavor includes upgrades to the entire infrastructure and continued diversification in the ways the Park is utilized. In conjunction with this initiative, the Carolina Horse Park is pleased to announce Tremaine Cooper as the new Cross Country Course Designer in 2010.
Cooper, of Hardwick, MA, has been designing exemplary courses around the country for many years. His extensive resume includes Poplar Place Horse Trials (Columbus , GA), Millbrook Horse Trials (Millbrook, NY), Puhinui Horse Trials (Manukau City, NZ), Morven Park Horse Trials (Leesburg, VA) and Plantation Field International Horse Trials (Unionville, PA). Tremaine states: “I’m really excited to have the opportunity to design at the CHP and I look forward utilizing the land and great attributes it has to offer.”
The Carolina Horse Park and its Board of Directors would like to extend its utmost gratitude to John Williams for his many years of dedication and great service. Dr. M. Nixon Ellis, Chairman, Carolina Horse Park Board of Directors, adds “Many thanks to John for his long term support of the Carolina Horse Park and the many years of great cross country course design that he has given us. In turn, I want to welcome Tremaine to our team and look forward to seeing his work in the spring of 2010.”
Cooper’s first courses will be seen at the Southern Pines Horse Trials I running March 13-14, 2010.
Riders in both the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S and the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L are sharing similar sentiments about this year's cross-country courses: course designer Derek di Grazia didn't play around this year. Here is what some of the riders across both divisions had to say about the tracks they will aim to conquer on Saturday.
Off The Record decided not to let Michael Jung be the only record-breaking entry at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event this week and delivered a career-best score in the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S on Friday morning. He and Will Coleman delivered a test that received a score of 21.8, not only marking a personal best for the horse but also securing their position at the top of the leaderboard going into cross-country tomorrow.
Boyd Martin and the 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding Commando 3 were the last pair to go in the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L field on Friday afternoon and were warmly greeted to the bluegrass with an impressive downpour that outshined anything the other horse and rider pairs had to combat throughout the day. But that didn’t stop this pair from putting their best foot forward and impressing the judges enough to earn them a score of 26.0, just 0.2 points ahead of second-place pair Tom McEwen (GBR) and Brookfield Quality.
Please always remain vigilant when it comes to sending any personal communications via email or text. Every year we receive reports of members and leaders of our sport receiving phishing attempts both online and by phone. These are often communications disguised as being sent from USEA staff or other leaders. As the years go on, the phishing attempts appear to be more directed and tailored.