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Oct 21, 2018
Two Top-10 Finishes for Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp at Le Lion d’Angers
It was a great weekend for the U.S. at the FEI Eventing World Breeding Championships at Le Lion d’Angers with Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp finishing third in the 6-year-old class aboard Cooley Moonshine and seventh in the 7-year-old class with Cooley Quicksilver.
Deborah Halliday’s Cooley Moonshine, an Irish Sport Horse gelding (Cobra x Kilpatrick Duchess), started the CCI* in first on a 22.4 and kept the lead after a double clear cross-country round. Cooley Moonshine lowered one rail in show jumping to settle for third place.
In the CCI2*, Halliday-Sharp made a steady climb up the leaderboard with her own Cooley Quicksilver, an Irish Sport Horse gelding (Womanizer x Kylemore Crystal). The pair scored a 31.1 for 24th place, rose to 12th after cross-country, and kept a clean sheet to finish in seventh.
Holekamp/Turner Grant recipient, Quantum Leap, moved up the leaderboard 30 places throughout the weekend – ending in 29th in the hotly contested 7-year-old championships. Quantum Leap (Quite Capitol x Report to Sloopy) is a Zweibrucker gelding, owned and ridden by Doug Payne and owned by Payne and Susan and Dave Drillock.
View full results for the 6-year-old class here and the 7-year-old class here.
Quantum Leap'sbreeder, Elizabeth Callahan of Cool Na Grena Sporthorses, blogged about the entire week. Read all of her entries here.
About the Holekamp/Turner Le Lion d'Angers Prize and Grant
The Holekamp/Turner Young Event Horse Lion d’Angers Prize and Grant awards the highest scorer of the USEA Young Event Horse 5-Year-Old East and West Coast Championships combined with a cash prize that will enable them to travel to the FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships at Le Lion d’Angers in France for the 7-year-old two-star Championships. Winners who are North American-bred will be awarded with $17,500 to travel to Le Lion d’Angers. If the winner is an imported horse he will be awarded $8,000. Click here for more information about the Grant, and click here to view the FEI qualification criteria for Le Lion d'Angers.
The USEA would like to thank Timothy Holekamp of New Spring Farm and his family and Christine Turner of Indian Creek Farm and her family for spearheading this grant and raising funds to support it.
Oct 16, 2019
Eventing News
Waredaca Celebrates 40 Years of Eventing
Over the past 40 years, Waredaca has expanded its USEA events from one a year with two levels to three events annually offering Beginner Novice through Intermediate levels as well as a Classic Three-day Event at the Novice through Preliminary levels.
Oct 16, 2019
Competitions
Fast Facts: 2019 Fair Hill International
The last ever CCI4*-L at the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event is set to begin this afternoon in Elkton, Md. with the first horse inspection. After 31 years of hosting a CCI4*-L (previously CCI3*), Fair Hill says farewell to the level and hello to the CCI5*. In 2020 Fair Hill will host the Maryland Five-Star and will also run the CCI3*-L. So who will be the final CCI4*-L winner?
Oct 15, 2019
Eventing News
Carolina Horse Park to Host Anniversary Challenge
The Carolina Horse Park Foundation is pleased to announce the 2019 Anniversary Challenge, an online fundraising challenge. The Challenge focuses on the wonderful community who support the Park and make it what it is. CHP is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of open space for equestrian and recreational purposes.
Oct 15, 2019
Research Studies
Equine Medical Research Funding Receives USEA Board of Governors Approval
At the USEA Board of Governors meeting in August, the Equine Medical Research Committee recommended the funding of four studies using the $39,581 collected in 2018 and the Board approved their recommendation.
