Boyd Martin & Cooley Nutcracker
Hometown: Cochranville, PA
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Boyd Martin, the son of Olympic speed skater Toy Dorgan Martin and Olympic cross-country skier Ross Martin, began riding at a young age in his native country of Australia. He made his CCI5*-L debut at the 2003 Australian International Three-Day Event (now known as Adelaide Equestrian Festival). He moved to the U.S. in 2007 to further his career as an Eventing professional and served as the assistant trainer to Olympian Phillip Dutton for two years. In 2009, Martin began riding for the U.S. and by 2012 was named to his first Olympic list and would later go on to being a four-time Olympian, four-time U.S. Eventing Team member for the FEI Eventing World Championships, and two-time medal winning team member for the Pan American Games. Most recently Martin was named to the 2026 FEI Eventing World Championship Squad with Cooley Nutcracker.
Cooley Nutcracker (Bali) joined Liz Halliday’s program in 2022 after beginning his career with Astier Nicolas in France. Halliday and Cooley Nutcracker debuted at the CCI3*-S level in 2022 and worked their way up to the CCI5*-L level by 2024. The duo collected two wins at the CCI4*-L level in 2023 in their preparation for their 2024 season. The first at Tryon International in Mill Spring, N.C., and the second at Galway Downs in Temecula, Calif., at the end of the year, where they topped the division to earn their first National Championship together. The pair have placed outside of the top ten only twice in their FEI career and finished eighth in their debut at the CCI5*-L level at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. In 2025, Boyd Martin took over the reins, and the pair secured their first win at the Yanmar America Tryon International Spring Three-Day Event CCI4*-L. Later that year, the duo went on to bring home a podium finish at the Les 5 Étoiles de Pau CCI5*-L, where Martin and Cooley Nutcracker finished third in their 5* debut together. In 2026, the duo contested their second CCI5*-L together, this time on U.S. soil, at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L, where they finished eleventh.
Highlights:
- USEF Eventing Pathway Programs: 2014-2021, 2023 – present
- World Equestrian Brands USEA Rider of the Year: 2021 – 2025
- 2026 FEI Eventing World Championship Squad
- 2026 Defender/USEF CCI5*-L Eventing National Championship, 6th Place
- 2025 USEF International Equestrian of the Year
- 2025 USEF CCI4* Eventing National Championship League, Overall and Professional Champion
2025 US Equestrian Open of Eventing Series Winner - 2025 US Equestrian Open of Eventing Final Winner
- 2025 Tryon Spring International Three Day Event, CCI4*-L winner
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