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Competitor

Will Coleman

Hometown: Gordonsville, Va. Birthday: 5/8/1983 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing Olympic Years: 2012

Will Coleman represented the U.S. team at the London 2012 Olympic Games with Twizzel, the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018 with Tight Lines, and the FEI Eventing World Championships in 2022 with Off the Record.

 

Off The Record

Nickname: Timmy Owner: Off The Record Syndicate Groom: Hailey Burlock Gender: Gelding Breed: Irish Sport Horse Disciplines: Eventing Sire: VDL Arkansas Dam: Drumagoland Bay Foal Date: 1/1/2009

Off The Record aka "Timmy" started his international career with Will Coleman in 2015, quickly rising through the levels and producing top results from the CCI1* level up through the CCI5* level. The pair captured the iconic SAP CCIO4*-S win at the 2021 CHIO Aachen, the first U.S. combination to ever win the prestigious event and helped the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team take second place overall. In 2022, the pair finished 12th at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L and also finished in sixth place at the 2022 edition of CHIO Aachen where they competed as members of the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team.


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Ariel Grald

Hometown: Southern Pines, N.C. Sport/Disciplines: Eventing

Ariel Grald is an international event rider and a member of the 2019 and 2020 USEF Development Training List. Grald has brought her current top horse, Leamore Master Plan, to the five-star level, completing both the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event and Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in 2019. At Burghley, Grald was the highest finishing first-timer, placing 10th overall. In 2021, the pair finished third in the CCI5*-L at Lumühlen in Germany. Grald and Leamore Master Plan represented the U.S. as individuals at the 2022 FEI Eventing World Championships.

 

Leamore Master Plan

Nickname: Simon Owner: Anne Eldridge Groom: Meredith Ferraris Gender: Gelding Breed: Irish Sport Horse Disciplines: Eventing Sire: Master IMP IHR Dam: Ardragh Bash Foal Date: 8/26/2009

Leamore Master Plan and Ariel Grald began their partnership in 2015. Their more recent successes as a team include, a first-place finish in the CCI4*-S and a second-place finish in the CCI3*-S classes.


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Boyd Martin

Hometown: Cochranville, Pa. Birthday: 8/20/1979 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing Olympic Years: 2012, 2016, 2020

Boyd Martin is a three-time Olympian, three-time FEI World Equestrian Games competitor, and a two-time Pan American Games team gold medalist in eventing. A native of Australia, Martin has competed for the U.S. since 2009. He has won the USEF CCI5*-L Eventing National Championship at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event twice, in 2019 with Tsetserleg TSF and in 2021 with On Cue. In 2021, he and On Cue won the inaugural Maryland 5 Star, becoming the first American combination to win a CCI5* event since 2008.

 

Tsetserleg TSF

Nickname: Thomas Owner: Christine, Thomas, and Tommie Turner Groom: Stephanie Simpson Gender: Gelding Breed: Trakehner Disciplines: Eventing Sire: Windfall Dam: Thabana Foal Date: 5/22/2007

Since beginning a partnership with Boyd Martin in 2016, Tsetserleg has won team and individual gold at the 2019 Pan American Games, as well as the 2019 USEF CCI5*-L Eventing National Championship title at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS Equestrian™ and the 2020 Buckeye Nutrition USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship at the MARS Tryon International Three-Day Event. This duo also made their debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020.


Competitor

Lauren Nicholson

Hometown: The Plains, Va. Birthday: 6/6/1987 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing Olympic Years: 2016

Lauren Nicholson was a member of the 2016 U.S. Eventing Team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics with Veronica and the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games with Vermiculus. With Meadowbrook’s Scarlett, she was part of the team that won gold at the 2015 Pan American Games. Nicholson was the USEF CCI5*-L Eventing National Champion with Veronica in 2014 and 2016. She finished in sixth place in the inaugural Maryland 5 Star with Landmark’s Monte Carlo in 2021 and in fourth place at the Luhmühlen CCI5* in 2022 with Vermiculus.

 

Vermiculus

Nickname: Bug Owner: Jacqueline Mars Groom: Sally Robertson Gender: Gelding Breed: Anglo Arabian Disciplines: Eventing Sire: Sazeram Dam: Wake Me Gently Foal Date: 1/1/2007

The partnership between Vermiculus and Lauren Nicholson began in 2014. They attended the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games WEG-C in Tryon, North Carolina, as well as winning a 2020 CCI3*-S in Lexington, Kentucky.


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Tamra Smith

Hometown: Murrieta, Calif. Birthday: 7/23/1975 Sport/Disciplines: Eventing

Tamie Smith was a member of the U.S. Eventing Team that won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, with Mai Baum. The pair were named as the reserve combination for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. With Mai Baum, Smith finished in the top ten at the 2021 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5* and the 2022 Badminton Horse Trials CCI5*.

 

Mai Baum

Nickname: Lexus Owner: Alex Ahearn, Ellen Ahearn, & Eric Markell Groom: Alyssa Dobrotin Gender: Gelding Breed: German Sport Horse Disciplines: Eventing Sire: Loredano 2 Dam: Ramira Foal Date: 5/20/2006

Mai Baum and Tamra “Tamie” Smith quickly formed a partnership in 2015 and tallied five international wins that year, including The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship title at The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International. The duo helped earn the team gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. In 2021, Smith and Mai Baum earned to a top-10 finish in the horse’s CCI5*-L debut at the 2021 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS Equestrian™.