Hallie Coon and Cute Girl. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
A bursting roster of 115 entries features on the next leg of the FEI Nations Cup for Eventing, happening in Belgium at Arville this weekend. This event will be used by many as a set-up for a fall CCI5* such as Burghley, while the competition will continue to heat up with just three legs of Nations Cup events remaining on the 2024 schedule. Australia is the current standings leader in this series, having accumulated 200 points, with France hot on their heels with 210 points accrued. Australia is likely to relinquish its points lead this weekend, however, with just one pair – Shenae Lowings and Bold Venture, who served as the team’s Traveling Reserve in Paris – entered.
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Sydney Elliott and QC Diamantaire. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
The U.S. tends to target 2 to 3 Nations Cup legs each season, using it as an opportunity to develop horses and riders for future championship team opportunities. The Americans were present at the leg at Millstreet (Ireland), and will also likely target Boekelo (Netherlands), which is hosting the series finale in October. This weekend, the U.S. is well-represented by Paris Traveling Reserve pair Sydney Elliott and QC Diamantaire, Hallie Coon with Cute Girl and Lucky Fortuna, Katherine Coleman with Sirius Sb and ESI Baltic Breeze, and Tiana Coudray with Cancaras Girl and Coeur de l’Esprit Z. The team for the U.S. will be Sydney with QC Diamantaire, Hallie with Cute Girl, Katherine with Sirius SB, and Tiana with Cancaras Girl.
Lara de Liedekerke-Meier and Ducati d’Arville. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
The strong field also includes four entries from Belgian Olympian and Luhmühlen winner Lara de Leidekerke-Meier (who’s also playing host this weekend, with Arville being her and Kai Steffen-Meier’s home base). Paris teammates Tine Magnus and Karin Donkers also feature on the roster alongside several other strong Belgian entries poised to make a good run on home turf.
You can view the full entry list — and it’s a big one! — here. Those interested in following along in real time can find the live stream on both ClipMyHorse.TV (subscription required). With this being an FEI Nations Cup event, there should also be a free live feed on the FEI YouTube channel here. On the ClipMyHorse.TV schedule, only show jumping and cross country are listed as available for streaming. Show jumping will be streamed beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 17, followed by cross country starting at 4:45 a.m. ET on Sunday, August 18.
Arville CCIO4*-S: [Website] [Timing & Scoring] [Live Stream – ClipMyHorse.TV] [Jumping Live Stream – FEI YouTube (Free!)] [XC Live Stream- FEI YouTube (Free!)]
