It’s going to be a busy off season for Liz Halliday-Sharp. After basing in England for the past 15 years, she’s relocated to Ocala for the winter and spring to both launch Cooley Horses International with Richard
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Richard Sheane is well known for his prowess at sourcing, producing and selling Irish Sport Horses under the Cooley name in Ireland. Thanks to his new business venture with British-based U.S. rider Liz Halliday-Sharp, Americans
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Liz Halliday-Sharp put an exciting announcement on her Facebook page this morning that she will be moving her training base to Ocala for the winter. She will be bringing sales horses as well as horses
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The first day of dressage is complete at Boekelo CCIO3* in the Netherlands, with the first two riders already out for the U.S. Nations Cup team. Paul Tapner and Indian Mill led for much of the
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The cross country portion of the CIC3* competition at Ballindenisk completed today, and the two North American riders competing both came home strong enough to remain in the top 10 going into show jumping tomorrow.
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Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night did the stars and stripes proud today at Blair Castle International Horse Trials, scoring 41.5 to lead the 31-horse CCI3* field by a two-point margin. “Blackie” always shines in
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Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night held their own at Bramham today, scoring 44.4 for 10th place out of the big field of 65 in the CCI3*. Unlike yesterday when the rain and wind marred
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With the second day of dressage at Saumur almost complete, both Doug Payne and Liz Halliday-Sharp are sitting in the top 10 in the CCI3*. Liz and Fernhill By Night went very early this morning,
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We’re super lucky to have both Doug Payne and Liz Halliday-Sharp keeping us up to date on what’s happening at Saumur! Liz checked in with her first blog today after both Fernhill By Night and
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While this weekend is relatively quiet on the home front, there is much excitement in Saumur, France, for the annual Saumur CCI3*. This is a notoriously difficult competition, and this year it has a whopping
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The second leg of the FEI Nations Cup series wrapped up yesterday at Ballindenisk. Liz Halliday-Sharp had three horses in the CICO3*, and HHS Cooley ended the weekend with the best result, jumping clear with 1.6
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The Irish leg of the Nations Cup is being held at Ballindenisk this weekend, and the French team came out to play in the dressage and show jumping yesterday. Currently, the French team leads on
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The announcement on the next wave of spring grants came late last night, and Doug Payne and Crown Talisman and Liz Halliday-Sharp and HHS Cooley are the recipients of Land Rover Competition grants to compete
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Here’s Liz Halliday-Sharp and HHS Cooley’s dressage test from Fontainebleau CICO3*, the first leg of the FEI Nations Cup series, which kicked off this past weekend in France. I posted this video on my Across
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Across the Pond is our new weekly update series on what our North American riders based in Europe are up to. Have a tip on an American or Canadian competing in Europe? Send it to
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Ocala isn’t just an appealing place to be right now due to the balmy weather. It’s also quickly becoming a popular winter base for eventers, and Chris Desino of Ocala Horse Properties said he’s been
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Samantha Clark is back with another fantastic profile on our American riders based in England. This time, she interviews Liz Halliday-Sharp, whose name was relatively unknown last year until she rode in the WEG Test
...» Read More!We’ve been so spoiled with these excellent videos from Galway Downs, courtesy of Frankie Thieriot of Athletux and Bright Horse Communications. Frankie has a great interview with Buck in the video, and he speaks about
...» Read More!Thanks again to Frankie Theriot and Bright Horse Communications for a great recap video of cross-country day at Galway from the FEI divisions. In Buck’s interview, he says Petite Flower could possibly be headed for
...» Read More!Frankie Theriot takes us through dressage at Galway on Friday, including ride highlights and interviews with Buck Davidson, Lauren Billys, Barb Crabo, Jolie Wentworth, Allison Springer, Liz Halliday-Sharp, Kristin Schmolze, Maya Black, and Tamra Smith.
...» Read More!Buck Davidson almost pulled a William Fox-Pitt at Galway Downs, as he sat in first and second places in the CCI3* dressage with just his final ride Petite Flower still to go. Flower scored 55.2
...» Read More!CCI3* dressage kicks off in just 30 minutes at Galway Downs. PRO Tour Radio is once again running a broadcast on Ustream — this time with Niki Rose Clarke and Brian Sabo offering commentary —
...» Read More!Show jumping is underway here at Boekelo, and Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night just jumped for Team USA, pulling one rail at 4A, a square oxer, early in the course. The main arena resembles
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