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The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 1

The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the The Land

Rover/ U.S. Eventing Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

The eventing competition at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will take place September 30–October 3, 2010.

Photo Credit: Mike McNally

2 The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Buck DavidsonTeam MemberBorn: February 11, 1976 Residence: Ocala, FLBallyNoe Castle RM – 10-year-old Irish Thorough-bred gelding owned by Carl and Cassandra Segal

The Davidson name is legendary in the eventing world

and Buck has focused on following in the footsteps

of his father Bruce, an Olympic medalist and veteran.

Though much of his younger years were devoted pri-

marily to baseball, a sports related injury changed his

focus. Always a rider, Davidson began his career as a fox

hunter and timber racer.

Davidson has an impressive history as a young rider. He

has won the Markham Trophy as the highest placing

Young Rider in a USET Championship three times, and

was the 1996 Young Rider of the Year. In his four star

debut in 1998, he placed sixth at the Rolex Kentucky

Three-Day Event aboard Trans Am A Flirt. The two fol-

lowing years with Pajama Game, the Morgan-cross that

many felt wouldn’t compete on an international level,

he placed tenth and then fourth in the Rolex Kentucky

Three-Day Event. Also in 1999, he and Pajama Game

were part of the US team at the Pan American Games.

In 2003, Davidson placed third in the USET Three Star

Spring Championship and fourth overall in the Foxhall

Cup CCI3*. At the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in

2005, Davidson was 11th and 13th with Let It Rain and

Private Treaty, two horses known for their sensitive

nature. At that year’s Jersey Fresh Hyperlite provided

Davidson with his very first CCI3* victory.

Since importing BallyNoe Castle RM (or Reggie as he

is called - after fellow super jock Reggie Miller) as a

young horse, Davidson has always maintained that he



is all class. In 2008, Davidson’s faith in the horse was

rewarded with an immaculate performance at the CCI3*

at Jersey Fresh where they were second.

In 2009 Davidson had his most successful season to

date, winning horse trials at every level and collecting a

number of strong finishes at three-days. With My Boy

Bobby, Davidson won the CIC3* at both The Fork and

Wits End. In the spring of 2009, this pair were third at

the CCI4* in Kentucky, as well as the top placed Ameri-

cans.

Not to be outdone by his stablemate, BallyNoe Castle

RM also collected a number of good results in 2009.

Reggie collected ribbons up and down the East coast at

horse trials in the spring. He capped off the first half of

the season with a top 15 finish in his first CCI4* at The

Rolex Kentucky Three-day Event. He followed up this

good result with a pair of second place CIC3* finishes

at Maui Jim and Wits End. In September, Davidson and

Reggie traveled to the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials

CCI4* where they were once again in the top fifteen.

2010 is again proving to be a successful year for David-

son. With My Boy Bobby, Davidson replicated his win

from 2009 in the CIC3* at The Fork Horse Trials and

placed second in the CIC3*-W at The Event at Rebecca

Farm. BallyNoe Castle RM collected wins at the ad-

vanced level at Rocking Horse Winter II Horse Trials and

Millbrook Horse Trials. With the talented Thoroughbred

gelding, Titanium, Davidson finished second in the ad-

vanced division at The Fork. Three weeks later, this pair

completed the horse’s first CCI4* at the Rolex Kentucky

Three-Day Event presented by Bridgestone in 16th place.


Phillip DuttonTeam MemberBorn: September 13, 1963 Residence: West Grove, PAWoodburn - 14-year-old NZ Thoroughbred geld-ing owned by Ann Jones, Mardie Faucette and Acorn Hill Farm

TruLuck – 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by Ann Jones and Rebecca Broussard *Substitute

Phillip Dutton represented Australia in three Olympics

and four World Championships before acquiring US

citizenship in 2006. A native of Australia, Dutton has

been based in Pennsylvania since 1991 and lives there

with his wife, Evie, her daughter, Lee Lee and their twin

girls, Mary and Olivia. Dutton won Team Gold medals at

the 1996 and 2000 Olympics with True Blue Girdwood

and House Doctor, respectively, and was fifth individu-

ally in the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games with House

Doctor. He also represented Australia at the Athens

Olympics in 2004.

Dutton brought True Blue Girdwood with him from

Australia as a relatively inexperienced horse. Dutton

credits “Jug” with teaching him how to ride and getting

him onto the world stage. Dutton has been runner-up

at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event six times, was

second, fourth and fifth in 2005 and was also second at

Burghley CCI4* with The Foreman in 2005. The Fore-

man was back with a vengeance in 2007 winning the Fair

Hill International CCI3* for the second time (he also won

in 2004).

With Connaught, he represented Australia at the 2006

FEI World Equestrian Games as an individual after plac-

ing fourth at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event earlier

that year. The pair returned to Kentucky in 2007 where

they were second and the highest placed American

combination. They went one better in 2008, and Dut-

ton finally broke his streak – winning his first CCI4* with

a fantastic clear show jumping round. Connaught went

on the represent the US at the 2008 Olympic Games in

Hong Kong.

Dutton and Truluck represented the US in 2007 at the

Pan American Games and were Individual Silver medalist

and members of the Gold medal winning team. He began

riding Woodburn in 2007, and the pair has been very

successful over the duration of their partnership. They

were third in the Fair Hill International CCI3* (the horse’s

first attempt at the level) in October and went on to be

tenth at Woodburn’s first four-star at Kentucky in 2008.

2009 was another extremely successful year for Dutton.

Woodburn completed the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day

Event for a second time placing twelfth. Additionally, the

horse had a pair of third place CIC3* finishes over the

summer at Wits End and Richland Park, as well as claim-

ing second place the USEA American Eventing Cham-

pionships. Connaught finished seventh at the Rolex

Kentucky Three-Day Event in April and Truluck finished

the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials CCI4* in fourth

Photo Credit: Kit Houghton


Phillip and Evie run a very busy training and teaching

business at True Prospect Farm, and Dutton’s list of

students is a “Who’s Who” of the stars of the sport. He

considers his biggest accomplishment that he is able to

make a living doing what he enjoys. When he’s not com-

peting or traveling Dutton spends time with his family

and enjoys all sports.

place in September. Dutton wound up the 2009 season

with a fourth place finish on Kheops Du Quesnay at the

Fair Hill CCI3*.

At the 2010 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event presented

by Bridgestone, Dutton claimed his third USEF CCI4*

National Championship on Woodburn. The pair finished

the event in second place. Dutton was also sixth on The

Foreman.

Later in 2010, Dutton won the CIC3* at Jersey Fresh and

was third in the CIC3*-W at The Event at Rebecca Farm

with Truluck.

Dutton admits that although he has never braided a

horse, he can put shoes on one. Having grown up on a

farm in Nygan, New South Wales, he was responsible for

all aspects of his horses’ care. His introduction to horses

came through Pony Club and riding on the farm as a

child.



Boyd MartinTeam MemberBorn: August 20, 1979 Residence: West Grove, PANeville Bardos – 11-year-old Australian Thorough-bred gelding owned by Windurra USA, LLC

Remington XXV – 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Henley House Stables *Substitute

Australian native Boyd Martin relocated to the US in

2007 to pursue his dreams of international eventing

competition. In 2009, Martin rode under the Ameri-

can flag for the first time.

Martin was extremely successful in Australia, where he

won the 2003 Adelaide CCI4* riding True Blue Toozac.

He spent his first two years in the US working as as-

sistant trainer to Olympic Gold medalist Phillip Dutton

before striking out on his own. Martin has several horses

competing at the upper levels of the sport, and always

has numerous young horses coming up the ranks.

Martin’s competitive successes since moving to the US

include placing second with Ying Yang Yo and fourth

with Neville Bardos overall at the 2007 Fair Hill CCI3*

and winning the 2008 Bromont CCI2* in Canada. Neville

Bardos was also ninth at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day

Event CCI4* in 2008.

Martin has quickly made his mark on American eventing:

in 2008 he was ranked number two on the US Eventing

Association Rider of the Year Leaderboard, an impres-

sive feat in only his second year living and competing in

the US.

2009 was a very successful year with Martin’s first CCI3*

win at Fair Hill in the fall with Neville Bardos. Martin was



also sixth with Remington XXV in the CCI3* at Fair Hill.

Other successes in 2009 include winning and placing

fourth in the CIC3* at Jersey Fresh with Belmont and

Rock on Rose respectively. In the CCI3* at Jersey, Martin

and Remington XXV were once again in the top ten.


by Bridgestone, Martin and Neville Bardos finished in

fourth place. Martin also had two other horses in the top

twelve Rock on Rose (eleventh) and Remington XXV

(twelfth).

Martin is married to German Grand Prix Dressage rider

Silva Martin. The Martins run a coaching and training

business in West Grove, PA.

Photo Credit: Shannon Brinkman


Kim SeversonTeam MemberBorn: August 22, 1973 Residence: Scottsville, VATipperary Liadhnan 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Friends of Kim Severson Syndi-cate

Kim Severson has won the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day

Event CCI4* in Lexington, KY, an impressive three times:

in 2002, 2004 and 2005, all with her trusty mount,

Winsome Adante. In 2004, she and “Dan” not only were

members of the US Olympic Bronze medal-winning

team, but the pair also earned an Individual Silver medal.

Severson earned her first medal in a World Champi-

onship in September 2002 when she helped the US

earn the Team Gold medal at the FEI World Equestrian

Games in Jerez, Spain.

Prior to her partnership with Dan, Severson began her

climb to success with Over The Limit. In 1999, the duo

was in the winner’s circle in Lexington having won the

USET Three-Star Spring Championship.

Also in 1999, Severson was awarded a USET grant to

compete Over The Limit at the Blenheim CCI3* and

placed second. Two years later, in September 2001, she

won the Blenheim CCI3* on Winsome Adante. Earlier

that year, she rode him to the Reserve Championship in

the USET Three-Star Spring Championship at the MBNA

Foxhall Cup. She and Over The Limit placed fourth

(behind Olympic medalists Blyth Tait, David and Karen

O’Connor) in the 2000 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event

CCI4* presented by Bayer, and was third at the very

prestigious Badminton CCI4* in 2007 aboard Winsome

Adante.

Severson is uncovering a new star in the giant Tipper-

ary Liadhnan. ‘Paddy’ as he is known to his friends, is a

different type of horse for Severson but she has found

success with him very quickly. He was second in the

CIC3* at the Fork and fifth at the CCI3* at Jersey Fresh

in 2007 but missed a fall three-day after Severson broke

her collarbone. Paddy continued to jump around big

tracks with ease in 2008, picking up good finishes in

the Advanced at Southern Pines and in the CIC3*-W at

the Fork. They capped off their 2008 spring season by

finishing fifth at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event

CCI4* in April. In 2010, Kim and Paddy were fourth in

the CCI3* at Bromont.



Becky HolderIndividualBorn: April 24, 1969 Residence: Palmetto, GACourageous Comet – 14-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by Tom and Becky Holder

Becky Holder and Courageous Comet have been pa-

tiently waiting for their time to shine. The former

stakes-placed race horse has evolved into a world class

event horse. The pair had their best finish to date in

2008 finishing second at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day

Event CCI4* in April. In the summer of 2008 Holder and

Courageous Comet were selected to represent the US

at the Olympic Games in Hong Kong.


by Bridgestone, Holder and Courageous Comet picked

up a third place finish.

Courageous Comet won two CIC3*s in 2007 – picking

up victories at Maui Jim Horse Trials and Richland Park.

In 2008, the pair continued their winning ways – taking

home Advanced honors at the Southern Pines Horse Tri-

als in March, where Holder also won a division of Inter-

mediate with Rejuvenate.

A good performance at Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event

in 2006 scored the pair a trip to England to train for the

FEI World Equestrian Games. They didn’t make the trip

to Aachen, but proved their mettle by jumping immacu-

lately around their first Burghley CCI4* together finish-

ing fifteenth.

Holder has been involved with horses her entire life and

spent 11 years as a whipper-in for the Fort Leavanworth

Hunt in Kansas. She first rose onto the US team stage

with Highland Hogan during the push to the 2000 Syd-

ney Olympics. The pair was sixth at Fair Hill International

in 1999 and then they put in a stellar performance at the

Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (their first four-star,

they were eleventh) that spring and found themselves as

the traveling reserves for the Olympics.

A graduate B pony clubber, Holder runs a busy teaching

business outside of Atlanta, Georgia and enjoys spend-

ing time with her husband Tom, going to the theater and

gardening.



Karen O’ConnorIndividualBorn: February 17, 1958 Residence: The Plains, VAMandiba – 11-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by Joan Goswell

Karen O’Connor (along with her husband, 2000 Olympic

Gold medalist David – with whom she shares two Olym-

pic team medals) has been an instrumental part of the

US team since the late 1980s. O’Connor has a storied

career finding success on four different continents.

O’Connor’s first major placing came at the Badmin-

ton CCI4* on March Brown in 1979. She then won the

Boekelo CCI3* on The Optimist in 1984 and the Ches-

terland CCI3* on Castlewellan in 1985. Her first team

appearance was in 1986 on Lutin V at the Gawler World

Championships in Australia. She has won CCI3*s at

Punchestown, Foxhall, Rolex Kentucky and twice at

Fair Hill International. With Prince Panache, she won

the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* in 1999. She was a member

of the 1988 Olympic team, a Team Silver medalist at

the 1996 Olympics, and a Team Bronze medalist at the

2000 Olympics. She was part of the World Champion-

ship squad in 1994 and 1998, picking up a Team Bronze

medal in 1998. She also rode Upstage as an individual in

2006 in Aachen.

O’Connor continued writing history when she picked up

Team and Individual Gold medals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

at the 2007 Pan American Games. O’Connor was also

the Individual Silver medalist from the 2003 Pan Ameri-

can Games.

Mandiba began tasting success as a five-year-old when

he and O’Connor won at the 2005 USEA American

Eventing Championships. In 2006 they won the Florida

International CCI1*, the Virginia Horse Trials, and went

back to the USEA Championships where they finished

with top honors for the second year in a row. Mandiba

continued to put in solid performances in the 2007

season and started off 2008 with a win at the Rock-

ing Horse Winter Horse Trials. O’Connor and Mandiba

finished off their 2008 season by representing the US in

Hong Kong at O’Connor’s fourth Olympic Games.

Mandiba was once again able to find top placings in

2009. O’Connor and Mandiba were third at the CIC2* at

Stuart Horse Trials in July and won a division of Ad-

vanced at Millbrook Horse Trials a few weeks later. They

finished their season at the Fair Hill CCI3* in Elkton, MD

jumping to a second place finish.

In 2010, O’Connor and Mandiba blazed to a seventh

place finish in the CCI4* at the Rolex Kentucky Three-

Day Event Presented by Bridgestone. In July, the pair

won the CIC3*-W at The Event at Rebecca Farm.

O’Connor is involved in the sport at every level; she

serves on the USEF Board of Directors, is very active in

the United States Eventing Association (USEA) Instruc-

tor Certification Program and teaches riders of all ages.

When she’s not riding or doing horse related activi-

ties, O’Connor spends time with her family and her dogs.



Allison SpringerSubstituteBorn: October 17, 1974 Residence: Marshall, VAArthur – 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Allison, Carolyn and William Springer

Allison Springer got her start in eventing growing up

in the Midwest. She produced three horses to the

advanced level and then found a serious superstar in

Arthur. The talented horse was eighth in his very first

CCI3* at the age of eight in the spring of 2007. High-

lights from 2008 include a second place finish at the

Maui Jim CIC3* and third place finishes in the CIC3* at

the Red Hills Horse Trials in March and in the advanced

at Pine Top two weeks earlier. The pair also finished

in the top 15 in their first CCI4* at the Rolex Kentucky

Three-Day Event.

In 2009, Arthur once again completed the Rolex Ken-

tucky Three-Day Event in the spring and the CCI3* at

Blenheim in the fall.

In the spring of 2010, Arthur and Springer were second

in the CIC3* at the Fork. They went on to complete the

Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Bridges-

tone for a third consecutive year.

Arthur was also third in the advanced division at the

American Eventing Championships in 2007. He was

fourth at the CCI2* at the Virginia Horse Center and was

the Reserve Champion at the preliminary level at the

American Eventing Championships − both in 2006.

In 2000 Springer was sixth at Fair Hill International

CCI3* with Tenacity and also rode a colorful Paint horse,

Presto and Bonfire at the advanced level.

Springer runs a busy sales and training business in Mar-

shall, VA and travels to Aiken, SC in the winter.



Amy TryonSubstituteBorn: February 24, 1970 Residence: Duvall, WALeyland – 10-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by Elisabeth Nicholson

Amy Tryon has been a staple on American eventing

teams for ten years. With the bold jumping Poggio II,

Tryon was a force on the championship scene, begin-

ning at the 1999 Pan American Games (where they were

fourth). In 2002, they were on the US team that won the

Gold medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games in Jerez,

Spain. At their first Olympic Games, in 2004, they were

part of the Bronze medal winning effort in Athens where

they were sixth individually.

2006 was another banner year for Tryon. She and Pog-

gio II led the US Team’s effort at the FEI World Eques-

trian Games picking up the Individual Bronze medal. Two

weeks later, she was fifth at the Blenheim CCI3* with Le

Samurai. For these accomplishments added to her fifth

place finish at the Kentucky CCI4* with Woodstock and

three other major wins, she was named the US Eventing

Association’s Lady Rider of the Year for 2006.

2008 was also a very important year for Tryon. She

represented the US for a second time at the Olympic

Games in Hong Kong with Poggio II, in what was the

horse’s final competition.

With the retirement of Poggio II, two of Tryon’s younger

horses stepped into the forefront. Both Leyland and

Coal Creek won at the three-star level on their first at-

tempts. Leyland won the CCI3* at Jersey Fresh and Coal

Creek won the USEF Fall National CCI3* Championship

at Fair Hill.

Leyland again showed his potential in 2009 stepping up

to the four-star level. In April, Tryon and Leyland were

13th at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. In Sep-

tember, the pair scored another top fifteen finish at the

Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in England.

Tryon spent the majority of her professional career as a

firefighter. She retired as a firefighter (summer of 2006)

to focus solely on riding. Tryon and her husband, Greg,

also a firefighter, reside in Redmond, WA with a house

full of dogs: Mango, Razzle and Jasmine

Photo Credit: Stockimageservices.com


Captain Mark PhillipsChef d’EquipeBorn: September 22, 1948 Residence: Gloucestershire, EnglandWith Captain Phillips as Chef d’Equipe and technical

advisor for eventing since March 1993, the US eventing

team has won events such as Punchestown, Burghley,

Badminton and the British Horse Championships. Under

his leadership, the team has experienced consistent suc-

cesses including an impressive number of medals over

the past 12 years including the FEI World Equestrian

Games in 1994, 1998 and in 2002 when the US took

Team Gold; the 1995, 1999, and the 2003 Pan American

Games where the US won Team and Individual Gold – a

feat the team repeated in 2007 when the riders swept

the individual medals. Captain Phillips has also guided

US teams at three Olympic Games: 1996 (Team Silver

and Individual Bronze), 2000 (Individual Gold and Team

Bronze), 2004 (Individual Silver and Team Bronze),

2008 (Individual Silver).

As a rider, Captain Phillips had a remarkable career, win-

ning a Team Olympic Gold medal in 1972 and Gold med-

als at World and European championships, as well as

four Badmintons and one Burghley. Riding for Britain, he

won the Team Silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

He is married to former Olympic dressage rider Sandy

Phillips.

Photo Credit: USEF Archives


Sara IkeTeam LeaderBorn: February 22, 1977 Residence: Oldwick, NJSara Ike began riding at the age of four. Her first pony,

Taffy, was a 10-hand Shetland who lived in grazing reins

while under saddle. Ike has childhood memories of

playing in Bruce Davidson’s Volvo box truck with Buck

and Nancy Davidson at numerous horse trials while

their parents went neck-and neck on the field of play.

A Pony Clubber, Ike competed in eventing, local jumper

shows and fox hunted in the winters. She also earned

her Bronze medal in vaulting in 1988. A 1999 graduate

of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, she stud-

ied geology which allowed her to spend time outdoors.

Although Ike didn’t ride on Skidmore’s intercollegiate

team, she found her niche working with young and

“problem” horses in the program.

Ike started working for the Federation in 2003, and

served as the Team Leader in 2004 at the Vaulting

World Championships in Austria. She was named Di-

rector of Vaulting Activities in January 2005. In March

2007, she became the High Performance Director of

Eventing and served as Team Leader for the medal

sweep (Team Gold and all three individual medals) at the

2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ike

also served as Team Leader at the 2008 Olympic Games

in Hong Kong. Horses are in her blood. She credits her

mother with exposing her to many aspects of the horse

industry–across the disciplines, from the short stirrup

rider to the Olympic athlete.

Photo Credit: USEF Archives

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