Boyd Martin, a member of every world championships and Olympic team since 2010, has been named to the U.S. Land Rover eventing squad that will compete in Italy’s Pratoni del Vivaro next month at the world championships. He’ll be aboard his Tokyo Games mount, Tseterleg.
Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg. (Photo © by Nancy Jaffer)
Other members of the team are Will Coleman with Off the Record, winner of the 4-star Short at Aachen last year; Lauren Nicholson and the veteran Vermiculus; Ariel Grald (Master Plan), and Tamie Smith (Mai Baum).
Will has a direct reserve, Dondante, in case Off the Record is unable to run. Phllip Dutton, the individual bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympics and long a pillar of the team, is traveling reserve with Z.
He is also on the list of alternates with Sea of Clouds, the only off-the-track thoroughbred in the group. Other alternates are Jennie Brannigan (FE Lifestyle), Boyd with Federman B, Buck Davidson (Carlevo), Sydney Elliott (QC Diamantaire) and Liz Halliday-Sharp (Cooley Quicksilver).