Great Britain won the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ at the Brook Ledge Great Meadow International, presented by Adequan® (GMI). The British had a sizeable lead following show jumping on Saturday, however Sunday’s challenging cross country course left the title in question until the last rider crossed the finish line. In the end, Canada placed second and the United States came in third.

Individually, Olympian Will Coleman of Gordonsville, Va., finished first on Off the Record, owned by the Off the Record Syndicate, with a score of 35.1. Second place went to Georgie Spence of Great Britain on Halltown Harley (35.2) and Canada’s Jessica Phoenix was third riding Pavarotti, owned by Don Good (36.7). The race for the individual title was fierce as only one tenth of a point separated the top two.

“I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I wasn’t paying a little bit of attention to the scores,” said Coleman. “I’m very pleased and I’m very happy for the owners. He kind of answered the bell. He was a little green here in the arena, but besides that he was pretty honest everywhere.”

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