Paris Ahoy: Seven-Year-Old World Champion Sold to the USA

There’s not a lot that gets our heart rates up in February – but high-profile horse transfers certainly do the trick, and truly, ’tis the season for them. Following on from the transfer of Chris Burton‘s Jefferson and Blenheim eight- and nine-year-old winner Clever Louis to young British star Bubby Upton, and Kevin McNab‘s Osberton CCI3*-L victor Scuderia 1918 Humphreys to Piggy March, we’re excited to reveal the news of yet another Australian superstar switching camps this week – and this time, the horse in question is joining the US efforts with an eye on Paris 2024.

Kevin McNab‘s 2021 Seven-Year-Old World Champion Cute Girl (Coventry x Caligula, by Clearway) has joined the string of Ocala-based young professional Hallie Coon, who has previously represented the USA at Houghton Hall Nations Cup, taking team silver in 2018 with former top ride Celien, and finishing seventh in a hot field in 2021’s Nations Cup finale at Boekelo CCI4*-L, where she competed as an individual with the inexperienced Global Ex. (Spare a thought for her head groom Tabby Fiorentini, who now has two grey mares to prepare for competitions – perhaps a purple shampoo sponsorship should be in the works, too?)

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Article written by: By Tilly Berendt