Off The Record
Horse & Hound|May 25, 2023
This consistent Irish-bred led the US team to silver at the World Championships last year. Pippa Roome meets him
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Off The Record

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OFF THE RECORD

Age: 14

Breeding: by Arkansas out of an Ard Ohio mare

Breeder: Peter G Brady

Rider: Will Coleman

Owners: Off The Record syndicate

Greatest achievements: second Fair Hill CCI4*-S 2018; first Great Meadow CCIO4*-S 2018; first Jersey Fresh CCI4*-S 2019; third Tattersalls CCI4*-L 2019; second Great Meadow CCI4*-S 2020; first Carolina International CCI4*-S 2021; 15th Kentucky CCI5* 2021; second Great Meadow CCI4*-S 2021; first Aachen CCIO4*-S 2021; third The Fork CCI4*-S 2022; 12th Kentucky CCI5* 2022; sixth Aachen CCIO4*-S 2022; third Great Meadow CCI4*-S 2022; seventh individually and team silver Pratoni World Championships 2022; second Stable View CCI4*-S 2023; seventh Kentucky CCI5* 2023 (all class levels updated to current format).

RIDER WILL COLEMAN

“I BOUGHT ‘Timmy’ out of Richard Sheane’s yard, Cooley Farm, in Ireland for a wonderful guy called August Vettorino, who sadly then died, so we put together a little group of owners to buy him.

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