Record combined driving entries and a “luck of the Irish” day for show jumper Daniel Coyle highlighted the 33rd renewal of the Live Oak International Combined Driving and Show Jumping Tournament March 14-17, 2024. The tournament was hosted by world champion FEI four-in-hand driver Chester Weber at his family’s 5,000-acre estate near Ocala, Florida. The competition featured four days of both national and international driving divisions and three days of FEI-level show jumping culminating with this season’s final FEI World Cup Qualifier jumping class on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17.  

Over 15,000 spectators watched the action over the four days at the 2024 Live Oak International. In addition to competition, the tournament had a vendor village and food court, a children’s activity area, a beer garden, a Net Jets walk-through mock airplane exhibit, and daily KWPN Dutch Harness Horse exhibitions. There was also a tailgating competition sponsored by Ocala magazine and a jungle-themed party on Friday night sponsored by Gold’s Gym of Ocala.  

Weber said he and his family were excited to host the competitors and spectators for a 33rd time. Live Oak began in 1990 as a club-level driving competition and developed into a world-class show using a grass main arena surrounded by picturesque Spanish-moss filled oak trees and a sprawling marathon course featuring seven challenging combined driving obstacles. In 2012, Weber’s sister Juliet W. Reid and her daughter jumper rider Chloe D. Reid asked him to add show jumping competition to the Live Oak schedule and it proved to be a popular combination.  

He shared that Live Oak is the largest spectator event in Marion County, Florida, and that they do their best to offer something for everyone―spectators, competitors and sponsors―to enjoy. “At Live Oak International we challenge ourselves to be bigger and better every year and we continue to strive to ensure the best possible experience for all who visit our tournament.”  

Find out out more about the 2025 Live Oak International Event here.  

Combined Driving Results

This year’s Live Oak International combined driving competition saw the largest number of entries in the history of the event thus far with drivers from five countries competing (Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the U.S.). The driving included national classes for youth, para and able-bodied competitors and international classes at the FEI 2* and FEI 3* levels. In addition to the youth and para-driving classes, other national driving divisions offered were Intermediate-level divisions for single horses, single ponies, horse pairs and pony pairs. International driving divisions included single horse, single pony and pony pairs at the FEI 2* level, and single horse, single pony, pony pair and horse teams at the FEI 3* level.  

Winner of the FEI 3* Horse Teams was Chester Weber and his team of four Dutch horses. First place in the FEI 3* Horse Single division was Raymond Helmuth of Cambridge, Iowa, driving Kendro. Topping the FEI 3* Pony Pair was Yannik Scherrer of Switzerland driving Mary Phelps’ small, but mighty, ponies Bugsy Malony and Al Capony. Anna Koopman of Middleburg, Va., grabbed the blue with Chandler Creek Eclipse in the FEI 3* Pony Single. For a full set of 2024 Live Oak driving results, click here.

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FEI Show Jumping Results

Everything was coming up shamrocks in the Live Oak International FEI World Cup Qualifier with five competitors from Ireland, two of those (Daniel Coyle and Dermott Lennon) qualifying for the four-rider jump off. Overall, there were 32 competitors from 11 countries in the World Cup class. In the end it was Ireland’s Daniel Coyle riding Incredible, owned by Coyle and Canadian Ariel Grange, who jumped clear in both the first round and the jump off and had the fastest time (40.37 seconds) over a track designed by Germany’s Olaf Petersen, Jr.  

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Coyle, who ended the FEI North American League season at the top of the standings and is thus qualified for the 2024 World Cup Finals in Saudi Arabia in April, said he has only been riding Incredible, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Clinton-Heartbreaker) since January. He credited Dutch horseman Jeroen Dubbeldam for recommending the horse to him.

“Every time I go in the ring, I’m finding something new [about Incredible]. It’s great that I can find that out while competing at the top of the sport. He was incredible before I got him. And, it’s good to know that I was a good rider before, he was a good horse before, and today I can say that we are also very good together,” said Coyle in an interview after the competition.  

Kent Farrington of the U.S., riding his and Rabbit Root Stable LLC’s Toulayna, also qualified for the jump off and were also clear, but went before Coyle and Incredible and stopped the timers 2.21 seconds slower. Finishing third was Lennon on Millview Cicero, who had an unfortunate rail when Cicero slipped on a tight turn back to an oxer, which caused a rail to fall.  

Helpful Live Oak International Links

◆ Complete results from the 2024 Live Oak FEI World Cup Jumping Qualifier

◆ Other show jumping results from the 2024 Live Oak International 

Watch replays of all of the action from the 2024 Live Oak International Tournament on FEI TV/Clip My Horse. A paid subscription is required, but a free 30-day trial is offered. 

Live Oak was the last qualifier for the FEI World Cup Show Jumping Finals to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 16-20, 2024. For more information about the 2024 World Cup Finals, click here.

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Thirty-five horse-and-rider pairs entered the Alltech Arena on Saturday evening to take a shot at winning the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Lexington at the 2018 National Horse Show. Eight different countries were represented, and all members of the U.S. show jumping teams for both the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games and the 2016 Olympics were on the list.

Olympian Lucy Davis was the third rider in the order and was the first to go clear and within the time with her Holsteiner gelding, Caracho 14. But after her round, there was a long drought with no double clears.

Davis’s 2016 Olympic teammate Kent Farrington, 20th in the order at the 2018 National Horse Show, broke the streak by turning in a fault-free round on Creedence, a Dutch Warmblood gelding he co-owns with RCG Farm. He was immediately followed by Laura Kraut, a member of the gold medal winning team at this year’s WEG. Kraut had a double clear round with the Holsteiner gelding, Confu, owned by St. Bride’s Farm.

Five-time Olympian Beezie Madden was the next to go clear and make the jump off riding Abigail Wexner’s Belgian Warmblood gelding, Chic Hin D Hyrencourt at the 2018 National Horse Show. Molly Ashe was the fifth and final rider to go clear in the first round, riding Louisburg Farm’s Cat Ballou, a Holsteiner gelding.

In the jump-off, Davis had an unfortunate runout at the first fence. Farrington had a rail down as well.

Kraut and Confu completed a fast and clear jump-off round, securing a top three finish for the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup at the 2018 National Horse Show. Madden and Chic Hin D Hyrencourt were next with a clear round that was just fast enough to but them in the lead. Finally at the 2018 National Horse Show, Ashe returned with Cat Ballou with a clear round to squeeze into second place.

$250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Lexington 2018 National Horse Show Results

1. Beezie Madden and Chic Hin D Hyrencourt
2. Molly Ashe and Cat Ballou
3. Laura Kraut and Confu
4. Kent Farrington and Creedance
5. Lucy Davis and Caracho 14
6. Amanda Derbyshire and Luibanta BH (GBR)
7. Catherine Tyree and Bokai
8. Lorcan Gallagher and Hunters Conlypso II (IRE)
9. Adrienne Sternlicht and Toulago
10. Cormac Hanley and VDL Cartello (IRE)
11. Margie Engle and Dicas
12. Shane Sweetnam and Don’t Touch Du Bois (IRE)

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