Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Holly Corcoran To Represent The USA Equestrian Endurance Team In The World Championships In Italy

WNEP.com - Article & Video

She will ride her 2007 Arabian gelding Poete along with her 5 member team this May in Italy

Author: Steve Lloyd
Published: 7:36 PM EDT May 11, 2021

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — Holly Corcoran is a 1988 East Stroudsburg University graduate and lives in Monroe County with her 5 Arabian horses. Back in 2003 she got involved in the sport of equestrian endurance riding. Over the last few months she has been training her 2007 Arabian gelding Poete down in Florida for this month's Endurance World Championship in Pisa, Italy. She is part of the five member USA team making the trip to compete in this international event.

"There is a lot of strategy involved in endurance to begin with just so you know. Like I said coming into the holds you want to strip down as fast as possible like NASCAR. So you maintain efficiency in the ride and try to make every moment count so that the horse has to do the least amount of work over the terrain," said Holly...

Read more and see video here:
https://www.wnep.com/article/sports/holly-corcoran-to-represent-the-usa-equestrian-endurance-team-in-the-world-championships-in-italy/523-66349b09-6d9d-4b09-b6a9-75857dd55b29

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