William Coleman

Wednesday 7th - Sunday 11th May 2025

William Coleman

United States
  • 76 - OBOS O'Reilly

Biography

It will be a first Badminton for American Will Coleman (34) who with his wife Katie runs Will Coleman Equestrian, near Charlottesville in Virginia.

In 2017 with Badminton entry OBOS O’Reilly Will completed the Luhmuhlen four-star

Will began riding when he was six-years-old when his family moved to a farm in Charlottesville VA. He then took to hunting and showjumping under the watchful eyes of his father an avid hunter and horseman. He started regular lessons with Karen and David O’Connor and after graduating from high school began a three-year-apprenticeship with the O’Connors.

In 2001, aged 18, Will was a gold medallist at the North American YR championships and the following year competed in his first three-star. In 2003 he came to the UK and became the only US rider to win the Under 25 championship at Bramham. Later that year with Fox in Flight – aka Cheddar – Will contested and completed his first four-star at Burghley and was long-listed for the 2004 Olympic Games. Whilst he did not get to Athens he did complete Lexington with his second horse – A Second Hope.

In 2005 he sold his top horses and enrolled at University of Virginia.

In the spring of 2012 he finished fourth at Lexington and represented the US at the London Olympic Games.

Will who won the national three-star championship at Elkton in 2017 (2nd –Tight Lines) used his prize of one free, round trip flight to Europe, to bring OBOS O’Reilly to Badminton.

OBOS O’Reilly is a 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding. He is by the Irish-based German-bred Oldeburg OBOS Quality also the sire of OBOS Cooley, Fernhill Quality Street). He is out of Omard Clover Queen by Clover Hill. He was bought out of the UK as a five-year-old and as a young horse was all but untrainable but as a nine-year-old finally started to mature to become ‘a fabulous cross country horse’. In 2015 he completed his first four-star at Lexington in 6th place and later that year was 11th at Blenheim. Last year he completed Luhmuhlen.

 

 

Entries

OBOS O'Reilly

ISH, Ireland, 2003
16.3hh , bay , gelding

Sire Obos Quality 004

Dam Omard Clover Queen (Clover Hill)

Breeder Mr Brian O'Reilly

Owner(s): Four Star Eventing Group, Virginia, USA

Notable Results

2017 – Luhmuhlen CCI4* 12th OBOS O’Reilly

2017 – Lexington KY CCI4* ret OBOS O’Reilly, 34th Tight Lines

2015 – Blenheim CCI3* 11th OBOS O’Reilly

2015 – Lexington KY CCI4* 6th OBOS O’Reilly

2013 – Bromont CCI3* 1st OBOS O’Reilly

2013 – Elkton MD CIC3* 1st OBOS O’Reilly

2012 – London OG 37th Twizzel

2012 – Lexington KY CCI4* 5th Twizzel

2009 – Luhmuhlen CCI4* 5th Twizzel

2005 – Luhmhlen CCI4* 16th A Second Hope

2004 – Lexington CCI4* 19th A Second Hope

2004 – Luhmuhlen CCI4* 18th A Second Hope

2003 – Burghley CCI4* 26th Fox in Flight

2003 – Bramham U25CCI3* 1st Fox in Flight