Sydney Elliott

About this episode

Sydney Elliott discusses her experiences and successes in eventing, including her recent achievements and training philosophy.

This week’s  Practical Horseman Podcast  episode, sponsored by  USRider , is with five-star eventer Sydney Elliott. She spoke with us in mid-November as the competition season was winding down after her CCI4*-L win with QC Diamantaire at The Event at TerraNova in Myakka City, Florida. To give you a little more background on Sydney, she first competed at the five-star level at the Kentucky Three-Day Event with Cisko A in two thousand sixteen. Two years later, the pair made their U.S. team debut at the Great Meadow International Nations Cup, helping the U.S. to a third-place finish. With her partner of nearly 10 years, QC Diamantaire, also known as Q, Sydney tallied numerous Nations Cup appearances, including earning team silver in Aachen, Germany in two thousand twenty-one and in Boekelo, the Netherlands that same year. In two thousand twenty-three, Sydney and QC Diamantaire competed in the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, collecting the silver medal as part of the U.S. team. Last year, they were the traveling reserve pair for the Paris two thousand twenty-four Olympic Games. Since then, the duo has continued to have strong competition results.   In…

People in this episode

Guest: Sydney Elliott

Topics covered

• eventing
• competition
• training philosophy
• show nerves
• horse care

Keywords

• Sydney Elliott
• eventing
• CCI4*-L
• USRider
• QC Diamantaire
• Pan American Games
• Olympic Games
• training
• competition

Sponsors

USRider

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Elliott Eventing

Places: Myakka City, Florida, Aachen, Germany, Boekelo, the Netherlands, Santiago, Chile, Benton, Louisiana, Hoffman, North Carolina

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