2011 Pan-American Game Alter­nate Team Member

Bal­ly­laf­fin Bracken is a 17.3 hand Irish Sport Horse geld­ing born in 2000 in County Tip­per­ary, Ire­land. He is Irish-bred by one of the world’s lead­ing event and show jump­ing sires Ricardo Z and out of the Irish Sport Horse mare Bal­ly­laf­fin Florence.

Bal­ly­laf­fin Bracken was imported from Ire­land by Kristin in 2004. Since his arrival, he has suc­cess­fully com­peted at inter­na­tional com­pe­ti­tions through­out the United States and Canada. In his very first out­ing in the United States, Bal­ly­laf­fin Bracken won the Pre­lim­i­nary Divi­sion at Seneca’s Fall Horse Trial and then placed 3rd in the Young Horse Pre­lim­i­nary Futu­rity at Plan­ta­tion Field. He has com­pleted 2 CIC**s in the top 10 plac­ings and recently took 5th place at the manda­tory Pan Am out­ing in Rich­land Park Horse Tri­als in Michi­gan. As an Alter­nate Team Mem­ber for the 2011 Pan-American Games, Bal­ly­laf­fin Bracken trained with Cap­tain Mark Philips in Ocala, Florida in Octo­ber of 2011. He was also awarded a 2011 USEF grant to com­pete at Gal­way Downs in Cal­i­for­nia where he placed 8th.

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• 2011 Placed 8th at Gal­way Downs Inter­na­tional CCI***
• 2011: Alter­nate Team Mem­ber Pan-American Games
• 2011: Placed 5th at Manda­tory Pan-American Games Out­ing at Rich­land Horse Trials
• 2011: Placed 7th at Rebecca Farm CCI**
• 2007: Placed 8th at Bromont CCI*
• 2007: Placed 2nd at the Poplar Place CIC*
• 2006: Placed 3rd in Young Horse Pre­lim­i­nary Futu­rity at Plan­ta­tion Field
• 2006: Placed 1st in his first Pre­lim­i­nary at Seneca Fall Horse Trial
• 2005: Won mul­ti­ple USEA YEH 5 yr old divisions