Team

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Jason McArdle runs his training and sales business, McArdle Equestrian, along side his wife Susan in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Susan and Jason teach together often to maintain goals and familiarity with instructors. Susan also assists with the riding and preparation of horses at home.

Jason is a familiar face on the west coast Grand Prix circuit as well as the Hunter circuit, and has had great success in both disciplines. Jason is also the Chair of the USHJA Young Jumper Committee, as he continues his commitment to the development and success of horses from the start to the very top of the sport.

Jason joined the Hyperion Stud Team in 2021. He is currently developing and selling top young horses from our breeding program.

Lars Bak Andersen joined Team Hyperion in 2021. Lars hails from Denmark and currently runs his own stables in Elmshorn, Germany where he lives with his wife and children.

Lars has been a professional rider since he was 20 years old and has previously worked for Stutteri Ask as well as the German Holsteiner Verband.

His father is Bo Bak Andersen who has been an equestrian coach and international course designer. His mother Vibeke Degn Andersen was a professional rider and trainer. Lars himself has also worked as the National coach for Malaysia whose Team scored a bronze medal in the 2011 South East Asian Games in Indonesia.

In 2013, Lars earned the title of Danish Champion on the Casall-son Charly, and in 2022 he competed at the World Championships with 10-year-old Carl-Heinz B (v. Chacco-Blue).

Lars is currently riding Ethene (v. Corrado) for Hyperion Stud and most recently placed 3rd in the World Cup Qualifier in Gothenburg , Sweden. Lars and Ethene boasted one of only three double clear rounds in the competition. The duo is setting their sights on the 2023 European Championships where the Danish Team has a chance to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Anna-Clara Pettersson hails from Visby, Sweden and moved to the mainland to invest in her riding, the horses and riding instructor training. Today, Anna-Clara is a certified riding instructor level III, B-trainer in jumping, hippologie candidate in horsemanship and competition rider.

In 2016, she left the Strömsholm Riding School, where she worked as, among other things, a riding instructor focusing on jumping and responsible for the horse training department since 2005, to focus on her own business.

Anna-Clara runs Equiclaris AB, which focuses primarily on riding, basic training, training and education of horses for competition and show jumping. The farm is located in Västmanland at Hässelby gård, one mile from Strömsholm just outside Västerås. On a daily basis, Anna-Clara helps equipage at home but also at various facilities outside the country and coordinates the Swedish Equestrian Association’s rider development for riders at level 3 (Folksam rider development level 3) and level 4 (ATG hope and talent).

Will Coleman’s life with horses began when he was six years old after his family moved to a farm in Charlottesville, VA. Not long after the move, a Shetland pony, TJ, arrived in the back of a pick-up truck, and the seeds of a future career in horses were planted. TJ deserves credit for fostering Will’s competitive spirit and a certain comfort with hitting the deck. However, Will really learned to ride in the hunt fields of the Virginia Piedmont and in the show jumping ring, all under the watchful eyes of his father, an avid fox hunter, and horseman.

An interest in eventing developed naturally, but an education in horses crossed into many disciplines. Over the last 25 years, Will has worked and trained with some of the most respected horsemen and women in equestrian sport. Key influencers and trainers throughout his career include Tad Coffin, Alison Brock, Joe Fargis, Karen & David O’Connor, Gerd Reuter, Anne Kursinkski, and Wiljan Laraakers. In recent years, Ian Woodhead, Brian Murphy, and Ian Stark have been tremendous coaches for Will and are an integral part of the WCE team.

After finishing fourth with Twizzel at the Rolex CCI5* in the spring of 2012, Will earned the honor of representing his country at the London Olympics. In 2018, he was again part of the U.S. Eventing Team at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon with Tight Lines. A highlight of Will’s career thus far came in 2021 in the form of a historic win at Aachen with Off The Record aka Timmy. Continued success in 2022 led to Timmy’s selection for the FEI Eventing World Championships in Pratoni, Italy. In Pratoni, Will and his teammates secured a silver medal for the USA and finished as the highest-placed American combination in 7th place. With his eye on major world championships and 5* events, Will looks forwards to developing a string of horses aiming at these milestone competitions.