Becky Holder

Rebecca Holder (b. April 24, 1969) is a female equestrian who qualified for the Eventing competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing from Mendota Heights, Minnesota, competing for the United States. She has been riding the 12-year-old, Courageous Comet, a gray off-the-track thoroughbred gelding, since 2005. Recent successes include the pair earning the winning dressage score on the first day of the 2008 Rolex Kentucky CCI**** in April, 2008. [cite web| last = Morris| first = Joanie| title = Becky Holder Gets a Winning Dressage Score for a Birthday Present on the First Day of Dressage at the 2008 Rolex Kentucky CCI****| publisher = Phelps Equine World| date = 2008-04-24| url = http://www.horsesdaily.com/news/eventing/2008/08rolex/04-24-08-holder.html| accessdate =2008-08-07] [cite web| title = Meet Becky Holder and Comet Of the US Olympic Eventing Team| publisher = Regarding Horses| date = 2008-07-30| url = http://www.regardinghorses.com/2008/07/30/meet-becky-holder-and-comet-of-the-us-olympic-eventing-team/| accessdate =2008-08-07] [cite web| title = BECKY HOLDER| work = Pioneer Press| publisher = TwinCities.com| date = 2008-07-31| url = http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_10046707| accessdate =2008-08-07]

At the Olympics, she placed fifth in the Individual Eventing Dressage competition with a score of 617. In the team competition, she contributed to USA's third place finish in the Team Eventing Dressage competition. [cite web| title = Team Eventing Dressage -- Day 1 MorningTeam Eventing -- Dressage| publisher = NBC| url = http://www.nbcolympics.com/equestrian/resultsandschedules/rsc=EQX403300/index.html| accessdate =2008-08-18]

Holder also runs a teaching business out of Carriage House Farm in Hugo, Minnesota. [cite web | title = Becky Holder| publisher = U.S. Olympic Committee| url = http://equestrian.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/2072| accessdate =2008-08-07]

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