Will Faudree grew up on a cattle ranch in Midland, Texas where he learned to ride at a very young age. He became interested in eventing at the age of 12 and started competing. When he graduated from high school, he moved to Pennsylvania to train with Olympic Rider Phillip Dutton.

In 1999 he was faced with a life-threatening brain injury after being thrown from his horse. The concussion he received was significant. When he was medically stabilized and released, he was faced with several months of intensive physical therapy. Will bounced back to be named the United States Eventing Association Young Rider of the Year in 2002. He was also presented with the Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy—awarded to the young rider who exemplifies the United States equestrian team’s ideals of sportsmanship and horsemanship.

After 2 years of training with Phillip, Will ventured out on his own and relocated to Southern Pines, North Carolina in 2003. Will went on to represent the United States as a 2003 Gold winning member of the Pan American Team in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and a reserve member of the 2004 US Olympic Team in Athens, Greece. He returned home from Athens, however, to discover that a lightning strike had destroyed his barn and the majority of his personal property (without injury to horse or human). Ever resilient, Will rented a farm from neighboring residents and went on to represent the US as a 2006 team member at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. In 2008, he relocated to a facility just outside of Southern Pines and established his impressive 170-acre facility,  Gavilan Farm.

Will has been a constant figure of the upper levels of equestrian sport since as a reserve for both the London (2012) and Tokyo (2021) Olympics as well as competing in multiple international events around the globe. He is available for training and consultation for you equestrian needs.

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