Courtney was recently asked by the United States Eventing Association to sit down for an interview about the C Square Farm breeding program. Many ask where the “Star” comes from in all of the C Square Farm horses’ names, so Courtney explained … Now, 17 years and 18 foals later, Cooper and Camens’ brand can be identified through the name ‘Star.’ “The significance to the Star name is that our foundation mare, Heavenly Star by the Irish stallion, I’m A Star, that produced many top eventers in his day. We wanted to honor her legacy by keeping ‘Star’ in the names of the foals we breed. Our farm has become known now as the home of the ‘Stars’. So, when I started again importing well-bred and athletic [horses] from Ireland, I kept the ‘Star’ name, and my Irish partners added ‘Excel’, creating the ‘Excel Star’ name for our imported horses.”
