Nicolas Touzaint and Absolut Gold HDC. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
We’re keeping a keen eye on Burghley entries as they come in for what promises to be an exciting fall season, even post-Olympics.
In our latest update, a total of 23 horses and riders have been entered. The full current entry list (as of publication) is as follows:
| Rider | Horse | Nationality |
| Rosie Bradley-Hole | ROMANTIC |
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| Jennie Brannigan | FE LIFESTYLE |
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| Ian Cassells | MASTER POINT |
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| Declan Cullen | SEAVAGHAN ASH |
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| Mia Farley | PHELPS |
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| Will Faudree | MAMA’S MAGIC WAY |
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| Cosby Green | COPPER BEACH |
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| Sophia Hill | HUMBLE GLORY |
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| Hannah Sue Hollberg | CAPITOL H I M |
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| Lauren Innes | GLOBAL FISION M |
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| Bella Innes Ker | HIGHWAY II |
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| Ryuzo Kitajima | FEROZA NIEUWMOED |
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| Lucy Latta | RCA PATRON SAINT |
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| Gaspard Maksud | ZARAGOZA II |
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| Padraig McCarthy | LADY OPHELIA |
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| Nadja Minder | TOBLERONE |
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| Monica Spencer | ARTIST |
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| Toshiyuki Tanaka | JEFFERSON JRA |
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| Emma Thomas | ICARUS X |
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| Zara Tindall | CLASS AFFAIR |
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| Nicolas Touzaint | ABSOLUT GOLD HDC |
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| Aistis Vitkauskas | COMMANDER VG |
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| Felix Vogg | CARTANIA |
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On the U.S. side, we now have confirmed entries for Mia Farley and Phelps (who are fundraising to get to Burghley — click here to support their journey or here to buy a Team Phelps jacket), Cosby Green and the ageless Copper Beach, and Jennie Brannigan and FE Lifestyle, in addition to the earlier entries of Will Faudree with Mama’s Magic Way and Hannah Sue Hollberg and Capitol H I M.
Cosby Green and Copper Beach. Photo by Nico Morgan Media.
We’ll also have two members of the bronze medal-winning Japanese team featuring at Burghley this year in Ryuzo Kitajima and Feroza Nieuwmoed, who were 15th at Pau in 2022 and also served as reserves/substitutes for Japan in Tokyo. Toshiyuki Tanaka and Jefferson JRA, who earned their share of the bronze medal in Paris thanks to a late substitute in for show jumping only, in the 13-year-old Holsteiner gelding’s first CCI5* and Toshi’s first since 2019.
French Olympic medalist Nicolas Touzaint has opted to approach Burghley this year one of his original horses for Paris, Absolut Gold HDC. After the horse was removed from Paris considerations by his owners, Nicolas told us Burghley was in his sights instead. This is an exciting debut of sorts for Nicolas, who’s done just about everything there is to do in this sport — with multiple medals and wins to prove it — but is making his first trip to Burghley. This will also be Absolut Gold HDC’s first CCI5*, having primarily been targeted toward championships throughout his career to date.
Felix Vogg and Cartania. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Another rider we saw in Paris, Switzerland’s Felix Vogg, has also put his name in the hat with the 13-year-old Holsteiner mare Cartania, with whom he’s finished top-15 at Badminton two times over.
Finally, perhaps one of my favorite storylines in the early going is that of 56-year-old Declan Cullen of Ireland, who is making his CCI5* debut at Burghley with the splashily colored Irish gelding, Seavaghan Ash. Declan came from a show jumping background and, despite not doing a CCI5* to this point, has extensive experience in the sport dating back to the late 90s. He’s produced a number of young horses to compete in the FEI WBFSH Young Horse World Championships at le Lion d’Angers and is also a nutrition and feed consultant who consulted with Irish High Performance for two World Championships and two Olympic Games. Together with his wife, Becky, Declan runs Cullen Equine Solutions, where they both are respected coaches who also provide technology and nutritional solutions for their clients.
You can keep up with Burghley entries as they come in here, and stay tuned for our next update when we see a few more come in.
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