Classic Eventing Nation

Virginia Horse Trials International to Host U.S. Debut of CCI1*-L Level

By on Sep 12, 2019 2:30 pm -

Isabel Finemore and Rutherglen, winners of 2018 USEF JR/YR CCI2* Eventing National Championship. Photo by Brant Gamma Photography.

Virginia Horse Trials International (VHT) is pleased to announce that it will host the first CCI1*-L in the United States at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2019. The CCI1*-L is the Modified (3’5”) level run under the international long format rules, with show jumping being the final phase run in reverse order of standing. VHT is currently the only event in the country to offer the CCI1*-L.

“We are excited to be adding the CCI1*-L to our international offerings at Virginia,” VHT Organizer Andy Bowles said. “It’s a great introduction to FEI competition at the Modified height, and it fits perfectly with our mission at Virginia to provide competitors with positive growth opportunities. We ran two large national Modified divisions at both the November 2018 and May 2019 competitions, so we’re hopeful that the interest in the CCI1*-L will be positive.”

VHT will also host the USEF CCI2* Eventing National Championship for the second consecutive year. Both adult and junior/young rider (21 and under) titles will be awarded. The Championship will run concurrently with the CCI2*-L division, and the Championship titles will be given to the highest placed American rider in each age group.

Back by popular demand is the Intercollegiate and Alumni Team Challenge. Whether currently in school, recently graduated, or graduated any number of years ago, riders are invited to don their school colors, chant fight songs, and enjoy a healthy dose of school rivalry.

“The intercollegiate team challenges have always been one of our favorite components of VHT,” Bowles said. “We realized that recent grads were wanting to stay involved and alumni wanted to get in on the fun, so we are happy to host a team challenge with a mix of current and former students.”

Teams may be made up of alumni only, current students only, or a mix of both. Teams of mixed levels will have coefficients applied to account for the level of difficulty. Scramble teams may be formed with multiple schools. Send your team roster and any questions to the team coordinator, Leslie Threlkeld, at [email protected].

In addition to the CCI1*-L and CCI2*-L, VHT’s fall edition offers CCI3*-L, CCI3*-S, and the CCI2*-S, which was offered for the first time at the May event. National competitors have a broad choice of Beginner Novice through Advanced/Intermediate, including national Modified, and a Starter level for newcomers to the sport. Bowles, Carsten Meyer, and David Taylor will design the tracks on two separate cross-country courses, and Chris Barnard returns as the show jumping course designer.

Come for the competition, stay for the extras. Prize money is once again on the table for the FEI competitors, as well as special awards for Best Conditioned horse and Best Turned Out rider, ribbons through tenth place, and additional gifts and prizes. The top three finishers of every national horse trials division receive discount coupons for future entries. Finally, everyone is invited to a complimentary supper at the Saturday night competitor party.

Entries for the VHT International open Sept. 17, 2019. Find entry information at vahorsetrials.com or the USEA Omnibus listing.

Links: Website | Omnibus | Facebook | Instagram

[CCI1*-L Debuts at Virginia Horse Trials International, USEF CCI2* Eventing National Championship Returns]

Berkley and Chillie’s AEC Adventure

By on Sep 12, 2019 11:00 am -

Berkley Gardner, age 12, and her pony Chillie were 2019 competitors in our favorite American Eventing Championships division, Jr. Beginner Novice 14 & Under. They kindly shared their AEC adventure with EN readers. Relive all of the AEC action here. 

Photo by Xpress Foto.

My journey to AECs was long but short. Let’s start with my little pony named Chillie. He came from the New Holland Auction in Pennsylvania. He then came to the farm where I started riding. He was there since he was 9. Chillie is now 15. He was everyone’s first eventing pony, and soon enough mine.

I started riding when I was 8, I am now 12. I have come a long way from a little summer camp to the AEC. I only started actually eventing one year ago. It was actually one year when I competed show jumping in the Rolex arena. The comparisons from last year to this year are insane! I went from jumping 1′ fences to getting ready to compete 3′! I moved barns, trainers, and it was the best thing for Chillie. He gives me his best every day. Even though Chillie has a little naughty streak in him, he is the best pony to teach me how to ride.

When I first arrived at Kentucky Horse park, I was amazed. It was a beautiful site, stable, and arenas. Chillie was settled in quickly and was ready to go. I rode him twice before I competed. In dressage he was amazing and was even better in competition. After dressage we were in 31st out of 38. Chillie was amazing in dressage and I was so happy about getting a 38.8.

Photo by Xpress Foto.

The cross country course was so fun and me and Chillie went double clear! We then moved up to 25th.

Photo by Xpress Foto.

Photo by Xpress Foto.

We got some new clothes for show jumping and were ready to go! Chillie was a little cheeky but was good in the warmup. We got in the Rolex arena and it was intimidating. We almost went to the wrong first jump, but we made it to the correct one in time. We made the turn to #2 and went over it, but then knocked the rail. Chillie got annoyed and swerved right instead of left on the way to three, causing us to cross our line. Me and Chillie after #3 were riding the heck out of that.

Ring, we made it in time, and I was very happy. A couple tears came, but they soon stopped from the endless support from my parents, friends, and trainer. I was very happy with Chillie and we have sure come a long way from one year ago. I am super happy with Chillie and can’t wait for our journey to move on to Novice after the Area II Championships!

Photo by Xpress Foto.

Weekly OTTB Wishlist from Cosequin: Don’t Change That Name

By on Sep 12, 2019 9:00 am -

Just admit it, the very first thing you notice when you’re perusing off-track Thoroughbreds is their Jockey Club name. Is it as important as their conformation or temperament? Of course not! Does it have any bearing on their ability to go on to succeed in a second career? No way. Is it still fun to have a horse with a funny or cool Jockey Club name that can be used for a USEA-registered name too? Heck yeah!

For this week’s OTTB Wishlist we found three horses with kind of silly names that we can’t help but enjoy and, oh yeah, they look like they could have future eventer potential as well!

Margarita Attack. Photo via CANTER IL.

Margarita Attack (FOREST ATTACK – SISTER FIONA, BY DEFRERE): 2015 16.1-hand Illinois-bred mare

Honestly, who wouldn’t want to be attacked by margaritas? Doesn’t really sound like a bad thing to me, and it does sound like a very good excuse to partake in everyone’s favorite limey cocktail after a good (or bad) cross country round.

This four-year-old filly has a modest race record of 20 starts and $12,785 in earnings. She has finished dead last in her last two start, the most recent of which was last week, so her future as a racehorse clearly isn’t looking so bright. However, her lovely uphill build suggests she could have some innate jumping ability and her job video shows a nice flowing walk and trot plus demonstrates her easy-going attitude.

Located at Fairmount Park Race Track in Collinsville, Illinois.

View Margarita Attack on CANTER Illinois.

Lost on the Stairs. Photo via CANTER Delaware.

Lost on the Stairs (SOARING EMPIRE – ALS DELIGHT, BY WAYNE COUNTY (IRE)): 2014 16.1-hand New York-bred mare

How would one even get lost on the stairs? There are only two directions, up and down, so it seems pretty straightforward to me. Unless we’re talking about some wonky M.C. Escher-esque stairs I suppose, then getting lost would be pretty understandable. (Ooo … “Escher”… that could be a good barn name for this one, no?)

This is another lovely mare with a good shoulder and uphill build, just waiting for a little TLC and a transition to a new career. She also has 20 career starts, but has earned slightly more than the above featured horse, at $58,062. Her last race was in June, but she’s actually entered in another race later this week so she is currently still in active race training.

View Lost on the Stairs on CANTER Delaware.

Not A Coupon. Photo via Finger Lakes Finest Thoroughbreds.

Not a Coupon (FAPPIE’S NOTEBOOK – ESTHERS BALL, BY PARTY MANNERS): 2014 17.0-hand Kentucky-bred gelding

If he’s not a coupon, then I guess he must be the real deal, right?

If you love a tall, big-boned mount then this gentle-giant with nice sport horse lines is for you. As a personable gelding who’s easy to work with, Not A Coupon is a favorite of his handlers. He is sound and even trains very well during his morning workout, but doesn’t perform as well when it comes down to actually racing so it’s time for him move on. He’s made 33 total starts in his career and earned $26,966. His trainer jokes that he’s very forward thinking … when it comes to moving towards the grass for hand-grazing time!

Located at Finger Lakes Racetrack in Farmington, New York.

View Not A Coupon on Finger Lakes Finest Thoroughbreds on Facebook.

Thursday News & Notes from Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS)

By on Sep 12, 2019 12:03 am -

An eventer’s view. Photo via Plain Dealing Eventing FB.

So, we’re about halfway through September and stupid me thought I could quit checking the weather in Virginia, because I thought I was safe into the short period of fall where it’s actually pretty predictable and pleasant. But no, just in time for Friday the 13th, we had 97 degrees of actual hell this week, and I’m sporting a super cool new sunburn. Thanks Mother Nature!

National Holiday: National Chocolate Milkshake Day

U.S. Weekend Preview:

Otter Creek Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Flying Cross Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

The Event at Skyline [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

GMHA September H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Blue Ridge Mountain H.T. at TIEC [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Poplar Place Farm September H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Flora Lea Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Stone Gate Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

CDCTA Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

News From Around the Globe:

News busting the racing world yesterday arrived with evidence of a positive drug test from Triple Crown winner Justify. According to reports, Justify tested positive for scopolamine just weeks before the Kentucky Derby, and the inquiry into the drug tests did not end in any disqualifications from his lead-up races. The jury decided that it was possibly due to contaminated feed, despite being well over the quantity that is deemed reasonable for that kind of environmental contamination. [Justify’s Failed Drug Test]

No, we’re still not over Burghley, why should we be? The grueling cross country course claimed many experienced pairs, but we were super impressed by several young horses and their performances at such a young age. Shout out to two U.S. horses Leamore Master Plan and Deniro Z for making the list. [8 Young Horses Who Impressed at Burghley]

Do you know what a “sacrifice show” is? Lindsey Partridge wrote for Horse Nation this week about sacrifice shows, i.e.: a show you take a young horse to not aiming to win, but just for the experience and training. Using local competitions this way is key to building a confident horse for the future, and just forget about the ribbons today. [Horsemanship with Lindsey Partridge]

Aaaand back to Burghley. Fun facts about MGH Grafton Street? Yes please. His name in the barn is Squirrel, which is amazing, and he was originally produced by Padraig McCarthy, as well as ridden by Andrew Nicholson for a year. Burghley was his first international win, at only eleven years of age! [Fun Facts about Burghley Winner Squirrel]

Video: The 2019 Event Rider Masters Finale (Oct. 5-6) is hosted by the Lignieres en Berry Eventing Show in France. [ERM]

Wednesday Video from Kentucky Performance Products: Beast Around Burghley with Sarah Bullimore

By on Sep 11, 2019 5:00 pm -

Thank you Blou, what a machine! Don’t need to say anything else.Lying 5th now after XC at Burghley Horse Trials. #hugs #horsesofinstagram

Posted by Bullimore Eventing on Saturday, September 7, 2019

Great Britain’s Sarah Bullimore had a ride to remember across Captain Mark Phillips’ Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials cross country course aboard Rev Du Rouet and she has shared the helmet cam view of her ride on her Facebook page, so click here to go and watch!

Buckle up and enjoy a clear round behind the pricked ears of “Blou,” a 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Chris and Sue Gillespie. Adding just 10 time penalties to their dressage score meant the pair moved up from 11th after dressage to 5th after cross country. A double clear show jumping round the following day then meant finishing the competition in 4th place on a score of 39.6.

This past weekend’s finish at Burghley marks the pair’s twelfth five-star completion together, with other notable finishes being a 5th place finish at Luhmühlen earlier this year, a matching 4th place at last year’s Burghley and a 2nd place finish at Pau in 2017. After a long partnership, the pair’s hard work seems to be paying off in spades and we’re excited to see what they can conquer next!

#LRBHT19: Website, Entries, Final Scores, Live Stream Replays, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram

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Schooling Horse Trials Spotlight: Champlain Valley H.T.

By on Sep 11, 2019 3:00 pm -

Here at EN, we know that a big part of the heart and soul of this sport lies with local amateur eventers. That’s why we’re featuring awesome local eventing organizations and events that are recognizing and celebrating low-level eventers in our Schooling Horse Trials Spotlight series. Know of a great local organization or schooling horse trials that deserves some love? Email us at [email protected].

Photo by Ingrid Malmgren.

While much of the eventing world was focused on Burghley last weekend, another competition was taking place which, for the participants and their families watching, was equally thrilling — the Charlotte Pony Club held their annual, decidedly un-sanctioned, Champlain Valley Horse Trials on Sunday, Sept. 8 at High Wind Farm in Monkton, Vermont. For close to 70 years, in various locations and iterations, CPC has put on a summer competition for local riders as their primary fundraiser.

Photo by Ingrid Malmgren.

One of the oldest continuously-operating Pony Clubs in the country, CPC is small by most standards (this year there are 12 members), but counts among their graduates Olympian Kelli McMullen-Temple as well as, over the years, an impressive number of other A graduates. They retain as one of their instructors John Bourgoin, who just finished his 45th summer instilling in kids a love of eventing. Co-instructors Andrea Waldo and Catie (Hill) Waterman came on board a few years ago and round out CPC’s small but mighty program.

Photo by Ingrid Malmgren.

The horse trials are a labor of love, as all horse trials are. Beforehand, parents, instructors, members and friends pitch in to build jumps, paint, mow, set courses, rope off areas, secure sponsorship, order porto-potties and secure judges and volunteers. It always seems improbable that everything will get done in time, but generally it does. The day of, parents of kids who moved on from Pony Club 10 and 20 years ago come back to fence judge, manage stadium jumping, monitor warm-ups and handle scoring, joining those with ties to current members in this big undertaking.

Photo by Ingrid Malmgren.

Sunday’s horse trials saw 35 competitors tackle four levels of competition — Grasshopper, Elementary, Beginner Novice and Novice. Nothing was timed, USEA rules were (leniently) applied, and although not everyone came away smiling, most horses and riders finished successfully. Temperatures were ideal and the sun shone enough as ponies and horses, young and not-so-young riders, family members and friends spent a day together. You’ve got to start somewhere in sports, and grass-roots events are, sometimes, where big ambitions begin. Or not. Sometimes it’s just fun to get out and enjoy a sport you love, no matter what level you aspire to.

Inaugural Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit to be Held at Thoroughbred Makeover

By on Sep 11, 2019 2:00 pm -

Panelists at a 2018 seminar at the Thoroughbred Makeover. Photo by Anne Litz.

On October 1, the Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA), Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), Thoroughbred Incentive Program and Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) will join together to present the inaugural Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit, a conference focused on education and networking among those with a professional interest in the retraining and rehoming of Thoroughbreds after racing. The conference will be held the day before the start of preliminary competition at the Retired Racehorse Project’s annual Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America.

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit will focus on topics such as finance, business management, board governance and grant and sponsorship-seeking best-practices. There will also be a roundtable session for individuals and organizations to discuss and idea-share on challenges affecting them.

“The Thoroughbred Makeover is the perfect opportunity to convene aftercare advocates for a couple hours to learn, discuss and share some best business practices,” said Erin Crady, executive director of TCA. “The session may be particularly helpful for grant-seeking nonprofit aftercare organizations, however most topics will be generalizable to for-profit retraining and rehoming operations as well.”

Featured speakers will include Mike Meuser, TAA president and a Lexington-based attorney with the law firm of Miller, Griffin & Marks whose specialty includes equine law and civil litigation, and Jen Shah, TAA treasurer and a CPA who serves as the head of equine services for Dean Dorton, a Lexington-based financial consulting firm, as well as representatives from grant-funding organizations, including the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Thoroughbred Charities of America, ASPCA and The Right Horse Initiative.

“We at the TAA are thankful for Mike Meuser and Jen Shah’s leadership and knowledge about both the nonprofit sector and the equine industry, and we think this will be a great experience for TAA-accredited organizations and those wanting to become accredited to learn from these experts,” said TAA operations consultant Stacie Clark.

The conference is a collaboration of the four presenting organizations in an effort to bring together the Thoroughbred aftercare community.

“Whether we work in the for-profit sector, for a non-profit organization or work to rehome or otherwise advocate for Thoroughbreds after racing as private individuals, we all often face similar challenges as both horse people and as professionals,” said Jen Roytz, executive director of the Retired Racehorse Project. “We worked hard to curate a collection of topics and speakers for this inaugural Summit that will offer valuable insight to those in all sectors of Thoroughbred aftercare, and we look forward to expanding the subjects broached in future years.”

Tickets for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit are free, however limited seating is available, so those planning to attend are asked to register. Parking at the Kentucky Horse Park is $5 per car without a Kentucky Horse Park or Thoroughbred Makeover parking pass.

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit will be held in the Covered Arena Lounge at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky on Oct. 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. It is held in conjunction with the $100,000 Thoroughbred Makeover, a training competition for horses in their first year of retraining after retirement from racing. This year’s Makeover will feature approximately 450 Thoroughbreds coming from 40 states and four provinces to compete across 10 disciplines, including barrel racing, competitive trail, dressage, eventing, field hunters, freestyle, polo, ranch work, show hunter and show jumping. The full schedule of events can be found at tbmakeover.org.

For more information on the Thoroughbred Aftercare Summit, go to the designated webpage at TBMakeover.org.

Last Day to Submit 2019 Horse & Hound Award Nominations

By on Sep 11, 2019 9:00 am -

Mark Phillips receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018
H&H Awards. Credit: Peter Nixon/Horse & Hound

Horse & Hound is our go-to source for all things British eventing — we link to them nearly every day in News & Notes. Today is the final day to submit nominations for the Horse & Hound Awards 2019, in partnership with NAF, and we want to encourage our readers to get involved!

The annual ceremony, now in its fourth year, will take place on Dec. 4 at Cheltenham Racecourse, where the shortlisted candidates will celebrate alongside the horse world’s A-list at a glittering evening attended by more than 250 people. Previous H&H Award winners include Rio Olympic individual showjumping gold medallist Nick Skelton, who won the first Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, eventing world champion Ros Canter and double Olympic dressage gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin.

H&H editor-in-chief Sarah Jenkins says, “The H&H Awards have grown every year and it’s wonderful to welcome NAF as our headline partner this year. Their support will allow us to make the awards even more special.

“We were overwhelmed by the number of nominations and votes we received last year and how strongly people feel about their heroes, whether they are winning gold medals or giving up their time so others can compete.”

“We look forward to receiving nominations this year and sharing some wonderful stories with our readers at voting time,” NAF advertising and PR manager Melissa Newman adds. “NAF is delighted to be the headline partner at the 2019 H&H Awards, because we believe that these are the awards that really matter within the industry. We are extremely proud to partner with Horse & Hound to celebrate the views of real people who love horses and love our sport. Here at NAF we have always championed rewarding the incredible horses and humans who bring so much to the equestrian landscape, and who better to celebrate with than the voice of the equestrian industry?”

This year Horse & Hound invites nominations in 11 award categories before the deadline of 11:59 p.m. UK time (6:59 p.m. ET) Wednesday, Sept. 11. Nominations can be made at horseandhound.co.uk/awards. The shortlisted candidates in each category will be announced in Horse & Hound’s Oct. 17 issue, revealing their stories and welcoming readers to vote for their winners online by the closing date of Oct. 24.

The Horse & Hound Awards 2019 categories are:
• Horse & Hound Lifetime Achievement Award
• Ceris Burns Equestrian Professional Rider of the Year
• Horseware Horse of the Year
• Balanced Horse Feeds Pony of the Year
• Horserail Moment of the Year
• Absorbine Inspiration of the Year
• NAF Five Star Groom of the Year
• Pikeur Amateur Rider of the Year
• Saracen Young Rider of the Year
• Prime Stables Volunteer of the Year
• Horse Dialog Club of the Year

Submit your nominations here. Go Eventing.

This report was edited from a press release. 

[Horse & Hound Awards 2019: Celebrating the stars of equestrianism in partnership with NAF]

 

Wednesday News & Notes

By on Sep 11, 2019 12:01 am -

Photo via Pippa Funnell on Facebook.

Operation Find Pippa’s Hat Silk has been accomplished! The search for the Burghley winner’s beloved helmet cover, which she’s had for 30 years, is over as it has been returned by a good Samaritan. I don’t know about you, but I felt quite emotionally invested in the outcome of this search.

Despite, in her own words, looking like an “egg head” with her naked helmet while riding most of the course, having her hat silk flying the coop was one of what seemed to be several good omens over the weekend, since the same thing happened when she won Badminton on Primmore’s Pride in 2005, her last major win at the five-star level.

National Holiday: Patriot Day and National Day of Remembrance

U.S. Weekend Preview:

Otter Creek Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Flying Cross Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

The Event at Skyline [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

GMHA September H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Blue Ridge Mountain H.T. at TIEC [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Poplar Place Farm September H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Flora Lea Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Stone Gate Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

CDCTA Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Your Wednesday news & Notes:

Yeah, we still have Funnell fever. Is that so wrong? Just in case you forgot what makes her such a legend, Horse & Hound put together a lovely list of the moments and horses that make up her storied career. [All hail Pippa Funnell! 18 moments that helped define her stellar career]

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is restricting the import of horses from counties within states with confirmed and suspected cases of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). Though there have been no confirmed cases of VSV in Ohio, the state decided that, with a significant uptick in incoming equine traffic anticipated due to the All American Quarter Horse Congress scheduled to begin in the city of Columbus on Oct. 1, they would take every precaution to keep the state VSV-free. Though the main focus of this restriction is the influx of horses due to the All American Quarter Horse Congress it appear that it applies to any horses moving into or through the state, so do use caution if you plan to go eventing in Ohio! [Horses From VSV-Affected Areas Banned From American Quarter Horse Congress]

Cross country: it’s the whole reason we do this thing called eventing, but do you remember all the rules? Take a second to refresh your memory before the next time you head out of the start box! [Rule Refresher: The Cross-Country Test]

There is another opportunity to qualify your YEH entry for the Championship at Fair Hill International! Flora Lea H.T. in Medford, New Jersey, was asked by several competitors to hold another qualifier this Friday, Sept. 13th. For those interested in participating, entries may still be made to Debbie Adams at Flora Lea. Email [email protected]. [Flora Lea Farm]

Wednesday Featured Video: 9.11.01 — Never Forget.

Tuesday Video from SmartPak: Burghley Bug

By on Sep 10, 2019 5:00 pm -

“I can say he is a Burghley horse now,” Lauren Kieffer said of the Anglo Arabian, Vermiculus, at the conclusion of the 2019 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. What a euphoria that must be to finish at an event like that — much less in the top 10. Lauren Kieffer talks with John Kyle about her weekend, this horse and what’s ahead (Tokyo  2020 anyone?).

If you missed it, catch up on EN’s complete Burghley coverage here.