EN’s Ultimate Guide to the 2024 Defender Burghley Horse Trials

By on Sep 8, 2024 6:00 pm -

Piggy March leaves the arena with husband Tom after taking the 2022 Burghley title. This could be you! Kind of! Photo by Nico Morgan Media.

It’s GO time at this year’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials in the UK, and we’ve kicked things off today with the First Horse Inspection held inside the Main Arena on site. We’ll have full reports coming your way from our own fierce eyes and ears on the ground, Tilly Berendt, all week long. This Ultimate Guide will serve as your home base to view all of the need-to-know information, as well as links to our coverage articles. Keep this page bookmarked for easy reference, and we’ll also pin it to our Facebook page.

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Important Links

Defender Burghley: [Website] [Entries] [Timing & Scoring] [Burghley TV] [Tickets] [Cross Country Preview] [EN’s Coverage]

The Officials

This week’s action will be presided over by the Ground Jury consisting of Paris judge Christina Klingspor (SWE), serving as president, Robert Stevenson (USA) and Nick Burton (GBR).

The Technical Delegate for this week is Britain’s Phillip Surl, assisted by Gary Parsonage (GBR) and Andrew Temkin (USA).

Derek di Grazia returns as cross country course designer, assisted by Alec Lochore, Adrian Ditcham, and Kai Steffen-Meier. Britain’s Paul Connor is the show jumping designer.

Ros Canter’s Pencos Crown Jewel. Photo by Nico Morgan Media.

The Schedule

We’ve already seen the First Horse Inspection today, which means the competition will get underway in earnest on Thursday. The full timetable, which also factors in the plethora of extra events such as the Burghley Masterclass series and the Dubarry Young Event Horse competition, can be found here.

Thursday, 9/5: 9:30 a.m. local / 4:30 a.m. EST – Dressage
Friday, 9/6: 9:30 a.m. local / 4:30 a.m. EST – Dressage
Saturday, 9/7: 11:00 a.m. local / 6:00 a.m. EST – Cross Country
Sunday, 9/8: 9:00 a.m. local / 4:00 a.m. EST – Final Horse Inspection
Sunday, 9/8: 10:30 a.m. local / 5:30 a.m. EST – First Group – Show Jumping
Sunday, 9/8: 2:15 p.m. local / 9:15 a.m. EST – Second Group – Show Jumping

How to Watch

All of the above will be streamed live and available on-demand on Burghley TV. The subscription costs £20 or about $25 USD and is valid for an entire year. The library also includes extensive replay footage from previous years, a full cross country preview, and much more, so it’s a great deal! You can sign up and view Burghley TV here.

You can also tune in to Burghley Radio here for audio commentary throughout the weekend.

If you can’t tune in live, or want a handy companion guide while you watch, Cheg Darlington will be woman-ing our Live Blogs each day, so check back for those to go live.

Photo courtesy of Defender Burghley Horse Trials.

Spectator Info

Burghley tickets are hot items, and you can snag what’s left here. You can also find the Shopping Village list here and a full list and schedule of spectator events here.

Social Media

You can follow the Burghley Horse Trials social media pages in the following links: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | X

Hashtags to keep an eye on include #DBHT and #Burghley.

The riders in this years Defender Burghley Horse Trials, held in the Deer Park of Burghley House in Stamford in Lincolnshire in the UK on the between the 4th – 8th September 2024

The Field

We have had a few late withdrawals, leaving us with a total of 66 horses and riders to start competition on Thursday, down one from 67 after the withdrawal of Tom Crisp and Liberty and Glory from the hold box during the First Horse Inspection. Pre-jog withdrawals include U.S. riders Will Faudree (Mama’s Magic Way), who announced a minor setback had derailed his plans for Burghley this year, as well as Meghan O’Donoghue and Palm Crescent. We also won’t see riders such as Badminton podium finishers Lucy Latta (IRE) and RCA Patron Saint or Japanese Olympian Toshiyuki Tanaka and Jefferson JRA. You can view the full entry list here. An entry preview can be found here, and our traditional Form Guide can be found here.

This year’s field also features a slew of recent CCI5* winners, including Caroline Powell (NZL) and Greenacres Special Cavalier, Ros Canter (GBR) and Izilot DHI, Austin O’Connor (IRE) and Colorado Blue, Jonelle Price (NZL) and Grappa Nera, and Oliver Townend (GBR) and Cooley Rosalent.

EN’s Coverage

We’ll keep the list below up to date each day with the latest articles.

Need to Know Info

Sunday, September 8

Saturday, September 7

Friday, September 6

Thursday, September 5

Wednesday, September 4

Pre-Event Coverage

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