Defending individual Asian Games champion Alex Hua Tian made a strong start to his title defense as eventing got under way at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 on Tuesday. Typhoon Dujuan, which has dumped
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Britain’s Tom McEwen made history today (Sunday, September 20) at the Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, as the first ever rider to win both the Agria CCI4*-L and the GFS Saddles CCI4*-S 8 &
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British Olympic and world gold medallist Tom McEwen enjoyed a superb day at the Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials and is now dominating the leaderboard in both competitions. He now holds first and second
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Oxfordshire’s premier equestrian event, the Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, kicked off today at the iconic UNESCO World Heritage site, as riders began their conquest for the top spot, with Australian and Great Britain
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How do you measure a Burghley win? You can do it in starts: 539 internationally over the course of a career. You can do it in career years: 24 and a month, give or take,
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28 horses came forward for this morning’s final horse inspection at the Defender Burghley CCI5* following an enormously influential cross-country day yesterday, and just 27 will remain in the competition as we had into today’s
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There are days when Burghley reminds everyone that this is, at its heart, an enormous and unforgiving task, and the world’s best event horses really get their time to shine, and today at the 2026
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The start of September marks the beginning of fall here in the UK; the weather’s turned, the trees are shedding their load and the mud has already begun to make its comeback after the long,
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We’re just a couple of hours away from the start of cross-country here at the 2026 Defender Burghley Horse Trials, where designer Derek di Grazia will once again be our shepherd over the inimitable hills
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Defender Burghley has always felt like the event at which a horse who might not excel on the flat can triumph – so fiercely influential is the cross-country test, and so complete the stamina challenge,
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What does it take to get a nineteen-year-old horse to a five-star in peak condition and at the top of his game? Turns out it’s pretty simple, actually. “He’s turned out in a group of
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When it comes to sixteen-year-old Chilli Knight, winner of the ‘pop-up’ pandemic five-star at Bicton in 2021, dressage isn’t about flash or fandango – instead, says rider Gemma Stevens, he just has to do “his
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Before the first horse inspection at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials even got underway, two hugely surprising things happened: David Doel withdrew, and it rained. Quite a lot, actually. Okay, okay, so over the last
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Just in time for our First Horse Inspection at Defender Burghley, we’re locked and loaded with this year’s Form Guide to the field ready to battle it out for the top honors all week long.
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We’re all set to kick off the action at the 2026 Defender Burghley CCI5* this week! Things will get underway tomorrow (Wednesday) with the first trot-up, and then it’s off to the races. Tilly Berendt
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Boyd Martin hasn’t had a rail with the 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Shanroe Cooley in five starts at the four-star level, and he’s a consistent show jumping rider in general. With a rail’s cushion
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Jay Hambly’s Adequan Advanced Championship cross country track exerted its influence today as 21 competitors tackled the top-tier questions he’d set out for them. With that, the leaderboard shuffles considerably, with clear, quick rounds rewarded
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I’m a bit unsure of what day it is as the schedule for the USEA American Eventing Championships, presented by Nutrena, is always jam-packed. I did, eventually, conclude that it was Wednesday and managed to
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This time next week we’ll be all eyes forward on Defender Burghley (Stamford, England) as the next five-star of the season celebrates its 65th running September 3-6. Yesterday, the official cross country course preview was
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We have a drawn order for the riders heading to Defender Burghley (September 3-6) in Stamford, England! As has been seemingly customary over the last few major five-stars, World #2 Harry Meade (GBR) will tee
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It’s hard to say what was louder: the pole, or the crowd. It was midway through Michael Jung’s round when it happened. Ros Canter, seconds before, had jumped a faultless clear round with her five-time
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Here we go ENers. It’s just a case of keeping the colored poles in the cups, or not, for the top 25 and then we’ll see the new World Champion crowned. On top of that
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Sunday horse inspections can be a tense affair, and at a major Championship the pressure rises exponentially. Following their big efforts on cross country yesterday, the hardworking grooms and care team for each horse spent
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