What a contrast this year’s edition of the MARS Badminton Horse Trials already makes to last year: instead of swimming our way through a swamp to get to and from any of the key points
...» Read More!
Badminton week is upon us, and once again, course designer Eric Winter is at the helm of this week’s primary challenge — cross-country day at the world’s most prestigious CCI5*. We joined Eric for a cruise
...» Read More!
Go behind the curtain with World Champion and 5* victor Ros Canter, who’s tackling Badminton this year with Izilot DHI. In this documentary from LeMieux, Ros goes back to the beginning, telling the tale of
...» Read More!
For U.S. readers, the name Bubby Upton may not be as familiar as others, but in her native UK, she is already – at the tender age of 25 – a household name. A Junior
...» Read More!
For the third time, World Number One Oliver Townend has made it to the final hurdle of the coveted Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing, which has only ever been won by two riders, and for
...» Read More!
The drawn order for the MARS Badminton Horse Trials has been released, meaning we now know what order we’ll see each competing pair in just over two weeks’ time. Badminton runs from May 8-12. First
...» Read More!
Speak to any rider who’s put in an entry for a five-star, and they’ll all sing you some variation of the same song: “I’m not even worrying about the cross-country right now – all I’m worrying
...» Read More!
Spring is well and truly in the air as we eagerly await the big CCI5* entry lists, and we’ve got our first fish this afternoon as MARS Badminton has released an 87-combination roster for the
...» Read More!
This year’s MARS Badminton Horse Trials marks a very special occasion indeed: it’ll be the 75th anniversary of the world’s first five-star, which began in 1949 as a way to build strength in depth in
...» Read More!
Off-season blues, be gone: the start of the international season might still be a little ways away, but it’s never too early to start planning the highlights of your year. And if that includes a
...» Read More!
MARS Equestrian™, who have a long relationship with the Equestrian Community, are to step up to be the title sponsor of Badminton Horse Trials in 2024 having been the presenting sponsor of the event since
...» Read More!
What a season the 2023 one has been so far – in many respects, it feels like it’s scarcely started here in England; in others, I feel as though I’ve been on the road for
...» Read More!
Each year when Tilly publishes her grassroots cross country preview at Badminton, it gets me itching to compete again *just* so I could *maybe* make it to something like this once in my life. The
...» Read More!
One of the brilliant victories of Badminton last week — in our humble opinion, anyway — was the illustrious return to five-star undergone by US competitor Katherine Coleman, who piloted her debutant Monbeg Senna to
...» Read More!
World Number Four Oliver Townend has been given a Recorded Warning by the FEI after the culmination of Badminton Horse Trials, where he was eliminated at fence 24 during a hold on course with the former
...» Read More!
Ros Canter couldn’t be caught at Badminton this past weekend, clinching one of the largest winning margins in the event’s storied history — since the long format was abandoned, anyway — aboard the young Lordships
...» Read More!
We’re deeply saddened to report that WSF Carthago, the mount of Great Britain’s Fiona Kashel, has been euthanized as a result of an injury sustained while on course at Badminton Horse Trials on Sunday. The 13-year-old gelding,
...» Read More!
When we started today’s showjumping finale at Badminton, it all seemed rather cut and, well, maybe not quite dry: wire-to-wire leaders Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo, assuming no absolute disasters befell them in the ring, were almost
...» Read More!
After the close of competition yesterday, which saw thirty horses complete after battling the holding ground, we were all pretty unified in one sentiment: this morning’s horse inspection would be an interesting one. How many
...» Read More!
There was a palpable air of trepidation ahead of cross-country day at Badminton, and fairly so: yesterday, the heavens opened heartily throughout the day, turning the grounds into a veritable mud bath — and a
...» Read More!
It looks like the sun should come out today over Badminton House, but will the drizzly weather of the past couple days mean our competitors will be doing a little tough mudding across the country
...» Read More!
It’s (finally) cross country day at Badminton! The riders have walked the course and made their plans — everyone’s doing no-rain dances, we suspect — and now it’s time to see how it all pans
...» Read More!
It’s one year removed from Nicola Wilson’s accident at Badminton, and this week she sat down with Nicole Brown to reflect on the intervening year. Nicola is undoubtedly one of the most positive and resilient
...» Read More!
