It’s been a morning of two halves here at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials. We woke up, bright-ish and sort of bushy-tailed, to discover news of five overnight withdrawals, thinning the field to 32 going
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In classic Burghley fashion, cross-country day has been a day of major changes, colossal climbs — and no shortage of surprises. Just four of our top ten after dressage remain in the hunt after cross-country,
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Everyone’s eaten their vegetables over the last two days, and now it’s time for the meat of the week: it’s cross-country day at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials! Let’s take a look at what’s to
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It’s time for some Burghley cross country action! I hopped off a plane home from AEC at about midnight last night, so I can’t really speak to the amount of brain cells I’m in possession
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After a historic first phase which saw overnight leaders Tim Price and Vitali for New Zealand smash the sub-20 barrier and set a new Burghley record, posting the best non-championship 5* dressage score since records
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TILLY BERENDT Winner: For me, it’s Tom McEwen and Toledo de Kerser, through and through, and I am so sorry for jinxing them if it doesn’t pan out this weekend. This pair just deserve a British five-star
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There’s taking the first-phase at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials, and then there’s what Tim Price pulled off today: not just a decisive leap into the top spot with Tokyo partner Vitali (Contender – Noble Lady, by Heraldik), but
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Though nobody’s been able to catch the leading score of 24.2, set yesterday afternoon by Oliver Townend and Swallow Springs, this morning at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials, we’ve seen some seriously good efforts to get close —
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Defender Burghley Horse Trials (@lrbht_official) What a day of dressage we had yesterday at Defender Burghley! A leaderboard change after lunch, an American charge,
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That’s a wrap on day one at the 2023 Defender Burghley Horse Trials, and while some things stayed the same — those hard-to-please judges, for one thing — one important thing did change: our leader.
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Though Britain’s Alex Bragg didn’t quite sneak into the upper echelons of this morning’s dressage leaderboard at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials, he was still delighted with 13-year-old Quindiva (Quintender 2 – High Roller) as she began
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We’ve seen a neat little package of fifteen horses and riders up to the lunch break today at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials — and already, some of the entry list’s brightest stars are making
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Defender Burghley Horse Trials (@lrbht_official) Here they are, Burghley’s Class of 2023, looking keen and ready to put all that homework to the test.
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It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: that special, chaotic time in which team EN, plus a rogue chinchilla, dive deep, deep down into the FEI records, the personal anecdotes, the whims and weirdness
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And so the week begins at the 2023 Defender Burghley Horse Trials — and already, before the competition kicks off in earnest (and before anyone gets close to that beefy Derek di Grazia cross-country track),
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We’ve had another couple of withdrawals from the Defender Burghley entry list this morning as we look ahead to the official start of competition at this afternoon’s first horse inspection. One of those, Oliver Townend’s
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Today is the day! The 2023 Defender Burghley CCI5* is very nearly underway, and we’ll finally get our first peek at the horses and riders competing this week at today’s First Horse Inspection. You can
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Reigning Defender Burghley Horse Trials champion Piggy March, who won the event’s 2022 renewal on Vanir Kamira, has announced she will not return to fight for her crown next week as intended with her Hartpury winner Brookfield Inocent,
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While most of the eyes that have been fixed on Burghley over the last few days will have found plenty to occupy them, with the reveal of the 2023 course and the release of the
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British superstar rider Ros Canter has won Badminton and the European Championships this year – can she top off an exceptional 2023 with victory at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials as well? Ros, fresh from
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I’m in an all-out Burghley mood today, which means I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit digging through videos from past years. One of my favorite videos is always a voiceover helmet cam,
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We’re driving across this year’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials course — myself and Lucy Elder of Horse and Hound in the back; Event Director Martyn Johnson at the wheel, joyfully, recklessly, but maintaining an air
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With just 10 days until the start of the Defender Burghley 5* event, the order of go has been announced, with the best of the best competing for the prestigious title. Great Britain’s Harry Meade
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