The first day of competition kicked off as the coldest morning so far this season in Aiken, with a brisk wind chill of 49 degrees. Lucienne Bellissimo and Horse Scout Eventing LLC’s Dyri were the
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The following article contains portions of a press release that has been translated from Dutch and lightly edited for style. Please forgive any translation errors. To read the original release, click here. The organizers of
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Thailand completed a remarkable rise from third place to team gold at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games on Wednesday, while China’s Alex Hua Tian successfully defended his individual title with Manjushri. Cross-country was moved to
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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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Tamie Smith has won four-star eventing competitions around the United States in 2026 to become the second Series winner of the US Equestrian Open, and she added a victory in her home state aboard Danito
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The 20th Asian Games will bring eventing back to Tokyo this week, with 33 combinations from ten nations set to contest team and individual honours. Although the Games are centred on Aichi-Nagoya, Equestrian will take
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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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Twin Rivers Ranch in Paso Robles, CA, will host its annual Twin Rivers Fall International this weekend, September 18-20. The event will partner with the US Equestrian Open for the CCI4*-S competition, and Tamie Smith,
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On August 22, Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown, Maryland hosted the first qualifying show for the 2026 Bred to Event Classic series. The series, sponsored by Horse Sport Maryland, highlights the breeding and development of
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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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It’s nearing go time for cross country day at Defender Burghley and before we get “stuck in” as many a rider would say, let’s dive into some of the reactions to what Derek di Grazia
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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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