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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Day one of official competition is in the books at the USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Nutrena Feeds. The Adequan Advanced Final will get underway tomorrow, along with the Training and Novice divisions, with
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Today marks the beginning of an epic week of eventing at the iconic Kentucky Horse Park, which plays host to the USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Nutrena Feeds both this year and in 2024.
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After yesterday’s many withdrawals at the MARS Great Meadow International, seven pairs out of 22 were left to tackle the 4* cross country course today, designed by David O’Connor. Caroline Pamukcu stayed in the lead
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A rare showjumping clear round, one of only two in the class, propelled Wills Oakden to the top of the leaderboard in the CCI4*L. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “I thought winning one class here last
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Quite a few changes were made to the leaderboard today at the MARS Great Meadow International in The Plains, VA, where we saw the top divisions tackle Chris Barnard’s show jumping course late in the
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Blair Castle has a new leader in the CCI4*-L after a rather wet cross-country phase in which no-one came close to making the optimum time. Max Warburton has moved in to pole position with a fence
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Ros Canter’s fabulous run of form continues; she has three horses in the CCI4*S and at the close of the dressage phase lies in first, second and fifth. Her final ride, Izilot DHI, has a
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It’s a bright, sunny day at Versailles, the palatial former seat of Louis XIV, France’s Sun King – so sunny, that at 9 a.m., the heat is beating its way through the thick avenues of
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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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With the first day of dressage complete at Defender Blair Castle International Horse Trials, Italy’s Roberto Scalisi sits at the top of the CCI4*L leaderboard with Alamein. Half a penalty behind is Max Warburton with
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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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The FEI has today confirmed the shortlisted bidders for the FEI World Championships 2026. The shortlist comprises five Organising Committees who have applied to host events in various disciplines, as follows: Aachen (GER) – Jumping,
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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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A strong roster of 23 horses and riders are entered in the marquee CCI4*-S at MARS Great Meadow International in The Plains, VA this weekend, giving us a glimpse at both some new Advanced horses
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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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In a nail-biting cross-country finish Germany claimed The FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ in Arville (BEL) by just 0.3 of a penalty over home side Belgium. Their victory was massively helped by a strong performance from
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Saturday’s cross-country challenge at the FEI European Eventing Championships didn’t boil down to style, really: with achingly tough conditions and a seriously challenging championship track, it was all about two things: horsemanship, and function. Throughout
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Though he’s moved back home to Yorkshire recently to base his business closer to his family, for many years, eventer Phil Brown was based just next door to Burghley: so close, in fact, that he could
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It’s nearly time to turn our sights to the penultimate CCI5* event of the season — hard to believe, but we’re already here! The Defender Burghley Horse Trials will take place August 31 – September
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She’d bought herself such an exceptional margin — two rails and four seconds in hand, to be precise — by delivering the only clear round inside the time yesterday that Ros Canter‘s ascension to European Champion
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