Hello, Eventing Nation! Are we all still soaking up the Big Burghley weekend?! While we loved following the action abroad, we saw plenty of fun excitement back home, with Skyline, Flora Lea, CDCTA, and War
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by London International Horse Show (@londonhorseshow) Exciting news! The organizers of London International Horse Show are delighted to announce the introduction of an exciting new competition, The
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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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It’s show jumping day at Defender Burghley and we’re on the edge of our seats anticipating this year’s winner. Show jumping tends to be influential here, and while the overnight leader Gemma Stevens has a
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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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Before we commence the cross country action at Defender Burghley, let’s get a quick update on the other feature of the weekend: the Dubarry Young Event Horse Finals, held earlier in the week at the
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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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It’s nearly time for cross country day at Defender Burghley! In advance of Saturday’s action, we’ll be providing you with some additional perspectives on Derek di Grazia’s cross country course for 2026. Here is an
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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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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Defender Burghley Horse Trials (@burghleyhorsetrials) Here we go! Dressage is underway this morning for the 2026 Defender Burghley CCI5* and we’ll see roughly half of our
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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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The Aiken Horse Park Foundation is proud to announce Caitlin Dwyer as the inaugural recipient of the World Class Grooming Career Development Grant, a new program created to help aspiring high-performance grooms gain the education,
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Will Coleman Equestrian (@willcolemanequestrian) It’s the eve of competition start at Defender Burghley and we’re eagerly anticipating this year’s bonanza, which begins tomorrow with two days
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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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It’s another big week here at EN! This week, we’re heading to England for the 2026 Defender Burghley CCI5*, where a star-studded field awaits this year’s challenge. It’s truly a wide-open competition this week since
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Happy Monday, Eventing Nation! We hoped you enjoyed this weekend as much as we did! Between the AECs, Area VII Championships, Seneca, and Bucks, there’s plenty of action to recap here. We’re giving a big
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Piggy March secured the fifth CCI4*-L success of her career, showjumping clear from pole position on Cooley Anything You Like. They finished on their dressage score of 32.2 to claim the £4,000 winner’s prize at
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