Between back-to-back five-stars it’s been nonstop action for the past two weeks. Let’s take it easy for a few days, shall we? We’re going to need our strength for next weekend, with no fewer than
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“I literally didn’t sleep last night because I thought I’d wake up and it would all have been a dream — and now I don’t want to sleep for a week,” laughs a breathless Laura Collett,
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After suffering a crashing fall on cross country at Badminton Horse Trials on Saturday, British Equestrian has provided an update on the condition of reigning European Champion Nicola Wilson. Both Nicola as well as JL
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An influential track and a spike in ambient temperatures yesterday made for tense scenes at this morning’s final horse inspection at Badminton Horse Trials, where 54 of yesterday’s 59 finishers came forward to present in front of
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It’s it funny how much of time the most talked about fences on a course end up being the most benign. Those rider-frightener fences sure do make for some amazing photos, though! It was a
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Few were under any illusion that it would be a difficult day: today’s course was, without a doubt, the toughest, most ‘proper’ five-star track we’ve seen since Burghley 2019, and many riders expressed some healthy
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by @danipaigem (@dmoysem) From the perspective of someone who’s never been to Badminton, I’ll tell you my main takeaway: it looks like an absolute party. I think
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It’s time! One I got done grumbling at my alarm this morning (which was honestly quite a bit later than the 12:30 a.m. alarms for dressage days) it was time to get excited about Badminton
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We’re just half an hour away from the start of cross-country here at Badminton Horse Trials, and what feels like the first serious top-end cross-country challenge we’ve seen since before the pandemic. At eleven minutes,
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeanie Clarke Equestrian (@jeanieclarkeequestrian) By the time you read this, we might be well underway or even finished with a big day of cross
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After two days of dressage at Badminton, there are certain overarching trends you start to pick up on. The first, and most obvious, is that the calibre of horses in this country has reached a
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Mike Winter / El Mundo – 34.6 – 51st On his dressage test today: “That would be my worst score at the level so I don’t know. I thought it was an alright test. He
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If you go and look at the Badminton Horse Trials location tag this fine Friday afternoon, you’re going to see approximately 100 images of the Ford Broken Bridge that has everyone buzzing ahead of tomorrow’s
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We always enjoy a good look through the lens of our favorite photographers, and this weekend we’re lucky enough to be working with both Nico Morgan for our reports as well as Shannon Brinkman. Shannon
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fair Hill International (@fairhillint) What a good helper! You’re never too young to become an eventing volunteer. (Well, they might not let a baby
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David Doel is going to his first Badminton with a plan: he wants to make the British team. His CV says it all, and this charmingly modest, mild-mannered farmer’s son sees Badminton this weekend as
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“It’s not often you go into the arena at Badminton and have a lovely time, but that horse is just so nice to ride,” says Laura Collett, smiling through her tears after storming to the lead
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The FEI World Championships will look a bit different this cycle as the disciplines have been split to two different destinations. Eventing and combined driving will have their championships hosted in Italy at Pratoni del
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Welcome to day two at Badminton Horse Trials, presented by MARS Equestrian! We’ve got one more day of dressage action ahead of tomorrow’s exciting cross country test, and while we saw a lot of big
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Day one dressage brought the heat, but day two might just blow your socks off. The second half of the field comes forward today to attempt to smash the incredibly high standard we’ve seen throughout today’s competition –
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Helmet cam videos are some of the most useful, in my opinion. It’s really interesting to watch a ride, no matter what level, from the rider’s point of view. We’ve lucked out that the newly-crowned
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It doesn’t often happen that Badminton’s Thursday morning leader remains in the top spot through the rest of the day, but that’s exactly what happened in today’s competition: coming forward as just the fourth competitor of
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Another busy day at Badminton is in the books as we inch closer to Saturday’s thrilling cross country test. But for now, it’s about keeping a lid on the energy and ekeing out the most
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