We’ve got an excellent contingent of American, Canadian and American-based Australian riders tackling Badminton this week, which means we’ve got plenty to catch up on after the majority of them rode their dressage tests today.
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Long gone are the days of easing into Badminton week with a batch of mid-30s marks on Thursday morning: today’s first batch of competitors was so flush with major names and heavy-hitters that the gauntlet was
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A popular fixture on the Area I calendar and perennially among the first late-summer Advanced offerings each year, Millbrook Horse Trials will sadly vacate its August 4-7 dates this year, the event announced on Wednesday.
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Some days, I think my role as a journalist in this sport is to chronicle its ups and downs, to chart its progress and its shortfalls, and to do my tiny little bit to help
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Good morning and welcome to the first day of Badminton Horse Trials, presented by MARS Equestrian! It’s going to be a wonderful day of dressage competition as we’ll see the first half of the 83-combination
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Honestly, I don’t know how riders who compete in both Kentucky and Badminton are even remotely alive. I didn’t do anything except absorb the action from last weekend and I’m still reeling. I honestly can’t
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Trot-up time in England just hits a little different, doesn’t it? Whether it’s the fashion, the crowds, or the fact that Badminton House looms large nearly everywhere you go on site, it’s got a full-on
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It was a lovely day for a trot-up, and despite the fact that the 85-strong Badminton field took quite a while to jog we found ourselves more appreciative that at long last we’ve finally got
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Some days, it truly does feel like the eventing gods are smiling on us: the sun comes out, sultry and sizzling; the crowds show up en masse with picnics and Pimms and all the goodwill
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Though the feature CCI5* at Badminton Horse Trials commands most of the public’s attention this week, it’s far from the only eventing competition taking place on the grounds of the estate. Badminton has also long been
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Life is busy, everyone’s got a full schedule, and sometimes, you just don’t have time for a 33,000 word form guide that verges on the truly ridiculous. If that sounds familiar, never fear: we’re just
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It’s a curious feeling, isn’t it? In some ways, it feels like decades since we last stepped foot onto the hallowed grounds of the Badminton estate, all aflutter with pre-competition butterflies and brimming with the excitement
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It’s time to choose the winner of our 2022 World Equestrian Brands Kentucky Top Dog contest! We enjoyed all of your submissions this year and have narrowed the field down to the following finalists. Cast
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Badminton Horse Trials always draws in an enviably hot field of competitors, partly due to its enormous prestige, and partly due to its early-season slot in the calendar: unlike Burghley, it doesn’t suffer any scheduling
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You know you’ve done something right when an eventing legend seeks you out to give you a compliment. Sara Kozumplik had the ride of the day through the very trick Park Question fence on the
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In all of the spectacle that is Kentucky, and considering the fact that Badminton was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, it’s almost a shock to remember that we have not one but two 5* events
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“Atta girl! Well done, mare!” … “Whoa mama, big stuff coming” … “Good girl! Good girl!” … “Come on, pick your head up love” … “Well done, girl!” … “Stay on it — you’re a
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So you’ve tackled the behemoth of the Badminton Horse Trials form guide, and now you want a spark notes version of that colossus of information to take into the competition? We’ve got your back, pal —
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The recipients of the 2022 Ocala Horse Properties Rebecca Farm Flight Grant were chosen in a drawing at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS Equestrian. Rob and Chris Desino from Ocala Horse
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Tuesday morning of Badminton week is always a pretty big deal in my book: it’s the day that the majority of the horses and riders will arrive at the estate, and the old stone stables
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ugo Provasi (@ugoprovasiofficiel) The first horses have arrived at Badminton, and it’s all starting to feel really, really real. I’d love to say Team EN
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It’s really a sight to behold, watching an athlete that has raised their game so high that it’s on another level altogether. That’s what Michael Jung and his horses have done for eventing and it’s
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