Liz Halliday’s team provided a new update on her recovery process last night as she continues to fight back from a traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall at AECs on August 29. The update
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We’ve been cheering on (and covering) Eventers at Burghley this past weekend, but Eventers were out competing at Five Points, Flora Lea, and CDCTA as well. We’re here to enjoy a weekend recap to celebrate
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Carolina Horse Park is thrilled to announce that Derek di Grazia, one of the most highly respected and accomplished course designers in the world of eventing, will serve as the course designer for the 2025
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Defender Burghley Horse Trials (@burghleyhorsetrials) Congratulations are in order for Kiwi rider Monica Spencer and her groom at Burghley, Michelle Koppin, on winning the Spillers Horse
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It’s GO time at this year’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials in the UK, and we’ve kicked things off today with the First Horse Inspection held inside the Main Arena on site. We’ll have full reports
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Could it be argued that today’s Defender Burghley showjumping track was built on the softer side? Absolutely – it certainly walked as a much different type of track than the enormously influential one we saw
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And so we find ourselves on the edge of our seats, chomping at the bit to discover who will take home the Burghley trophy, but there’s much more than the glory, impressive purse and gorgeous
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The field of competitors at the Defender Burghley CCI5* has thinned from 43 to 39 after this morning’s final horse inspection, which took place after a night of heavy rain on site. Three of those
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Defender Burghley Horse Trials (@burghleyhorsetrials) Of all the moments yesterday, it’s always hard to pick just one favorite, but we’re going to go ahead and give
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Collectively, there probably hasn’t been many hours of sleep logged amongst the competitors at Defender Burghley ahead of today’s cross-country day; what little that was, no doubt, was plagued with night sweats and prolonged horror
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Historic venue – check. Saturday – check. Formidable field of 5* combinations raring to go – check. All this can only mean one thing: it’s cross country day at Defender Burghley. Bring. It. On. This
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Monica Spencer (@monicaspencernz) By time time you read this, it’s likely Burghley cross country day will be underway already, but in any case: WELCOME to the
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidayeventing) Liz Halliday’s team has posted a new update on her progression as she recovers from a head injury sustained in a fall at
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It’s time to take a deep breath and take a gander at what Derek di Grazia has up his sleeve this year for his third year in residence at Defender Burghley’s iconic CCI5* offering. This
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OK, so I’ve taken a little creative liberty with that headline, but what’s a missing ‘r’ between friends? In case you’re wondering, the consensus is that Derek needs to trim his bush (sorry, not sorry),
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Irish rider Declan Cullen wryly refers to himself as “the grandfather” this weekend, not only earning the title of eldest rider at age 56 but also laying down a healthy dose of “if I can
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And so we come to the conclusion of the first phase at the 2024 Defender Burghley Horse Trials – one in which, so far, it’s really just Ros Canter’s world, and the rest of us
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There are two easy ways to put the pressure on a seriously fit event horse in the dressage ring at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials – you can present them with a boisterous, determined wind,
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We’re back at Burghley for the second day’s dressage and I’ll be bringing you every single step from between the white boards as the first phase leaderboard is ironed out, that is before it’s inevitably
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Exciting news for all of you AEC competitors: your photo galleries are now online thanks to the hard work of the Erin Gilmore Photography team! The shot above is one of the most epic shots
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US Equestrian is pleased to announce the combinations who will represent the United States at the final FEI Eventing Nations Cup of the year hosted at the Military Boekelo in Enschede, Netherlands from October 9-13,
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We spoke too much, yesterday, about Burghley and its late-summer golden sunlight, didn’t we? We were cursed, apparently, for breaking the first rule of journalism: that is, never write about the weather, you boring bugger.
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The FEI today has announced the provisional suspension of Belgian rider Tine Magnus and her horse, Dia Van Het Lichterveld Z, who competed as members of team Belgium at the Paris Olympics last month. The
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