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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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a ground jury on a Thursday morning must be in want of a few marks – must, surely, be stiff and ungenerous, lending a natural benefit to those riders
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Defender Burghley Horse Trials (@burghleyhorsetrials) The fall edition of the British 5* offerings is always a hotly contested event and what a class we’ve
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“Lefreda was a founding member of the Carolina Horse Park and remained a steady presence at the Park since its… Posted by Carolina Horse Park on Friday, August 30, 2024 We’re starting today off in honor
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidayeventing) Today’s update on Liz Halliday is very positive: she was able to open her eyes and track movement, which has given her medical
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We’re ready to dive right into this year’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials, and before competition gets underway tomorrow (Thursday), we’ve got a look at this year’s 66-combination field. There’s never enough time or space to
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Nothing feels quite as back-to-school — in a nice way, not in an ‘I really hope I don’t cry in calculus this year’ way — than the Defender Burghley Horse Trials. Nearly always blessed with
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Defender Burghley Horse Trials (@burghleyhorsetrials) It’s JOG DAY at Defender Burghley and we couldn’t be more excited to get this 5* party started. We’ve got an
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidayeventing) Some really positive news from the team supporting Liz Halliday: as they reported last night (and we shared this morning), the plan was
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All four members of Britain’s gold medal-winning team at the Paris Olympics – Laura Collett, Tom McEwen, Ros Canter and “alternate” rider Yasmin Ingham – are entered for Cornbury House Horse Trials (September 11-15), alongside
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidayeventing) Yesterday’s update from Liz Halliday’s team provides some positive information as the medical team plans to take her off of the ventilator that’s
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