It’s one more early morning for us yankees, but after yesterday’s adventures at Badminton House, we are all but sprinting to our screens to watch the finale of this year’s event. If you missed it, you can catch up on all the action as it happened live — if you close your eyes, you can almost smell it — here in Cheg’s Cross Country Live Blog. We don’t have to explain just how influential this weekend is for all these superstars (whether British, Kiwi, or otherwise) wanting to prove themselves to the selectors, but even we here at EN can’t agree on who could be in the forefront of their minds for the British trio to take on Paris in July, so try not to bite your nails too much as this monumental weekend comes to a close!
Our current top 3 stand as follows:
🇳🇿 1st – Tim Price & Vitali (NZL)
🇬🇧 2nd – William Fox-Pitt & Grafennacht (GBR)
🇮🇪 3rd – Lucy Latta & RCA Patron Saint (IRL)
Tune in for the first round over the sticks at 11.30 a.m. BST / 6.30 a.m. EST, with the top 20 contenders taking to the stadium at 2.55 p.m. BST / 9.55 a.m. EST. This will definitely be something you don’t want to miss, so get that £19.99 subscription to Badminton TV for access to the livestream from anywhere in the world — as well as nearly 100 hours of archive footage from prior events, peaks behind the scenes, course previews, and profiles so you don’t have to come down from the Badminton high. If you’re in Britain, you’ll need to turn to BBC2 to watch the finale!
MARS Badminton Horse Trials [Website] [Entries] [Timetable] [Tickets] [Radio Badminton] [Timing & Scoring] [Livestream] [Cross Country Course] [EN’s Coverage]
U.S. Weekend Action
Galway Downs Spring H.T. (Temecula, CA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Majestic Oaks Ocala H.T. (Reddick, FL) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Unionville May H.T. (Coatesville, PA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Queeny Park H.T. (St. Louis, MO) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
River Glen Spring H.T. (New Market, TN) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Tryon International Three-Day Event (Mill Spring, NC) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Winona Horse Trials (Hanoverton, OH) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
European International Events
International Marbach Eventing (GER) [Website] [Timetable] [Entries] [Scoring] [Live Stream]
Links to Start Your Sunday:
Don’t worry, there’s just something in my eye: Bubby Upton on her emotional dressage finish
What did you think of yesterday’s course at Badminton? Listen in to the course designer’s thoughts
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Morning Viewing: Catch up on some of the leading rider reactions after Badminton cross country here!
