Started from the bottom (a calendar cleared out by the coronavirus and sad texts to our farriers saying “no stud holes this time, thanks”), now we here (a history-making first-ever ‘pop-up’ CCI5* to make up
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While the American Eventing Championships are happening here stateside, there’s also a little event kicking off in Great Britain tomorrow. Typically, this weekend would mean it’s finally time for the Land Rover Burghley CCI5*, but
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The UK’s only five-star eventing competition in 2021, the first to take place in two years, will be the Chedington Bicton Park 5* Horse Trials at Budleigh Salterton, Devon — and it’s fast approaching on Sept.
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We’re now just a scant fortnight away from the start of the Chedington Bicton International CCI5* (2-5 September), and already, the event has made history: it’s the only one-off five-star that’s ever been held. That also makes
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British and European eventers were hankering for another five-star competition to replace Badminton and Burghley, which both went by the wayside once more in 2021 with hopes to return in 2022. These abandonments left vacancies
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“JL Dublin normally gets very excited and squeals in the warm-up, but today he really had his brain in gear and I thought and hoped that this might be our day,” says Nicola Wilson, whose ten-year-old
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It feels like it’s been an awfully long time since we saw a truly tough and influential cross-country day in Britain, and that’s fair enough – since the start of the pandemic, many of the country’s
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All eyes are on the Chedington Bicton International Horse Trials this week, where the UK’s first CCI4*-L of 2021 is taking place, plus the prestigious CCI4*-L for under-25s and a CCI4*-S, all ordinarily held at Yorkshire’s
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There’s a strange irony in seeing Nicola Wilson in the lead in the CCI4*-L, a spot she holds with the ten-year-old JL Dublin: she’s long sought the win in this class at its ordinary venue, Bramham, which
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There’s no hotter place to be than Devon’s Bicton Arena this week, where the Bramham replacement CCI4*-L, CCI4*-L for under-25s, and CCI4*-S, incorporating the final British team selection trial, are currently taking place. If it
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Though we all dearly miss Britain’s stately home venues, most of which have cancelled their fixtures for the second year running due to the ongoing pandemic, there’s something special and exciting – a sort of
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The word on the street is that the course at Devon, England’s Chedington Bicton International – the replacement event for this year’s Bramham Horse Trials – isn’t anything to scoff at, with beefy jumps, tough, technical combinations,
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We might not have a Bramham to look forward to this year, but thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Helen West and her team at Devon’s Bicton Arena, we’ll still be able to see those hugely
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