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The Badminton Horse Trials is a five-day event, one of only seven annual Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI). It takes place in May each year in the park of Badminton House , the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in South Gloucestershire , England .
Badminton Horse Trials (UK) Burghley Horse Trials (UK) Kentucky Three-Day Event (US) Luhmühlen Horse Trials (Germany) Stars of Pau (France). Maryland 5 Star, at Fair Hill (US) In 2021, following the cancellation of Burghley and Badminton due to the coronavirus pandemic, a one-off event, the Bicton Arena International 5* was held at Bicton ...
2006 2nd Burghley Horse Trials on Moonfleet (in the lead until the final phase) [2] Oliver Townend (GBR): 2009 Badminton Horse Trials on Flint Curtis; 2009 Burghley Horse Trials on Carousel Quest; 2010 Kentucky Horse Trials on Ashdale Cruise Master and ODT Master Rose, (in 9th and 6th after dressage but fell cross country while riding Ashdale ...
The first annual, Olympic-level event developed was the Badminton Horse Trials, held each year in England. First held in 1949, the Badminton event was created after a poor performance by the British Eventing Team at the 1948 Olympic Games, with the purpose of being a high-class preparation event, and as extra exposure for the military horses ...
Richard Dorian Walker (born August 16, 1950, in Johannesburg) is best known for being the youngest rider ever to win the Badminton Horse Trials. At 18 years and 247 days, the British-born rode his mount, Pasha, to victory at Badminton in 1969. [1] Although he tried to repeat his success, he never won the event again.
The last marquee thoroughbred racing event of the year is upon us with the 2023 Breeders’ Cup. The event takes place Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park in California, and ...
In total Funnell has won the Badminton Horse Trials three times: 2002, 2003 and 2005. She has won both the Blenheim venue and Windsor Horse Trials four times as well, the only rider yet to do so. With Funnell as rider, Primmore's Pride became the 1st horse to win all three major four star titles - Kentucky & Burghley in 2003 and Badminton in ...
Golden Willow was the youngest horse to ever win the Badminton Horse Trials.The then-five-year-old won the first year of the event, in 1949, with rider John Shedden.Today, horses must be a minimum of seven years old to compete in the difficult competition, and most horses that compete are no younger than 10.