For someone who topped the British Eventing leaderboard as the rider with the most cross-country clears in 2025, experiencing two uncharacteristic falls with his top horse, Galileo Nieuwmoed, at both Badminton and Burghley could easily have been difficult to recover from.
But leading Wiltshire event rider David Doel is very...
Ros Canter and the stunning Lordship Graffalo claimed their second MARS Badminton Horse Trials title with a flawless round in the final showjumping phase, cementing the horse's status as one of the best eventers in the world. Canter now joins a select group of just five riders to have won...
The world’s greatest three-day event riders are eagerly anticipating the start of the 2025 Mars Badminton Horse Trials, which is just about to get underway (Wednesday 7 May).
The Barbury Castle estate saw a welcome return to British Eventing at the weekend with three days of competition, showcasing some of our top riders, including Laura Collett, David Doel, Tim and Jonelle Price, Tom McEwen to name just a few.
Badminton 2025 is nearly here, taking place in early May beytween 7 - 11th. One difference for this year - all tickets must be bought in advance as there won't be any tickets sold on the gate this year. There is the 'early bird' advance ticket discount available, but that...
New Zealander Caroline Powell pulled off a shock victory at the Mars Badminton Horse Trials at the weekend, after Tim Price and Vitali and William Fox Pitt and Grafennacht, who were in first and second respectively, had a number of fences down in the showjumping.
Will Rawlin describes himself as “absolutely fine” as he faces his first ever appearance at the Mars Badminton Horse Trials, which begin on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old first timer, based at Rockley, said he is not overthinking the competition, regarded by many in the sport as the pinnacle in the eventing calendar,...
David Doel’s past two seasons, with his star horse Galileo Nieuwmoed, are the stuff that most event riders can only dream of. A sixth place at his debut Badminton Horse Trials, eighth at Kentucky and runner up at Burghley are the highlights - but for him this is not quite...
Three former successful racehorses, stabled and trained now at Overton Manor Farm (and owned by the White family) in Wroughton have qualified for the Horse of the Year Show at Birmingham’s NEC in October.
Trained by the ladies who will be riding them, the three horses will be competing in the...
When Greta Mason drives through the famous Badminton gates for her debut appearance this week it will be a culmination of a three-year plan.
Greta and her 16.1hh gelding Cooley for Sure (Murphy) moved to base themselves with former Badminton winner Rodney Powell at his Bishopstone yard in 2020, with a...
The Yorkshire Building Society is marking its 150th anniversary with a Lasting legacy Fund. They will give £10,000 to fifteen charities to fund specific projects that will make a lasting difference to their communities.
The charities will be chosen by popular vote – anyone can choose their three top charities on the YBS website.
Greatwood, the Marlborough charity that looks after retired race horses and uses them to help young people with special educational needs, has put forward its project to buy a minibus to give more youngsters access to their facilities.
The voting closes on Friday, October 31. So vote soon!
The life of Toby Balding, a leading member of one of British horse racing’s outstanding families, will be marked at a memorial service at Marlborough College on December 15.
Toby Balding, who died last month aged 78, trained two Grand National winners, two Champion Hurdle winners and a winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Born in the United States and having started schooling there, he and his brother Ian were sent to Marlborough College.
Apart from his many training successes - mainly over the jumps but also on the flat - Toby Balding was known as the mentor of young jockeys – most notably AP McCoy and Adrian Maguire.
Toby Balding’s father was a successful trainer. His brother Ian trained Mill Reef amongst many other successful horses and retired in 2002. His nephew Andrew took over Ian’s Park House Stables at Kingsclere near Newbury. Toby Balding’s niece is the racing commentator and journalist Clare Balding.
The main event at the Boekelo International Horse Trials in the Netherlands (October 9-12) was the final round of this year’s International Federation Eventing Nations Cup series.
The final competition was won by the New Zealand team who finished just 1.6 penalty points ahead of the British team. The New Zealanders were without Sir Mark Todd and Andrew Nicholson – but were with Mildenhall-based Tim Price on Bango.
The British team suffered some bad luck when Laura Collett on her new horse Grand manoeuvre came third overall in the dressage. And after the dressage the British bteam led, but the cross country saw some re-arrangement of the leader board and some ropped penalties. Laura, who is now based at Lambourn, was riding with four broken metatarsals in a foot after a fall last month.
After nine events through the season, the German team became Nations Cup competition series champions. Great Britain came second four points behind.
If you have a horse – or know of a horse – with an interesting story you can nominate him or her for our HORSE OF THE MONTH feature. Race horse, eventing horse, point to point horse, personal horse or working cart horse…
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