12-03-2026 Jan Perrins
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...
Read more12-05-2025 Jan Perrins
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...
Read more07-05-2025 Jan Perrins
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).
Read more27-03-2025 Jan Perrins
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.
Read more19-03-2025 Jan Perrins
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...
Read more16-05-2024 Jan Perrins
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.
Read more07-05-2024 Jan Perrins
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,...
Read more06-03-2024 Jan Perrins
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...
Read more10-09-2023
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...
Read more04-05-2023 Jan Perrins
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...
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2017: Barbury International founder Nigel Bunter (right) presents trophy to Shark HanlonThere will be Irish participation at the second Barbury International Point-to-Point at the Barbury Racecourse on Saturday, January 20. And there will be a continental element there as well in the form of top French amateur jockey Guillaume Viel.
Poetic Rhythm (rt) at the last with Mulcahys Hill (Photo: Newbury Racecourse)
Newbury's final fixture of 2017 (December 30) took place before a healthy crowd of almost 9,000. The course had had 7.9mm of rain in the previous 24-hours. The going was heavy - and obviously testing for many of the day's runners. For the spectators it was warm if windy.
AP McCoy joins the winner for a presenation at the first Barbury International Point-to-Point (January 2017)Barbury Racecourse is set to stage the second Barbury International Point-to-Point on Saturday, January 20 - following the successful amendments to the rules of the sport that made last January's inaugural fixture possible.
Total Recall on the way to winning the Ladbrokes Trophy (Photo: Newbury Racecourse)The Ladbrokes Trophy - previously known famously as the Hennessy Gold Cup - on day two of Newbury Racecourse's first Ladbrokes Winter Carnival, is the second richest handicap chase run in Britain - with £250,000 in prize money. It was won on Saturday (December 2) by Irish challenger and 9/2 favourite Total Recall.
16-year-old Conor Brace riding William Money to victory at Barbury Racecourse (Photo: Phil Britt)The day started clear and sunny, with a keen over-the-downs-wind making it very cold last Sunday (November 27) for the first of the Barbury Racecourse's four meetings this season. A fair-sized crowd was rewarded with an excellent turnout – of 85 horses entered, 65 took part in the Point-to-Point Owners and Riders Club meeting.
L to R: Clare Balding (RoR Patron), Rebecca Court (rider), Justine Armstrong-Small (who retrained Pete), Mrs Anne Leftley (owner) with Andrew Merriam (Chairman of Jockey Club Estates) presenting the award. (Photo from RoR website by Dan Abraham - focusonracing.com)Former successful racehorse, Beware Chalk Pit - known to most as Pit or Pete and to some as Perfect Pete - has won the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) 2017 Horse of the Year award at a presentation ceremony at the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket. There to accept the award was the 13 year-old gelding's owner, Marlborough resident Mrs Anne Leftley.
Richard HannonFlat trainer Richard Hannon has been fined £8,000 after De Bruyne Horse was found to carry traces of a banned substance connected to the human painkiller tramadol.
Yanworth at Exeter - before his fall The first Ladbrokes Winter Carnival launches on Friday (December 1) at Newbury Racecourse with a card full of promise.
Marlborough Town Mayor Cllr Mervyn Hall handing over a cheque for £427 to Jane Muir-Brooks of Greatwood, with supervision from Louis
Based just outside Marlborough Greatwood is a charity that takes in retired racehorses and combines their rehabilitation with educational programmes for disadvantaged children and adults with special educational needs (SEN).
