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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Jonelle, Otis & Tim Price at Blenheim (Photo by Libby Law - by kind permission of the Prices)You can't really get away from the word: it's been a very eventful year for Marlborough's New Zealand eventers Jonelle and Tim Price. Their first child - a boy named Otis - was born on Wednesday, August 16. And now the eventing season has ended with Tim gaining second place in the world rankings.
Smad Place & Wayne Hutchinson on their way to the start for Newbury's 2016 Hennessy Gold CupThe popular grey Smad Place - trained by Alan King at Barbury Castle - is among 60 entries revealed (November 1) for the £250,000 Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury on the second day of the Ladbrokes Winter Carnival, Saturday, December 2.
Emma Lavelle Racing's Laura Scrivener with wet but victorious Woolstone One (Photo from @FfosLasRC)This will be Marlborough trainer Emma Lavelle's second full season at the Bonita Racing Stables in Ogbourne Maizey. Last season her horses flourished in the airy stables and on the all-weather and grass gallops.
A foggy Manton morning: horses coming back from the gallopsThe well-known and highly successful racing trainer Brian Meehan is buying the legendary Manton yard and gallops from their owner Paul Clarke, who bought most of the Manton Estate from the Sangster family early in 2015.
Tim Price and Cekatinka on Boekelo's cross country courseTim Price has won the prestigious Boekelo individual eventing competition in Holland and in doing so helped New Zealand take the Nations Cup - 13.4 penalty points ahead of Germany.
Best Solution, winner of the G3 Worthington's "Indigo Leisure" Stakes, & jockey Pat Cosgrave with the special Poppy saddle cloth marking the 10th anniversary of Newbury's Armed Forces Raceday (Photo courtesy Newbury Racecourse) The tenth running of Worthington's Armed Forces Raceday brought the curtain down on the 2017 Flat season at Newbury Racecourse - and included a treble for Frankie Dettori and two tantalising seconds for Manton trainer Brian Meehan.
Jimmy Fortune - at home Flat jockey Jimmy Fortune did not want his last race to be a wet September evening's Nursery Handicap qualifier on an all-weather track. So he was very pleased when trainer John Gosden gave him his last ride at Newmarket on Nathra in the Group One Sun Charriot Stakes on October 7 - the day he announced his retirement.
Farewell Horse of the Year Show victory for Beware Chalk Pit & Rebecca Court (Photo courtesy 1st Class Images/HOYS)The retired racehorse Beware Chalk Pit, who was in training with East Kennett trainer Jonathan Geake from 2009 to 2015, was judged SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse Champion at the Horse of the Year Show (4 October) - a crowning achievement to mark his second retirement.
Will and WilliamWill Rawlin, a talented up and coming event rider, has signed up to Elite Horse Owners ahead of his debut at the KBIS British Eventing Young Horse Championships held at the Osberton International Horse Trials in Nottinghamshire this week (28 & 29 September.)
