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badminton-horse.co.uk. 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.
The Grand Slam of Eventing, sponsored by Rolex, consists of three of the top CCI5*-L (previously CCI4*, due to a rating change effective January 1, 2019. Note that the nature of the competitions remains the same regardless of the change in name) equestrian eventing competitions in the world. Pippa Funnell in 2003 and Michael Jung in 2016, are ...
Team eventing. Rosalind Canter (born 13 January 1986) is a British equestrian who competes in eventing. She is the 2018 World Champion. On Monday, 8 May 2023 she won the Badminton Horse Trials riding Lordships Graffalo. She won a gold medal in Team eventing at 2024 Paris Olympics.
Individual eventing. 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.
Golden Willow. 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.
A member of the Beaufort Pony Club presented Camilla with a book detailing the trials’ 75-year history and a model horse. Queen attends Badminton Horse Trials to celebrate 75th anniversary of ...
William Fox-Pitt. William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt MBE [1] (born 2 January 1969) is an English equestrian who competes in eventing. His career highlights include winning three Olympic medals in the team event, with silver in 2004 and 2012, and bronze in 2008. [2] At the World Equestrian Games, he won team gold and individual silver in 2010, and team ...
Jane Mary Elizabeth Holderness-Roddam CVO CBE (née Bullen; born 1 July 1948, Charmouth, Dorset [1]) is a British event rider, winning Badminton Horse Trials in 1968 (on Our Nobby) and 1978 (on Warrior). She also won Burghley Horse Trials in 1976 (on 'Warrior'), and competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, [2] winning team gold for ...