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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.
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.
Todd and NZB Land Vision during the cross-country phase of the 2011 Badminton Horse Trials. Sir Mark James Todd KNZM CBE (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing, voted Rider of the 20th century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports. [1]
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 ...
Lucinda Green and Cry Freedom at the Treasure Chests during the cross-country phase of the CIC*** competition at Houghton International Horse Trials 2013. Lucinda Jane Green MBE (née Prior-Palmer, born 7 November 1953) is a British equestrian and journalist who competed in eventing. She is the 1982 World Champion and twice European Champion ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...