2 - 5 September 2027
The latest previews, interviews and reports from Defender Burghley.
Gemma Stevens punched the air in ecstasy as she and Chilli Knight landed over the final fence at Defender Burghley, having won the £120,000 first prize in the best possible style, with a clear round and by a convincing margin of 13.4 penalties.
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American rider Will Coleman has won the prestigious Avebury Trophy, which is presented by Rosemary Barlow in honour of her triple Burghley-winning horse Avebury (2012-14), ridden by Andrew Nicholson.
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A total of 27 combinations came through the final horse inspection at Defender Burghley, with the lower placed seven show jumping this morning.
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Ridden by former world number one Oliver Townend, the pair enjoyed a phenomenal partnership, winning Burghley twice, landing Kentucky and Maryland five-star titles and helping Great Britain secure a first Olympic eventing team medal gold for 49 years alongside Laura Collett and Tom McEwen in Tokyo.
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British rider Gemma Stevens rode a brilliantly committed cross-country round on Christopher and Lisa Stone's home-bred Chilli Knight to head the leaderboard, for the first time, at Defender Burghley Horse Trials
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