First Time Fancies
Twelve first-timers will test their mettle at this year’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials, and pick of the bunch on the first day of competition is Emily King, daughter of former winner Mary King.
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The latest previews, interviews and reports from Defender Burghley.
Twelve first-timers will test their mettle at this year’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials, and pick of the bunch on the first day of competition is Emily King, daughter of former winner Mary King.
Read MoreOliver Townend and Swallow Springs lit up the dressage arena in the closing stages of the first day of dressage at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials to take the lead on a score of 24.3.
Read MoreThe Warwickshire Hunt triumphed in a hard-fought LeMieux Pony Club Team Jumping competition this afternoon. The quartet lowered just one rail between them in eight rounds of jumping, leaving them on a zero score — the only club to achieve this.
Read MoreEuropean champion Ros Canter (GBR) leads the way at the end of the first session of dressage at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials on a score of 26.9 with Pencos Crown Jewel.
Read MoreGreta Mason, one of this year's Burghley first-timers, performed her dressage test this morning, posting a score of 32.2. She is no stranger to the Park.
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