3 - 6 September 2026
The latest previews, interviews and reports from Defender Burghley.
The 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.
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European 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.
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Greta 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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Defender Burghley Horse Trials kicked off this afternoon when 59 combinations were presented to the ground jury of Christian Steiner (AUT – President), Anne-Mette Binder (DEN) and Nick Burton (GBR) at the Fairfax & Favor-sponsored first horse inspection under bright and blustery skies in Burghley’s Main Arena.
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Burghley Horse Trials is delighted to have been short-listed to hold the 2026 FEI World Eventing Championship, alongside Aachen (Germany) and Boekelo (the Netherlands).
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