3 - 6 September 2026
The latest previews, interviews and reports from Defender Burghley.
The fascinating rivalry between Britain’s two top CCI5* horses looks set to continue at Defender Burghley with Oliver Townend on Cooley Rosalent heading Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo by a mere 0.4 of a penalty on the eve of cross-country day.
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Tara Dixon was inspired by two Olympic medallists in her own family when she made a debut appearance at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials.
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Max Warburton and his own and girlfriend Susie Berry's Patron Of Keros is the new Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse four-year-old champion, most impressing William Fox-Pitt in the final 'potential to gallop'.
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Olympic riders Carl Hester, Tom McEwen and Richard Davison thrilled fans when they took to the main arena at Defender Burghley on Friday lunchtime to present a dressage Masterclass, demonstrating the differences between top-level eventing dressage and pure grand prix dressage.
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Piggy March and Quantum Leap achieved the double in the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Finals, adding the five-year-old title to last year's four-year-old victory. They finished on a score of 86.85 – the same as that of Irish rider Susie Berry's Purple Rain, taking the win on the back of a better jumping score.
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