4 - 7 September 2025
The latest previews, interviews and reports from Defender Burghley.
Ros Canter was the queen of the dressage phase at Defender Burghley, the first rider of the modern era to hold first and second places at the conclusion of dressage. Yesterday's ride, Izilot DHI, still heads the leaderboard with the only sub-20 mark (19.9) and, this afternoon, Lordships Graffalo looked magnificent to score 22.0 and lie second.
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Today's best first timer is Monica Spencer (NZL) riding Artist AKA Max. She lies in equal fifth place on 24.4, the same score as Oliver Townend and Cooley Rosalent. “I was just having too much fun and got a movement ahead of myself – it was a bit of a blond moment.” Max is a former racehorse with strong five-star form, finishing seventh at Maryland last autumn and matching that at Kentucky this spring.
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Piggy March scored in the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse final for four-year-olds at Defender Burghley this afternoon when Quantum March, who belongs to Lady Gillian Aldous, Ann Tolhurst and the March Stud, took the top spot.
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Michael Jackson and Oscar took top honours in the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse final for five-year-olds at Defender Burghley, having won the four-year-old championship last year.
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Although Ros Canter (GBR) remains untouchable at the top of the leaderboard after this morning’s session of dressage on the second day of Defender Burghley Horse Trials, two different names have joined her in the top three.
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