Burghley Horse Trials

The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Burghley is classified by the FEI as one of the six leading three day events in the world (the others being the Badminton Horse Trials, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day, the Adelaide Horse Trials, the Luhmühlen Horse Trials and the Étoiles de Pau). It has competition at both the CCI*** (three star) level and the CCI**** (four star) level. The prize for first place is currently £40,000. Prize money is given down to 12th place.

Burghley is also one of the three events in the Grand Slam of Eventing.

Run in conjunction with the event since 1990 is the Burghley Young Event Horse final, which judges 4 and 5 year old horses on their potential as future Olympic mounts.

History

Horse trials began being held at Burghley House in 1961 when its owner the 6th Marquess of Exeter, an Olympic gold medallist in athletics and IOC member, heard that a three day event at Harewood House could no longer be held. Since then no other international horse trials site has staged as many Championships, a record ten in all including the first World Championship in 1966.

It is the longest continuous running international event. Up to 2006 there have been six course designers : Bill Thomson, M.R.C.V.S. 1961 - 1983, Lt.- Col. Henry Nicoll, D.S.O., O.B.E., 1975, Philip Herbert 1984 - 1988, Capt. Mark Phillips, C.V.O., 1989 - 1996 and 1998 - 2000, Mike Tucker 1997 and 2001, Wolfgang Feld 2002 - 2004 and Capt. Mark Phillips, C.V.O., 2005 -.

Past winners

*2007 - William Fox-Pitt on Parkmore Ed
*2006 - Lucinda Fredericks (Australia) on Headley Britannia
*2005 - William Fox-Pitt on Ballincoola
*2004 - Andrew Hoy on Moon Fleet
*2003 - Pippa Funnell on Primmore's Pride
*2002 - William Fox-Pitt on Highland Lad
*2001 - Blyth Tait on Ready Teddy
*2000 - Andrew Nicholson on Mr. Smiffy
*1999 - Mark Todd on Diamond Hall Red
*1998 - Blyth Tait (N.Z.) on Chesterfield
*1997 - Mark Todd (N.Z.) on Broadcast News
*1996 - Mary King on Star Appeal
*1995 - Andrew Nicholson (N.Z.) on Buckley Province
*1994 - William Fox-Pitt on Chaka
*1993 - Stephen Bradley (U.S.A.) on Sassy Reason
*1992 - Charlotte Hollingsworth on The Cool Customer
*1991 - Mark Todd (N.Z.) on Welton Greylag
*1990 - Mark Todd (N.Z.) on Face the Music
*1989 - Virginia Leng on Master Craftsman
*1988 - Jane Thelwell on King's Jester
*1987 - Mark Todd (N.Z.) on Wilton Fair
*1986 - Virginia Leng (nee Holgate) on Murphy Himself
*1985 - Virginia Holgate on Priceless
*1984 - Virginia Holgate on Night Cap II
*1983 - Virginia Holgate on Priceless
*1982 - Richard Walker on Ryan's Cross
*1981 - Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Beagle Bay
*1980 - Richard Walker on John of Gaunt
*1979 - Andrew Hoy (Australia) on Davey
*1978 - Lorna Clarke on Greco
*1977 - Lucinda Prior-Palmer on George
*1976 - Jane Holderness-Roddam on Warrior
*1975 - Aly Pattinson on Carawich
*1974 - Bruce Davidson (U.S.A.) on Irish Cap
*1973 - Captain Mark Phillips on Maid Marion
*1972 - Janet Hodgson on Larkspur
*1971 - H.R.H. Princess Anne on Doublet
*1970 - Judy Bradwell on Don Camillo
*1969 - Gillian Watson on Shaitan
*1968 - Sheila Willcox on Fair and Square
*1967 - Lorna Sutherland on Popadom
*1966 - Captain Carlos Moratorio (Argentina) on Chalan
*1965 - Captain J.J. Beale on Victoria Bridge
*1964 - Richard Meade on Barberry
*1963 - Captain Harry Freeman-Jackson (Ireland) on St. Finbarr
*1962 - Captain James Templer on M'Lord Connolly
*1961 - Anneli Drummond-Hay on Merely-A-Monarch

External links

* [http://www.burghley-horse.co.uk/default.asp Burghley Horse Trials official site]