Two top-class sporting events take place this week, 9,251km apart - but there are strong links between the Olympics and Hambro Sport Horses Burgham International Horse Trials. While Tokyo might get a touch more attention worldwide, there’s no doubt that Burgham - Northumberland’s premier equestrian event - is the summer highlight of Britain’s national [...]
New Zealand’s Samantha Lissington won the Stablewood Coastal Cottages Open Intermediate section at Burgham riding Ricker Ridge Sooty GNZ, beating Wills Oakden (Cooley Ramiro). It was Sam’s first visit to Burgham, and she said: “It’s a lovely event and the courses were well put together - it was nice to feel confident to go [...]
Britain’s Oliver Townend set a world record at Burgham this weekend for the highest number of international eventing classes ever won at a single event in the modern era. On Sunday at Burgham, Oliver, the reigning world number one, added victory in the Holme Dodsworth Metals-sponsored CCI2*-S section P on Paul Ridgeon’s Cooley Rosalent [...]
It's been a brilliant week of sport here at Burgham. This year we've sadly had to keep this to ourselves and run behind closed doors but we hope to be able to welcome visitors back next year and in anticipation are giving away a 2021 Family Season Pass! The pass includes car parking and is valid for four [...]
The final day of the Burgham International Horse Trials 2020 begins at 8am on Sunday 23rd August with first the showjumping and then the cross-country phases to conclude the Holme Dodsworth Metals CCI 2*-S. Meanwhile in the National sections we see three full BE 100 sections kick off from 11.30am. For 2020 the Saturday [...]
The reigning world champion and the current world number one, Ros Canter and Oliver Townend, dominated the major classes at Burgham International Horse Trials. Lincolnshire’s Ros won the AW Jenkinson-sponsored CCI4*-S section M on her World Equestrian Games individual and team gold medallist Allstar B, just adding two time-faults to her record-setting dressage score [...]
We're looking forward to a super Saturday here at Burgham International Horse Trials in the beautiful Northumberland countryside. The flagship 4-star competition reaches its climax with the showjumping and cross-country phases of the AW Jenkinson CCI 4*-S. Competitors in the long-format 2-star complete their showjumping to decide the winners of the Newton Hall CCI [...]
The superlative quality of the competition at Burgham International Horse Trials 2020 was confirmed when yesterday's dressage record of 21.2, set by Izzy Taylor and Monkeying Around, was smashed - twice. The reigning World Champions, Ros Canter and Allstar B, achieved a stunning mark of 19.7 and hold the lead in CCI4*-S section M, [...]
Day three of Burgham Horse Trials sees all the International classes underway. The dressage phase of the 4-star competition concludes in the International Arena for sections L&M of the AW Jenkinson CCI 4*-S. The Howard Russell Construction CCI 3*-S moves on to the showjumping and cross-country and competitors in the Newton Hall CCI 2*-L [...]
Izzy Taylor set a new record today for the best CCI4*-S dressage test ever performed at Burgham International Horse Trials. Irish statistics company EquiRatings confirmed that her score of 21.2 on Monkeying Around beats the previous record of 22.4, set by Gemma Tattersall (Chico Bella P) in 2015.Nine-year-old Monkeying Around, who is owned by Izzy [...]