Piggy March and Vanir Kamira winners of the CCI5* 2022 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials
The winner of the CCI5* at the 2023 Defender Burghley Horse Trials (31 August-3 September) will take home the biggest prize pot in eventing at £110,000.
As one of only seven horse trials around the globe to be classified as CCI5*, the Defender Burghley Horse Trials Event Director Martyn Johnson says “We always aspire to raise the bar at Defender Burghley.
As a top-class sporting occasion and to reward our athletes and owners for winning the most prestigious and challenging three-day event in the world, we feel it appropriate to offer the most valuable prize in the sport.”
Cross country course-designer Derek di Grazia will return to the Burghley Estate in Stamford, Lincolnshire for his second year of creating the unique cross-country track. US-based Derek visited the site twice over the winter and is currently finalising his designs for 2023, which promise ‘a subtle twist to the course’.
Tickets for 2023 will go on sale to members on Thursday, 27 April, and on general release the following day, Friday, 28 April.
Watch cross country videos from Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2022
