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Two New Zealanders and one Australian are among the current entries for the Defender Burghley Horse Trials which starts on 30th August 2023.
World Number One Tim Price, winner at Burghley 2018 with Ringwood Sky Boy, returns with Vitali who took third place in 2022. He is joined by a more recent addition to the Kiwi contingent, Lauren Innes, who changed her nationality to ride for New Zealand in 2022 and is one of few amateur riders at this level, riding Global Fision M.
Australia’s Sarah Clark, who completed her first Burghley last year but had to withdraw from Badminton earlier this year, will be competing her Australian horse LV Balou Jeanz who has been based in the UK for the past 12 months while Sarah has travelled back and forth.
Britain’s Oliver Townend and Harry Meade both have four horses entered currently but will have to whittle it down to three each prior to the event and several riders including Bubby Upton, David Doel, Tom McEwen and the USA’s Boyd Martin have two horses entered.
Defending champion Piggy March, who won with Vanir Kamira in 2022, will be competing Brookfield Inocent, who is back on form with a timely CCI4* win at Hartpury last weekend.
An injury prevented the 2021 European team gold and Individual silver medallist, Brookfield Inocent from competing at Badminton 2022 and he only returned to competition in May this year with Hartpury his first 4* competition back.
“He’s always been a brilliant cross-country horse but, with a lot of time off, you don’t know, and I was just hoping he still felt good” explained Piggy after their win at Hartpury “It was a tough enough track with good terrain and that he made the time easily leave me really excited and, hopefully, has set him up perfectly for Burghley.”
Badminton Horse Trials entry list as at 18th August
CLASS AFFAIR - Zara Tindall
RED KITE - Harry Meade
MAMA'S MAGIC WAY - Will Faudree
ON CUE - Boyd Martin
TSETSERLEG TSF - Boyd Martin
ROYAL HARVEST - Gubby Leech
BILLY BEAUFORT - Lauren Lillywhite
LV BALOU JEANZ - Sarah Clark
POSSIBLE MISSION - Tom Rowland
LORDANA VH LEYSEHOF Z - Sophie Fouracre
WABBIT - Jessica Phoenix
CMS GOOGLE - Kristina Hall-Jackson
CREDO III - Richard Skelt
PENCOS CROWN JEWEL - Rosalind Canter
LUNA MIST - Tom McEwen
TOLEDO DE KERSER - Tom McEwen
HD BRONZE - Harry Mutch
SHANBEG COOLEY - Harry Mutch
CANCARAS GIRL - Tiana Coudray
MGH BINGO BOY - Nicky Hill
BRADELEY LAW - Michael Owen
BALLY LOUIS - Holly Richardson
NATIVE SPIRIT - Louise Harwood
ALFIES CLOVER - Richard P Jones
GALILEO NIEUWMOED - David Doel
FERRO POINT - David Doel
LIBERTY AND GLORY - Tom D Crisp
HARRY ROBINSON - Phil Brown
COLORADO BLUE - Austin O'Connor
QUINDIVA - Alexander Bragg
FE LIFESTYLE - Jennie Saville
MILCHEM ECLIPSE - James Rushbrooke
ASKARI - Matthew Heath
ARKLOW PUISSANCE - Wills Oakden
BROOKFIELD INOCENT - Piggy March
HARTHILL PHANTOM - Andrew Heffernan
COOLEY FOR SURE - Greta Mason
ARDEO BERLIN - Julia Norman
VITALI - Tim Price
TOPSPIN - Alice Casburn
AWAY CRUISING - Harry Meade
CAVALIER CRYSTAL - Harry Meade
TENAREZE - Harry Meade
CON CLASSIC 2 - Christoffer Forsberg
MAJAS HOPE - Pippa Funnell
POETRY IN MOTION II - Richard Coney
COOLEY ROSALENT - Oliver Townend
VALMY BIATS - Emily King
HACIEN - Lauren Lillywhite
SKIP MILL - Christopher Whittle
VIENS DU MONT - Luc Château
COMMANDER VG - Aistis Vitkauskas
GLOBAL FISION M - Lauren Innes
BALLYBOLGER TALISMAN - Sam Watson
GAME CHANGER - Grace Taylor
COLA III - Bubby Upton
GASTON - Tim Cheffings
MAGIC ROUNDABOUT IV - Bubby Upton
ICARUS X - Emma Thomas
TORONTO D AUROIS - Arthur Duffort
DHI PURPLE RAIN Francis Whittington
TREGILDER - Oliver Townend
SWALLOW SPRINGS - Oliver Townend
BALLAGHMOR CLASS - Oliver Townend
OUGHTERARD COOLEY - Wills Oakden
REBEL RHYME - Tom Bird
HHS NOBLE CALL - Padraig Mccarthy
