Increased prizemoney, two new qualifiers and an impressive list of judges for the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Final 2025.
Prizemoney for the 2025 Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Final will total £8,000, with a first prize of £1,500 for both the Dubarry five-year-old champion and the Dubarry four-year-old champion, as the countryside clothing and boots continues its sponsorship of the series for a 17th year.
The Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Final, to be held on 5th September 2025 as part of the Defender Burghley Horse Trials (5th – 7th September), follows a season-long series of qualifiers in Britain and Ireland, of which there will be 18 in 2025. The first qualifier takes place at Osberton International Horse Trials (1) on 1st May and two new venues have been added for 2025 – Belsay International Horse Trials (18th May) and Wellington (22nd August - the final chance for riders to gain qualification for Burghley).
Six-time Defender Burghley winner William Fox-Pitt will make his debut as a Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Final judge; William be responsible for assessing “potential to gallop” for the top 10 finalists in both the four- and five-year-old sections, joining an impressive set of judges for 2025.
The dressage will be assessed by experienced top-level ground jury member Harry Payne and young horse producer Judy Bradwell, jumping by multiple Olympic, World and European eventing medallist Bettina Hoy and former eventer, trainer and course-designer Ian Stark, while highly respected vet Fred Barrelet will judge "suitability and type”.
View list of qualifying events for Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse 2025 here
