Sam Watson is one of Ireland’s top riders and you would normally expect to see him busy in the stables preparing for the first horse inspection at Badminton at this time rather than in the Press Room
Sadly, Sam’s top horse Horseware Bushman is out of Badminton this year but Sam is still here in his capacity as one of the founders and directors of EquiRatings, a new venture to bring the sport of eventing alive with the help of statistics and insightful data
It was the perfect opportunity to quiz Sam about his predictions for this year’s Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, the probability of Michael Jung winning the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing and who to watch out for as the biggest threats to him carrying off the biggest prize in the sport .............
Sam Watson's EquiRatings predictions