Burghley Horse Trials 2025 including all the news as it happens

Burghley Horse Trials 2025

Cross-country day at Defender Burghley Horse Trials (4-7 September) is complete and what an action-packed day it was. Ros Canter has shown once again that Lordships Graffalo is one of the best cross-country horses in the world and leads going into the final day.

Horse & Hound’s team of expert equestrian journalists have been busy keeping you up to date with all the headlines during Britain’s autumn five-star, plus big name interviews, analysis of the action, videos and beautiful photography throughout every day of the competition, so scroll down to read all their reports.

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The autumn five-star is taking place under the leadership of Martyn Johnson, who was appointed Burghley Horse Trials director in October 2021. The course-designer is Derek di Grazia.

Burghley Horse Trials dates

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Where is Burghley Horse Trials held?

Burghley Horse Trials history

The first Burghley event was held in 1961 and the horse trials had never been cancelled or abandoned until Covid-19 took out the 2020 and 2021 renewals.

Anneli Drummond-Hay was the event’s first winner, riding Merely-A-Monarch, who also became the first horse to win both Badminton Horse Trials and Burghley when he took the Gloucestershire event the following spring.

Andrew Nicholson’s ride Avebury, who won the event in 2012, 2013 and 2014, is the only horse who has won Burghley three times. The only other horse to be listed among the Burghley Horse Trials winners more than once is Ginny Elliot’s ride Priceless, who won in 1983 and 1985, when he was also crowned European champion.

Burghley has also hosted the European Championships on five other occasions, the most famous of these being in 1971 when Princess Anne took the title on Doublet.