Chatsworth Horse Trials, which is not part of the current British Eventing calendar, used to be held the grounds of the Duke of Devonshire’s beautiful estate in the heart of the Peak District, in early May.
The horse trials attracted many of the world’s top riders, who looked forward to tackling the challenging cross-country courses created by Ian Stark and David Evans. The event had plenty of atmosphere making it an ideal stepping stone for horses progressing in international competition.
Chatsworth Horse Trials was last held in 2023. Weather forced the 2024 event to cancel, then its organisers opted out of running in 2025 with ambitions to return in 2026, but that turned out not to be.
This weekend marks the start of the Event Rider Masters series — cue big excitement in the eventing world. Here are seven reasons why we should all be logging onto www.eventridermasters.tv for free this weekend to stay up to speed with the first leg at the Dodson & Horrell Chatsworth International Horse Trials
The three-time Badminton winner secured a record third win in the CIC3* at Chatsworth International Horse Trials
The provincial law firm Wosskow Brown has set up an eventing team to support amateur event riders training and producing their own horses
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Horse & Hound editor Lucy Higginson catches up with course designer Ian Stark ahead of the Dodson & Horrell Chatsworth Horse Trials
With Badminton and Chatsworth cancelled, Olympic eventing preparations have have been thrown into disarray for riders and selectors
Wet weather has forced this weekend's Chatsworth Horse Trials to cancel, meaning riders must make another new plan for their potential London Olympic mounts
The competitive CIC*** FEI World Cup class at Chatsworth International Horse Trials took a number of noteable scalps
While the FEI World Cup is rumoured to have lost its HSBC backing, Burghley has stepped forward to defend its split with British Eventing.
The former joint-master of the High Peak Harriers has died aged 80
Alex was delighted with his horse's run round the three-star course at Chatsworth, only to find out he had jumped the wrong fence and was eliminated
Sam Griffiths continued his bid for a place on the Australian team at the World Equestrian Games with a win in the World Cup event at Chatsworth Horse Trials last weekend
Joyse Clancey fell in the showjumping ring and the horse knocked over her mother and jumped into the crowd
Former event rider Tissie Reason has taken over as director of Chatsworth International Horse Trials
Riders who missed out on a CIC*** qualification because of the cancellation of Chatsworth will get a chance to run at Bramham
British Eventing may stage an additional CIC*** if enough riders have failed to qualify due to the cancellation of Chatsworth
Chatsworth Horse Trials will not run tomorrow, after several bouts of heavy rain today
A groundbreaking competition has been launched by Stubbing Court Training to find the top equine apprentice in the country
