Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials course designer Mark Phillips and event director Elizabeth Inman give their thoughts on this year’s event in this preview video, including how they rate the chances of defending champion Andrew Nicholson and how they expect riders will tackle the testing new cross-country course.
Find out what Polly Stockton, a 3-time runner-up at Burghley, thought of the rerouted track in our exclusive course walk in Horse & Hound magazine (29 August, 2013)
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