Burghley 2016: soggy riders, no reins and an Olympic gold-medallist

Charlotte Brear - Manor Missile

(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

What would Burghley be without a dip in the water, a few hairy moments in the dressage and horses looking turned out to perfection for the vet check? Take a look at our favourite photographs from this year's Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials — and don't miss the full report and analysis in tomorrow's issue of Horse & Hound magazine (8 September)

No reins!

Tina Cook and Star witness head to the dressage arena. The pair finished 10th overall

Making a slash

Pippa Funnell reassures Second Supreme after a fall in the Land Rover Trout Hatchery

Holding on…

Things look hairy for a moment for Oliver Townend and Samuel Thomas II — but the pair finish in seventh place

Stars of the future

The Rufford Hunt (Alice Legg, Lauren Miller, Harry Stott and Louise Talyor) win the Pony Club team jumping

Burghley welcomes an Olympic champion

Showjumper Nick Skelton has a laugh with Jeremy Hicks (MD Land Rover UK), Miranda Rock (President of Burghley Horse Trials) and Orlando Rock

Raring to go

Louise Harwood gets Mr Potts ready for the final vet check

The debrief

Journalists congregate for the press conference after the first day of dressage

The joys of… autumn?

The 17.1hh Manor Missile has a moment with Charlotte Brear in the dressage

Checking out the competition

Eventual winner Chris Burton watches the dressage on Thursday

What a backdrop!

Andrew Hoy warms up Rutherglen for the dressage at Burghley 2016

Can I take this one?

Andrew Nicholson, the eventual runner-up, takes a call at the final vet check

All smiles

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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.