Yesterday (Sunday 4 September 2022), Piggy March won her first Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials title on her 18th attempt at the Lincolnshire event. Piggy was riding Trevor Dickens’ 17-year-old bay mare, Vanir Kamira, who she fondly describes as “a pain 362 days of the year”.
Known as ‘Tilly’ at home, Vanir Kamira is by Camiro De Haar Z and out of a Dixi mare. Piggy brought the mare out in 2012, before the ride passed to Izzy Taylor for a season, followed by Paul Tapner. Piggy regained the ride in 2017, and since then the mare has shone brightest on the biggest stages.
Prior to her brilliant Burghley performance, her best results included second at Burghley in 2017 and 2019, fifth at Burghley in 2018, a win at Badminton in 2019 and a win in the CCI4*-S at Hartpury in the summer of 2022.
Here, we take a look at just some of the highlights from her career with Piggy so far…
1. On her way to winning an advanced section at Aston-Le-Walls in 2018
2. Tilly and Piggy in the showjumping phase of Burghley in 2018, where they finished fifth
3. Flying around Burghley in 2018
4. Piggy and Tilly strutting their stuff at Burghley in 2018
5. On the way to bagging the runner-up spot at Burghley in 2017
6. Looking careful on the final day of Burghley in 2018
7. Flying without wings
8. Congratulations to Tilly, Piggy and team!
9. En-route to winning Burghley in 2022
10. Piggy and Vanir Kamira win at Hartpury in August 2022
11. Flying at Badminton in 2022
12. Jumping their way to victory at Badminton in 2019
13. Jumping around Bicton four-star in June 2021
14. On their way to clinching their Burghley title in 2022
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