All horses pass the first horse inspection at Badminton Horse Trials
Eighty-four horses have passed the trot-up and will go forward to the dressage phase at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. Just one horse, Geoff Curran’s The Jump Jet, was not presented at the trot-up.
William Fox-Pitt had to trot Navigator in front of the ground jury twice and French rider Didier Dhennin’s Ismene du Temple was sent to the holding box, but passed on re-inspection.
The dressage tomorrow (Friday) will kick off at 10am with Andrew Nicholson and Avebury. The guinea pig rider, Emily Parker on Treefers, will perform her test at 9.40am in order for the ground jury to get their eye in and check that all systems are working.
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Emma, a graduate of Exeter University, joined H&H in 2011 from our sister title The Field. She hunts and events from her home county of Warwickshire and has written on topics as diverse as Badminton to ratting. She became team chasing editor in 2012, before leaving H&H in spring 2013 to spend more time with her horses.