The Badminton Horse Trials draw, for the event presented by Mars Equestrian (4–8 May), has taken place.
Wills Oakden will be the pathfinder on Oughterard Cooley, with whom he finished 14th at Burghley Horse Trials last autumn.
The last rider on course will be Tim Price on the Maryland 5 Star winner Coup De Coeur Dudevin.
The draw was carried out in Badminton House by presenter Rupert Bell, assisted by five-star rider Daisy Berkeley (who is part of the Radio Badminton team at the event alongside Rupert), the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and two of this year’s competitors, Laura Collett and Alex Bragg.
Badminton final scores
Laura has her defending champion London 52 at the start of the draw, at number 10, so it’s likely the dressage standard will be set early on the first day.
Oliver Townend, Harry Meade and Izzy Taylor all currently have more than two horses still on the entry list. They will all have to choose which two horses they start on nearer the time, but for now, all their horses have been given numbers and some have been given two numbers, so that whichever two horses a rider picks, they will always have one at the start and one at the end of the draw.
74, 75, 76 or 77 Oliver Townend on Ballaghmor Class, Tregilder, Swallow Springs or As Is
78 Laura Collett on Dacapo
79 or 80 Izzy Taylor on Monkeying Around or Graf Cavalier
81 Fiona Kashel on Creevagh Silver De Haar
82 Dan Jocelyn on Blackthorn Cruise
83 Kirsty Chabert on Classic VI
84 Pippa Funnell on Billy Walk On
85 Tim Price on Coup De Coeur Dudevin
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