Badminton Horse Trials dressage times released: when does your favourite start?
The Badminton Horse Trials dressage times for the event presented by Mars Equestrian have been released.
The guinea pig rider – Phoebe Locke on Bellagie Declyange – will do her test at 9.10am tomorrow. She is not part of the actual competition, but rides through the test to allow all the event’s systems to be tested before the first competitor.
The first rider into the arena will be Kirsty Chabert at 9.30am with Classic VI.
There are four blocks of dressage each day, divided by a coffee break, a lunch break and a tea break.
Badminton Horse Trials dressage times for the leading contenders
- Tom McEwen on Toledo De Kerser: 9.54am on Thursday
- Nicola Wilson on JL Dublin: 10.10am on Thursday
- Ros Canter on Allstar B: 10.18am on Thursday
- Oliver Townend on Swallow Springs: 10.26am on Thursday
- Pippa Funnell on Billy Walk On: 10.34am on Thursday
- Piggy March on Vanir Kamira: 11.10am on Thursday
- Tamie Smith on Mai Baum: 11.42am on Thursday
- Mollie Summerland on Charly Van Ter Heiden: 3.04pm on Thursday
- Kitty King on Vendredi Biats: 3.12pm on Thursday
- Jonelle Price on Classic Moet: 4.20pm on Thursday
- Laura Collett on London 52: 10.26am on Friday
- Bubby Upton on Cola: 11.10am on Friday
- William Fox-Pitt on Little Fire: 4.12pm on Friday
- Ros Canter on Lordships Graffalo: 4.20pm
- Oliver Townend on Ballaghmor Class: 4.28pm on Friday
- Pippa Funnell on MGH Grafton Street: 4.36pm on Friday
Badminton final scores
Full Badminton Horse Trials dressage times
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