Burghley Horse Trials cross-country times: when the leading contenders are due to run

The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials cross-country times for competition on Saturday, 3 September have been released.

The first horse will be counted down to leave the start box at 11.30am and the last horse is expected to set off at 3.45pm. New Zealand’s Tim Price is the pathfinder, riding the first of his three rides, Bango, who is in 15th place. The final horse to run will be Swallow Springs, Oliver Townend’s second ride, currently lying fifth.

Fifty-two horses have completed their dressage and are set to tackle Derek di Grazia’s cross-country track for the second phase of the three-day event. The showjumping will take place in reverse order on Sunday, 4 September.

Burghley Horse Trials cross-country times: top 10

• 1st, Kitty King and Vendredi Biats: 3.10pm
• 2nd, Tim Price and Vitali: 1.40pm
• 3rd, Sarah Bullimore and Corouet: 1.15pm
• 4th, Piggy March and Vanir Kamira: 12.35pm
• 5th, Oliver Townend and Swallow Springs: 3.45pm
• 6th, Ros Canter and Pencos Crown Jewel: 3.20pm
• 7th, Tom McEwen and CHF Cooliser: 3.35pm
• 8th, Pippa Funnell and Billy Walk On: 11.35am
• 9th, Oliver Townend and Tregilder, 1.45pm
• 10th, Pippa Funnell and Majas Hope: 3.25pm

Other popular combinations to note are Jonelle Price and the 19-year-old cross-country superstar Classic Moet at 1pm, and six-time Burghley winner William Fox-Pitt, who sets out on Oratorio II at 2.25pm.

Just over seven penalties cover the top 10, around 17 seconds.

Check out the full Burghley Horse Trials cross-country times: available here

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Martha Terry

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Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on dogs of all shapes and sizes. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs, one a street dog from Gambia who was abandoned at three weeks old. Now, her constant companion, whether by her feet at her desk or walking cross-country courses, is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.