A deserving champion, a brilliant British first-timer, and a young rider beating the nerves: eight stories you won’t want to miss from Burghley

The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2022 came to a conclusion today, with victory for Piggy March and Vanir Kamira. Here is a round-up of the key stories you won't want to miss from Sunday, 4 September

Vanir Kamira became the third mare to win Burghley Horse Trials after lowering one of the two fences she had in hand, with Piggy March on board.

• What sets Piggy March’s ride apart from any other horse she has had?

British first-timer Tom Jackson produced the best result of his career as runner-up.

• What did Pippa Funnell say to him before he went into the ring?

Tim and Jonelle Price rounded off the top four.

• What other prize did Jonelle’s wonder-mare win?

The youngest rider in the competition finished an eye-catching fifth, but says she’s not as cool a customer as she looks.

• How has Alice Casburn learned to cope with her nerves?

There were nerve-wracking moments, too, for top-10 contender Bubby Upton at the final horse inspection.

• Find out who else was held at the trot-up and which riders withdrew

It was a fairytale completion for one horse, whose dam came from a trekking centre.

• Discover how Andrew James’ ride has progressed from bucking four-year-old to five-star contender

It’s not all about the rosettes: Hollie Swain’s hothead first-timer just about controlled his anxiety to show promise for future five-stars

• Why Hollie found the 17.2hh more tiring to trot up than steer round the Burghley cross-country track

And another Burghley debutant fulfilled a lifetime’s dream.

• Why did Phil Brown’s Burghley bracelet mean so much to him?

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‘I treasure every moment’: Classic Moet’s groom on tending the no-fuss veteran star

Burghley fifth for youngest rider: ‘Family friends remember me crying at jumping 70cm’

Piggy March and Vanir Kamira win Burghley: ‘This horse deserves to have her name on a plaque on Winners’ Avenue’

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Martha Terry

H&H features editor

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.