The entries for this year’s Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials closed today (Thursday 20 March) and the riders now face an anxious wait to see if they have been accepted.
One thing that is guaranteed is that former champions will be bidding to add another title to their collection. To celebrate there being less than 7 weeks to go, H&H has looked back through our picture archives to celebrate some of Badminton’s most prolific winners.
If you enjoyed this gallery why not browse through our other pictures collections?
After the sad news that Headley Britannia has been put down after a cross-country schooling accident, H&H looks back at highlights of this special mare’s career from our picture archives.
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To celebrate Carl Hester joining the Horse & Hound team as our guest editor of the magazine, we took a look back through the H&H picture archives at interesting moments throughout his career.
Following his leading showjumper win at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) last October, we visited Billy Twomey at his Nottinghamshire home to see how a normal day pans out for the popular Irish rider. Here are some of the behind-the-scenes pictures that we took on the day.
We have selected 22 top performing mares of the moment to celebrate in pictures.
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Sophia Heath joined Horse & Hound in July 2013 having previously worked for the Daily Telegraph's Olympics website, CNN International and Omnisport. A Durham graduate with a Masters in journalism from City University, Sophia has evented, showjumped and hunted. Sophia left Horse & Hound in early 2015 to join an international boating website.
