Blenheim Horse Trials

Blenheim Horse Trials is to host the 2025 European Eventing Championships in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the home of the Duke of Marlborough, in Oxfordshire on 8-12 September.

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One of the most prestigious four-star three-day events in the world, Blenheim Horse Trials is run by the Stable Events team, who are also responsible for The Game Fair.

The main arena, where the dressage and showjumping takes place, is set in front of beautiful Blenheim Palace and the event usually hosts both a CCI4*-L and an eight- and nine-year-old CCI4*-S class, alongside a range of supporting competitions. In 2025 the eight- and nine-year-old CCI4*-S will take place alongside the four-star European Championships, but the normal CCI4*-L will not run.

History of Blenheim Horse Trials

The CCI4*-L (formerly CCI3*) has been running at Blenheim since 1990. The first event was won by Lucinda Fredericks (née Murray) on Just Jeremy.

The young horse CCI4*-S (formerly CIC3*) was added in 2009, with Piggy French’s ride Flying Machine taking the title in that first year. This class has become a strong pointer to stars of the future, with former victors including Mark Todd’s ride NZB Land Vision, who went on to win Badminton, and London 52, who won Pau two years after his Blenheim triumph with Laura Collett before going on to Olympic medal glory.

Blenheim ran the young rider European Championships in 1994 and the senior Europeans in 2005, when Britain took the team title and Zara Tindall (née Phillips) was the individual gold medallist on Toytown.