One of the leading British event riders, Oliver Townend has represented his country on a number of occasions, including helping the British team to win gold at the 2017 European Eventing Championships in Strzegom, Poland riding Cooley SRS.
Hailing from Yorkshire, but now based in Shropshire, Oliver’s first team call-up came when he was just 13-years-old when he rode in the pony European Eventing Championships.
Oliver has since gone on to compete in five senior European Championships, and two World Equestrian Games. In 2009 he won both Badminton and Burghley riding Flint Curtis and Carousel Quest respectively.
Career highlights
With no equestrian sport at present due to Covid-19, we look back at the funny, touching and intriguing things event riders told our reporters in May 2019
As we can’t be at Badminton this week, we remind you of the thrilling, funny and touching moments from the 2019 event, in the riders’ own words
The three British riders all finished in the top 10 at Kentucky
Two of the world’s most brilliant event riders discuss how they handle pressure, compare their top horses and how many they ride before breakfast time
Check out these lovely pictures of leading horses taking a spin round Oasby last weekend, including Allstar B, Vanir Kamira and Cooley Master Class
The elegant grey, who won Burghley in 2009, has died aged 25 following a long retirement
‘I must thank all of my horses, my staff at home and all my owners, sponsors and supporters for helping me making it a reality’
The top-placed riders run at the end of cross-country day tomorrow at Burghley — check out the full list of times and when the leading competitors start
Leading British rider Pippa guided a horse who is a first-timer at this level into top spot after the first phase at Burghley
Missing the European Eventing Championships? Take a look back at some of our favourite moments from the dramatic to the hilarious
It was a rollercoaster ride in the showjumping today at the European Eventing Championships as Team GBR bounced down and back up the leaderboard
Two teams have lost a counting score pair ahead of the final phase at the European Eventing Championships, with five horses withdrawn in total
Germany continued to dominate on home soil on cross-country at the European Eventing Championships, as the Brits battled on to hold silver
Check out the British squad’s cross-country times for tomorrow’s action at the European Eventing Championships in Germany
Britain sits in team silver position behind Germany at the European Eventing Championships as the dressage phase comes to a close
Check out the full list of dressage times for the European Eventing Championships and find out which four riders make up the British team
The ground jury inspected 73 horses at the first trot-up for the European Eventing Championships in Germany this afternoon
The draw has been done for this year’s Burghley Horse Trials, with Tim Price the pathfinder on Bango, as well as the last to run on Ringwood Sky Boy
Find out who has thrown their hat into the ring to do battle at Burghley next month
