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Badminton Horse Trials
Take a Day at Badminton Horse Trials - Here is a wonderful opportunity to be apart of this amazing event attended by Royalty and locals a like. This is a favorite of Princess Anne and her daughter Zara Phillips.
Badminton Horse Trials May 7th through May 10th
Thursday and Friday Dressage
Saturday Cross Country
Sunday Show Jumping
Badminton Horse Trials are held at the Duke of Beaufort’s Gloucestershire Park. It is one of the toughest and most exciting equestrian events - the pinnacle of the world’s 3-Day-Event calendar.This year the world famous Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. As the name suggests horses and riders complete the competition over 3 days, each day consisting of a different discipline or phase. Horses and riders must complete a dressage test demonstrating Obedience, Discipline, Accuracy and Elegance. They need to be fit and athletic to complete a 4 mile cross country ride jumping several solid man-made and natural obstacles within a set time. Finally they must complete a course of show-jumps designed to test their agility and accuracy at speed.
Before commencing the competition each horse is “trotted up” before an inspection panel of a vet and the Ground Jury to ensure the horse is sound and fit enough to compete (The First Inspection). A further inspection takes place the morning after the cross-country phase prior to the Jumping test. This ensures horses are still sound and fit enough to complete the competition (The Final Inspection).
International 3-Day-Events are graded according to level of difficulty. The higher the grade the more complex and physically demanding each phase becomes. Stars are awarded to indicate the Event’s Grade. Badminton is a 4 Star Event, the highest grade and one of only 5 such events in the world. Badminton is the oldest and generally accepted as the most prestigious and toughest event. Both riders and horses must qualify by completing other similar grade events in order to compete at Badminton. Qualification can take several years to achieve. This year’s Official Charity is the Army Benevolent Fund. Let us escort you to this amazing event set in the delights of The Cotswold countryside.
Having decided on which day you would like to attend you will be collected from your point of residence and driven to the home of The Duke of Beaufort at Badminton. This will be a fully escorted day to include entrance tickets and a luxury hamper for you to enjoy over lunch. Take the day at your leisure but your heart will be racing with the excitement of the day and be ready to catch your breath as you are amazed by the talent of both horse and its rider. Should you wish to revel in the events of the complete Trials we would be more than happy to turn this into an amazing 5 day vacation for you, for further details on this vacation please contact us on the above numbers.
