Hutton in the Forest cancelled

Due to recent heavy rain, the site at Hutton in the Forest is waterlogged and the event on 10th & 11th September has been cancelled.
The BE100u18AF has been relocated to Bishop Burton on 1st and 2nd October – entries will not be transferred, you will need to re-enter. Turnberry (18th September) are still accepting entries.

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Chapplehow leads Cumbrian Challenge title going into the final

Next weekend sees the final of the Cumbrian Challenge Trophy at Hutton in the Forest horse trials near Penrith in Cumbria.
 
Susan Chapplehow at Hutton in the Forest in July 2011
After three events including the new Eden Valley Horse Trials in April, the Cumwhinton one day event in late June and the Hutton International weekend in [...]

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Captain Mark Phillips’ Festival Preview

With just a week to go until the  Festival of British Eventing, Course Designer Captain Mark Phillips talks about new combinations and the of course his daughter Zara’s wedding this weekend.
The event is August’s highlight in the British Eventing sporting calendar and is held at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire (August 5-7) .
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New XC track for Taupo, NZ

John Nicholson, brother of Andrew, has designed a totally new cross country course for this year?s NRM National Three-day Event at the Fiber Fresh National Equestrian Centre, Aratiatia, Taupo, on 20-22 May.
Nicholson gained fame for his World Cup cross-country course at Kihikihi, and declined to work anywhere else initially, but was eventually persuaded to do [...]

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Bramham course unveiled

Designer Ian Stark and course builder David Evans have finally released details of this year?s cross country course. In 2010, three-times Badminton winner Stark impressed in his inaugural year with a changed route, many new fences and a fresh design style. The addition of Olympic course builder David Evans has upped the ante and the [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Preview

This year, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials runs a week before Rolex, Kentucky, to take advantage of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
With, at the time of writing, just five horses accepted from the Wait List there are plenty of previous runners who look unlikely to return in 2011. There are, however, some competitive past [...]

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New event report: Eden Valley part 3

Eden Valley Horse Trials ? 9 & 10 April 2011
Part 3 ? April 2011
The last seven days before an event are usually always frantic with last minute jobs and lists to be ticked off, but doubly so for a new event.  This is the time to check we have definitely booked someone to do every [...]

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New event report: Eden Valley part 2

Eden Valley Horse Trials ? 9 & 10 April 2011
Part 2 ? Mid March 2011
With four weeks to go before the new Eden Valley horse trials fixture in Cumbria the course builders continue with preparatory works and have been busy setting out portable fences, finishing a new ?coffin? fence and clearing the water of winter [...]

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New event report: Eden Valley

Eden Valley Horse Trials: 9 & 10 April 2011
Part 1 ? Mid February 2011
After an aborted first attempt to run in 2010, Eden Valley Horse Trials at Nord Vue Farm in Cumbria, which is organised by Douglas and Lucinda Weymouth from Penrith (who also run Hutton International in July and September each year), is [...]

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