All-star lineup for 2013 Badminton Horse Trials

Mark Todd punches the air later his winning clear circular on Land Vision at Badminton on 2011. © Mike Bain

Entries for this year’s Badminton Horse Trials are headed by reigning Olympic, World together with European Champion Michael Jung together with 3 of his four fellow High German squad gilt medallists.

All of the British silvery medal squad is intending to take part inwards the 2013 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, from May two to 6, every bit are iv from New Zealand’s bronze medal team. Andrew Nicholson, Mark Todd, Jonathan Paget, together with Caroline Powell are  joined yesteryear beau Kiwis Lucy Jackson together with Alice Montgomery on the kickoff list.

Rarely tin at that topographic point involve maintain been a stronger cast for the longest established major eventing contest inwards the world.

While Michael Jung on all his cast must kickoff favourite, William Fox-Pitt has 5 horses to choose from inwards his endeavor to alternative upwardly the Rolex Grand Slam yesteryear adding the Mitsubishi Motors championship to his wins at Burghley 2011 together with Kentucky 2012; piece Andrew Nicholson, the human being amongst yesteryear far the most Badminton completions to his advert simply without a win then far, was on a curlicue at the halt of 2012 amongst his wins at the HSBC FEI Classics at Burghley together with Pau.

Seven previous winners of the world’s premier result include reigning champion Mark Todd; Lucinda Fredericks together with Paul Tapner from Australia; Mary King, Oliver Townend, Pippa Funnell – the exclusively winner of the Rolex Grand Slam to appointment – together with Fox-Pitt, all from the host nation.

Nine Irish Gaelic combinations involve maintain been accepted, together with Irish Gaelic breeding is every bit good real good represented. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sum of 22 Irish Gaelic Sport Horses are on the Accepted listing for all nations, to a greater extent than than a quarter of all horses who volition compete, together with including all of Ireland’s nine accepted combinations.

Nearly 150 would-be entrants position their names forwards to convey part, then in i lawsuit over again the leading 85 horses on recent cast involve maintain been accepted, amongst the residuum position on a waiting list. History indicates that many of these volition eventually instruct a run, simply yesteryear no agency all.

Badminton, which is broadcast alive every twelvemonth on BBC television, attracts a quarter of a i K one thousand spectators. Event Director together with course of didactics designer Hugh Thomas has already said that the cross province course of didactics volition live on real like to that prepared for the 2012 result cancelled at the final infinitesimal because of tape breaking rainfall – simply at that topographic point are a few tweaks to the course, to live on unveiled inwards the oculus of April.

 

 

 

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