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Cabin Master - Burghley Horse Trials Sept 2024

15-08-2024

Visit Us At The Burghley Horse Trials

5th-8th September 2024

We're on the road to the Burghley Horse Trials! Be sure to pop in and visit us while you're there...With our design team on hand, you can have your building visuals created in the format of a 3D drawing with a FREE design appointment.

Our staff will be on hand to give you helpful advice on our garden rooms and garden offices.

The Burghley Horse Trials, September 2024

Celebrate the highlight of the autumn social calendar, at Defender Burghley with world-class sport, outstanding shopping and hospitality – all the ingredients for the perfect day out!

Three Day Eventing is a comprehensive test of the all round ability of the horse and rider, comprising Dressage, Cross Country and Jumping. Defender Burghley is a 5* event at the pinnacle of the sport and one third of the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing.

With over 173,000 visitors over the four days, more than 600 carefully selected exhibitors, an average of 80 of the world’s top competitors and a prize fund of over £300,000, 21st century Burghley Horse Trials is a far cry from the inaugural event, which took place over 60 years ago with just 19 competitors and in front of a mere 12,000 people.

WHAT'S ON: Burghley Horse Trials 2024?

Thursday 5th - Sunday 8th September:

The Dressage phase of the event tests the basic training of the horse, which helps the horse to develop an improved posture for carrying a rider and increases his obedience and calmness. High marks are awarded for those movements where the horse shows all these qualities. Judging is a subjective art and not an easy task as one rarely sees perfection and often some good aspects have to be weighed up against weaknesses. The Key phrases used by the judges in their critiques of the tests are: Regularity and Rhythm of the Paces, Impulsion (i.e. energy), Acceptance of the Contact (i.e. is the horse’s mouth and head steady in response to the aids), Engagement (i.e. do the hind legs appear to step under the horse’s body or trail out behind), Lightness of the Forehand (i.e. the appearance of the horse carrying himself and not leaning on the rider’s hand) and Uniform Bend of the horse’s body on circles and during the lateral movements of Shoulder-in and Half-Pass.