They went on to win Burghley CCI5* later in the year - Pippa Funnell and MGH Grafton Street on home turf at South of England (1) 2019
Event Name: South of England (1) Horse Trials
Location: The South of England Showground, Ardingly, Sussex, United Kingdom, RH17 6TL
Date: 4th & 5th April 2020
Organiser: SEES Ltd, Tim and Jenny Nolan
Entries Open: 25th February 2020
Classes: BE100Open, I, AI, BE100Ou18, N, OI, ON, ONu18, OIu21, BE100
Find out more: South of England website
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The South of England cross country courses, designed by Scott Brickell, run over the showground and adjoining farmland at the South of England Showground in Ardingly, Sussex and provide three separate tracks for BE100, Novice and Intermediate classes
The BE100 and Novice classes, mainly run on Saturday, are suitable for young horses while the Sunday sees many big names ready to blow the cobwebs away on their top horses, some of them headed to Badminton, in the Intermediate and Advanced Intermediate classes.
Last year Tom Jackson went away with a win each day at the South of England (1), winning the Novice Section G riding Star Dragon on Saturday and the Open Intermediate on Sunday riding Ros Canter’s Pencos Crown Jewel
Tom and Pencos Crown Jewel finished ahead of Georgia Bartlett riding Spano De Nazcar and his mentor Pippa Funnell on MGH Grafton Street, the combination that went on to win the CCI5* at Burghley later in the year
Pippa, whose mother Jenny and brother Tim run this event, also mentors Max Warburton who is part of the 2020 Windrush Foundation Young Eventers Programme
Max enjoyed a win at the South of England (1) last year, taking the Open Intermediate Under 21 on board Samarkand and this is how they did it ….
Watch or order videos from South of England (1) 2019 HERE
