Wills Oakden rides A Class Cooley at Blair Castle International Horse Trials 2023
A rare showjumping clear round, one of only two in the class, propelled Wills Oakden to the top of the leaderboard in the CCI4*-L at the 2023 Defender Blair Castle International Horse Trials following a strong cross country ride the day before.
“It's unbelievable,” he said. “I thought winning one class here last year was massive, but to win two is beyond belief. We've been telling A Class Cooley's owners all summer that we've been prepping at one-days for a big win, and now we've pulled it off – I'm not sure how, but we have.”
Watch our interview with Wills Oakden and read the final day report from Blair Castle International here
We talk to Emily King about her debut at Burghley, how a call from the crowd kept her going on cross country and the busy life at Emily and Sam Ecroyd’s yard in Wales
Sydney Eventing Spring Classic 2023 Cross Country Videos
An Eventful Life is filming all eventing competitors on cross country at the Agnes Banks Equine Clinic Sydney Eventing Spring Classic 2023 at Sydney International Equestrian Centre, NSW on 9th & 10th September 2023.
Find out more information, order or view our full cross country videos here
An Eventful Life is filming all competitors on cross country at Burnham Market (2) Horse Trials – find out more here
Originally schedule for its normal two days, Burnham Market (2) is now just running on Sunday 10th September with classes from BE90 to Open Intermediate. Find out more here
Final Top 3 Press Conference at Defender Burghley 2023
Oliver Townend claimed his third Burghley title at the 2023 Defender Burghley Horse Trials. His 16-year-old grey gelding Ballaghmor Class now joins Priceless (the winner with Ginny Leng, nee Holgate) in 1983 and 1985) and Avebury (Andrew Nicholson, 2012-2014) as the only multiple equine winners of Defender Burghley
David Doel took second place, the only rider to finish on his dressage score aboard Galileo Nieuwmoed, while Harry Meade was third with five-star debutante Cavalier Crystal.
