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29/08/2022

🌟🔥 It’s Burghley week! 🔥🌟
👏How happy are we to have The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials Official Page back! 👏

Don’t forget to book your place on the Fox-Pitt Eventing course walk on Friday 2 September
https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/burghley-cross-country-course-walk-with-william-fox-pitt-877

📺 Subscribe to watch on line at https://burghley-horse.co.uk/burghley-tv

Eventing Club

22/08/2022

🌟 Tim & Jonelle Price Yard Visit 🌟
❗️A few places left on this amazing opportunity to see how the current world number two & three achieve their results❗️
Tim & Jonelle invite you to their yard as part of The Eventing Club to see behind the scenes where the horses live a very natural outdoor life. There will be a talk and riding demo, you will be able to ask questions, meet the great team and have a tour of the facilities.
📆 Thursday 25 August, 1pm. Near Marlborough, Wilts
☕️ Free tea and coffee will be available with cake and other drinks on sale
Book ➡️ https://2thebarn.com/.../tim-and-jonelle-price-yard-visit...

Price

19/08/2022

Have you booked for this eventing power couple’s yard visit yet❓
🌟 An amazing opportunity to see how the current world number two & three achieve their results 🌟

Tim & Jonelle Price invite you to their yard as part of to see behind the scenes where the horses live a very natural outdoor life. There will be a talk and riding demo, you will be able to ask questions, meet the great team and have a tour of the facilities.
📆 Thursday 25 August, 1pm
☕️ Free tea and coffee will be available with cake and other drinks on sale

Book ➡️ https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/tim-and-jonelle-price-yard-visit-thursday-25-august-2022-873

18/08/2022

🌟Blenheim Course Walk with Alex Bragg 🌟
Alex has very kindly agreed to take time out of his busy schedule at Blenheim to walk the cross country with The Eventing Club. Alex will explain the technicality of the course and riding with the undulating ground.
(Tickets to the Horse Trials must be purchased separately)

📲book here for the course walk: https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/blenheim-cross-country-course-walk-with-alex-bragg-882


Team Bragg Eventing
The Eventing Club

16/08/2022

🤩🐎 Burghley 5* Course Walk with William Fox-Pitt! 🤩🐎
🌟William is riding Oratorio at this year’s Burghley CCI5* & will be holding a course walk for you to join on the Friday!
🤩 More info & booking via the link below!

https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/burghley-cross-country-course-walk-with-william-fox-pitt-877


Fox-Pitt Eventing

16/08/2022

🌟An incredible opportunity to see how the world's most successful eventing couple achieve their results!
🔥World number two and three, Tim & Jonelle Price, are inviting you to their yard to see behind the scenes of Eventing's power couple. The horses live a very natural "outdoor" living. At the yard visit you will be able to talk to Tim and Jonelle, meet their great staff, have a tour of the yard and facilities and meet the horses. They will do a talk and riding demo.
☕️Free tea and coffee will be available and cake and drinks will be on sale.
This activity is for The Eventing Club Members and their guests, book here: https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/tim-and-jonelle-price-yard-visit-thursday-25-august-2022-873

08/05/2022

Thank you Badminton Horse Trials for an excellent 5* competition & massive well done to the riders, horses, grooms & connections as well as the huge team of volunteers & organisers - you were all amazing!
So delighted for Laura Collett Eventing leading from start to finish 👏👏👏
More here: https://2thebarn.com/viewer/image/8821
Full results: https://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/final-results-2022/

08/05/2022

🏆🍾🐎 Your 2022 Badminton Champions, Laura Collett & London 52! A phenomenal performance all weekend from this pair saw them take the victory having added just 0.4 time to their dressage score of 21.0! Take a bow! 🏆🐎🍾👏🏼

07/05/2022

👏 What a brilliant day of cross country at Badminton Horse Trials!
🏇 Six combinations were clear in the time and there are three riders with both their horses in the top 10 - Oliver Townend (Official), Ros Canter Eventing and Fox-Pitt Eventing.
We are delighted to hear that Nicola Wilson Eventing is stable after her nasty fall and wish her all the best for her recovery.
Full results: https://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/cross-country-results-2022/
Read more: https://2thebarn.com/viewer/image/8812

06/05/2022

The dressage phase of is now complete with the top 10 remaining rather unchanged other than storming into the lead with London 52 & a score of 21.0 😱👏🏼 Its a seriously testing XC course out there (pics in our stories coming soon) so it will be interesting to see how the leaderboard looks this time tomorrow! 🐎🏆

05/05/2022

A fantastic first day of dressage kicked off the 2022 Badminton Horse Trials today & some whopping results were scored! An exciting session before lunch & a fantastic score for American Tamra Smith left her in 2nd behind Tom McEwen Eventing & Olympic Champion Toldedo De Kerser who’s score was 23.4. However the afternoon session saw more brilliant scores being posted, leaving it a British 1, 2, 3 currently, with Kitty King Eventing & Vendredi Biats in 2nd & Luhmuehlen champions Mollie Summerland Eventing & Charly Van Ter Heiden in a close 3rd! All to play for tomorrow with more big names left to come! 🐎💃🏼🏆

https://2thebarn.com/viewer/image/8800

02/05/2022

❓Did you know that the consultation “Improvements to Equine Identification and Traceability in England” is now live, giving UK horse owners a once-in-a-lifetime chance to have a say about the future for horse passports, health and welfare.

There are two ways for you to have your views heard:

1️⃣ The British Horse Council has made it easy for the UK’s 750,000+ horse owners to respond to their own short survey, now live at www.britishhorsecouncil.org and takes 5-10 minutes and closes 20 May: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HORSEPASSPORTS/

2️⃣ Defra’s full technical consultation will take you 30-40 minutes, now live here and closes 28 June: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/equine-id-and-movement/improvements-to-equine-id-and-traceability-in-engl/

So, if you have views on the future for paper passports, how they are updated, whether going digital is an option, what happens if disease takes hold, you are worried about breeding and pedigree information or troubled by enforcement – get your views heard.

Home What Does the Future Look Like for Managing Horse Passports and Horse Information? Defra’s consultation gives us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make our voices heard regarding how we manage our horses’ information in the future. However it is quite long and technical and for the 750,00...

28/04/2022

This time next week we will be walking the CCI5* Badminton Horse Trials course with Emily King! Will you be joining us? We can't wait to see the lines Emily plans to take, her opinion on the fences & how she aims to make the time!
Tickets from just £10 and available via the link below:
https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/badminton-cross-country-course-walk-with-emily-king-743

We are so excited to share with you the chance to walk the amazing Badminton CCI5* XC course with none other than Emily King! 🐎🤩 Emily is competing at Badminton this year & will walk you through every stride of the famous Badminton course! Book tickets via the link below! 🤩🏆 Emily King The Eventing Club

https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/badminton-cross-country-course-walk-with-emily-king-743

21/04/2022

🎂 Very Happy 96th Birthday to Her Majesty The Queen 🎂
Pictured with two of her Fell ponies, Bybeck Katie & Bybeck Nightingale

Image: henrydallalphotography.com

14/04/2022

🐎🤩Badminton 5* Course Walk with William Fox-Pitt Eventing! 🤩🐎
William is riding 2 horses at this year’s Badminton CCI5* & will again be holding a course walk for you to join on the Friday! 🤩 Last time we joined (2019 feels like a VERY long time ago!) I was absolutely amazed by everything William had to say, focusing on exactly where he wanted his horse’s placing to be on takeoff, each marker he would use for each fence to gain the right line & what would catch his horse’s eye at each obstacle 🤯 to then watch him ride 2 foot perfect clears the next day was just incredible & I would highly recommend this experience to anyone & everyone! 🤩 More info & booking via the link below!

https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/badminton-cross-country-course-walk-with-william-fox-pitt-734

11/04/2022

We are so excited to share with you the chance to walk the amazing Badminton CCI5* XC course with none other than Emily King! 🐎🤩 Emily is competing at Badminton this year & will walk you through every stride of the famous Badminton course! Book tickets via the link below! 🤩🏆 Emily King The Eventing Club

https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/badminton-cross-country-course-walk-with-emily-king-743

31/03/2022

🌟William Fox-Pitt Clinic!🌟
Next Thursday William Fox-Pitt Eventing is hosting an XC clinic at Portman suitable for all levels! 🐎 With a choice of private or group sessions, heights 90cm-1.10m & from just £40 you won’t want to miss this opportunity to enhance your training! Hit the link in below to book! 🐎🏆🌟

https://2thebarn.com/bookings/info/844

22/03/2022

🏆🤩The 2022 Badminton Entries have been published! This is the first time the event will be taking place since 2019 and we are so excited to watch the action as some of the world's best combinations tackle the famous Badminton contest! 🐎

The Olympic team gold medallists will be competing against each other at 5-star level for the first time since the trio won Gold in Tokyo last year: Tom McEwen rides his individual silver medallist Toledo de Kerser, world number one Oliver Townend has Ballaghmor Class and Laura Collett rides London 52. Oliver has also entered dual Kentucky winner Cooley Master Class and exciting new ride Swallow Springs, previously the mount of Andrew Nicholson.

The reigning World champion, Ros Canter and her wonderful veteran Allstar B will be returning to Badminton and the European champion, Nicola Wilson, makes her debut on the spectacular JL Dublin, a prolific winner at 4-star level.

The last winner of Badminton, in 2019, was Piggy March riding the gallant mare Vanir Kamira and the partnership is heading back to defend their title. Piggy also has Brookfield Inocent, her European team gold and individual silver medallist. Other leading British combinations include European bronze medallists Sarah Bullimore and Corouet, Pippa Funnell and her 2019 Burghley winner, MGH Grafton Street, Mollie Summerland and Charly van Ter Heiden, winners of Luhmuhlen last year, plus Kitty King (Vendredi Biats), Kristina Cook (Billy the Red), William Fox-Pitt (Little Fire and Oratorio) and Zara Tindall (Class Affair).

The Badminton prize fund is the largest at 5-star level this year, with £100,000 to the winner. A strong international field, with 13 nations represented, is headed by New Zealand's Jonelle and Tim Price, who are ranked second and third in the world. Jonelle is entered with her 2018 winner Classic Moet and Grovine de Reve and Tim has the hugely experienced Ringwood Sky Boy and Xavier Faer. 🐎🤩🏆

Link to entries below!

https://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/entries-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3DtvsYCuOE1gkQcjSfDkjZdzUIIJdjr9Ijnw6DX6DoEmmqSjdL31gJLGc

21/03/2022

Driving, riding & revision has kept 2TheBarn ambassador Gracie Catling Dressage busy over the winter! Catch up with Gracie & her horses in her latest blog! 🐎🚗🏆📚📑

https://2thebarn.com/viewer/image/8542

19/03/2022

“When I took out my licence, I didn’t think I would be riding at Cheltenham, let alone a favourite in the Gold Cup. I’m so lucky to be getting the chance to ride horses in these kinds of races. This is the Gold Cup, you know what I mean?” 🏆 The Queen of jump racing Rachael Blackmore showing dreams do come true! 💭✨🏆🏇🏼

18/03/2022

🏆🏇🏼👏🏼 What a stellar performance from A Plus T**d and Rachael Blackmore to take home the Gold Cup! 🏆 A ballsy ride from the top jockey, waiting until after the last to make her move and take the win by 15 lengths! 👏🏼🏇🏼 **d

18/03/2022

🏆 Who’s your fancy for today’s Cheltenham Racecourse Gold Cup? 🏆🏇🏼 Irish trainer Gordon . Elliott Racing talks about fancied runner Galvin, who has fantastic form at the course, has won over a further distance & a brilliant jumper 🏇🏼 However he’s up against some strong competition which can’t be ignored, with former race winners Minella Indo & Al Boum Photo and in form A Plus T**d…who’s your pick?! 🍀🏇🏼🏆 **d

16/03/2022

Finishes don’t get much more exciting than that 🏇🏼🤩 What a gallant run by 5 time Cheltenham Festival winner & crowd favourite Tiger Roll, to get beaten just 3/4 lengths by stable mate Delta Work 🏆 The only time a crowd has had to be reminded to cheer for the winner, instead of the runner up! 🐯🥖🏇🏼🏆💜

16/03/2022

💙🏆 That winning feeling! 🤩 Energumene wins an exciting Queen Mother Champion Chase at 💙🏆

16/03/2022

It’s torrential at Cheltenham Racecourse & showing no signs of easing up…but that’s not dampening anyone’s spirits! 🏇🏼☔️

15/03/2022

🏆 The Golden Girls! Honeysuckle makes history becoming the first mare to win back to back Champion Hurdles & makes it 15 wins from 15 starts! 🤩 Magic words from ice cool jockey Rachael Blackmore!🏆🍯

15/03/2022

What an unbelievable run for Corach Rambler from behind to storm up the iconic Cheltenham hill! 🏇🏼🏆

15/03/2022

🖤🤍 It’s black & white Tuesday & of course we’re back at Cheltenham festival! 🏇🏼 We can’t wait for this weeks action to kick off in a matter of hours! Will you be there? 🤍🖤

14/03/2022

💬 Not sure we’ve been talking about Cheltenham enough?! 🏇🏼 Honeysuckle is the exciting story for tomorrow’s first day of action & the big question is, can she defend her Champion Hurdle title? 🏆 Trainer Henry de Bromhead is renowned for his cool composure & ahead of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, where he has over 20 horses entered to run, he’s still cool as a cucumber! 🧊🥒 Despite Honeysuckle being set to jump off as the shortest-priced Champion Hurdle favourite this century, Henry’s changing nothing & says “It’s probably more pressure in that of course you want her to win, but it’s like with any of them, you want them to run their best race” 🍯 Who’s got their eyes on this wonder-mare?! 🏇🏼🏆🤞🏼

11/03/2022

A wonderfully written reminder to be thankful for everything we are lucky enough to have 💚 as horse owners we can become complacent about how truly lucky we are to have such a wonderful friend to confide in, to be able to provide for & protect. We stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦💙💛

Choose to be grateful.

I turned my horses out this morning, wishing their paddocks were just a little bit closer so I could have an extra 10 minutes in bed. 1500 miles away, horse owners are walking their beloved friends to forests and fields and letting them go, hoping they have given them the best chance of survival, not knowing if they’ll ever see them again.

I walked down to the arena yesterday, looking to the sky, cursing the rain as it fell. 1500 miles away they are stood watching the sky for missles and planes, praying that the distant explosions don’t get any closer.

I complained about the price of fuel today, how was I supposed to pay for that on top of hay, shoes, training and entry fees? 1500 miles away owners are risking their lives for a bale of hay or bag of feed after deliveries were unable to reach people and supplies were exhausted.

I started to make a plan working towards my first event of the season today and found myself frustrated at the lack of places to do some good canter work. 1500 miles away, people are just praying they’ll survive the next 24 hours. They are simply grateful for every passing minute their barns are left standing and that they are still breathing.

I sat in traffic today, annoyed that I might not make it home with time to ride. 1500 miles away, people are sheltering underground for days as their cities and hometowns are surrounded, with no means or way of escaping.

So today, let go of the little things and choose to be grateful.
Be grateful that all you see in the sky is clouds.
Be grateful that your house and yard is still standing.
Be grateful that your horse is stood eating hay or out grazing without threat.
Be grateful that you can still ride and enjoy your horses.
Be grateful that you, and your horses, are safe… and pray for those that aren’t.