Badminton Horse Trials
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The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day event, one of only five elite international four star, CCI****, events as classified by the FEI.
"Badminton" takes place in May each year in the park of Badminton House the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England. The event started in 1949.
The cross country day at Badminton attracts crowds of up to a quarter of a million, which are the largest for any paid-entry sport event in the United Kingdom.
Together with the four-star rated Rolex Kentucky Three Day and Burghley Horse Trials, Badminton forms the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. The remaining CCI**** rated events are the Luhmühlen Horse Trials and Adelaide Horse Trials.
[edit] Winners
- 1949 John Shedden : Golden Willow
- 1950 Tony Collins : Remus
- 1951 Hans Schwarzenbach : Vae Victis
- 1952 Mark Darley : Emily Little
- 1953 Laurence Rook : Starlight
- 1954 Margaret Hough : Bambi V
- 1955 Frank Weldon : Kilbarry (Event held at Windsor)
- 1956 Frank Weldon : Kilbarry
- 1957 Sheila Waddington (Sheila Willcox) : High and Mighty
- 1958 Sheila Waddington (Sheila Willcox) : High and Mighty
- 1959 Sheila Waddington (Sheila Willcox) : Airs and Graces
- 1960 Bill Rycroft : Our Solo
- 1961 Laurie Morgan : Salad Days
- 1962 Anneli Drummond-Hay : Merely-a-Monarch
- 1963: Event downgraded to 1 day event due to bad weather.
- 1964 James Templer : M'Lord Connolly
- 1965 Eddie Boylan : Durlas Eile
- 1966: Event cancelled due to bad weather.
- 1967 Celia Ross-Taylor : Jonathan
- 1968 Jane Holderness-Roddam (Jane Bullen) : Our Nobby
- 1969 Richard Walker : Pasha
- 1970 Richard Meade : The Poacher
- 1971 Mark Phillips : Great Ovation
- 1972 Mark Phillips : Great Ovation
- 1973 Lucinda Green (Lucinda Prior-Palmer) : Be Fair
- 1974 Mark Phillips : Colombus
- 1975: Event cancelled due to bad weather.
- 1976 Lucinda Green (Lucinda Prior-Palmer) : Wide Awake
- 1977 Lucinda Green (Lucinda Prior-Palmer) : George
- 1978 Jane Holderness-Roddam (Jane Bullen) : Warrior
- 1979 Lucinda Green (Lucinda Prior-Palmer) : Killaire
- 1980 Mark Todd : Southern Comfort III
- 1981 Mark Phillips : Lincoln
- 1982 Richard Meade : Speculator III
- 1983 Lucinda Green (Prior-Palmer) : Regal Realm
- 1984 Lucinda Green (Prior-Palmer) : Beagle Boy
- 1985 Ginny Leng (Ginny Holgate) : Priceless
- 1986 Ian Stark : Sir Wattie
- 1987: Event cancelled due to bad weather.
- 1988 Ian Stark : Sir Wattie (Stark also came second on Glenburnie)
- 1989 Ginny Leng (Ginny Holgate) : Master Craftsman
- 1990 Nicola Coe : Middle Road
- 1991 Rodney Powell : Irishman II,
- 1992 Mary King : King William
- 1993 Ginny Leng (Ginny Holgate) : Welton Houdini
- 1994 Mark Todd : Horton Point
- 1995 Bruce Davidson : Eagle Lion
- 1996 Mark Todd : Bertie Blunt
- 1997 David O'Connor : Custom Made
- 1998 Chris Bartle : Word Perfect II
- 1999 Ian Stark : Jaybee (The 50th BHT)
- 2000 Mary King : Star Appeal
- 2001: Event cancelled due to UK foot and mouth epidemic.
- 2002 Pippa Funnell : Supreme Rock
- 2003 Pippa Funnell : Supreme Rock
- 2004 William Fox-Pitt : Tamarillo (horse)
- 2005 Pippa Funnell : Primmore's Pride
- 2006 Andrew Hoy : Moonfleet
