When is Badminton Horse Trials? Badminton Horse Trials normally takes place in the first week of May each year. However, in 2024 the event will take place in the second week of May, after Royal Windsor Horse Show. What is Badminton Grassroots? The Badminton Grassroots Championship takes place just before the 5-star event with competitions […]
This year's Defender Burghley Course Preview and Media Day gave the press a chance to speak to the Event Director Martyn Johnson, Course Designer Derek Di Grazia and riders Greta Mason, Phil Brown and Andrew Hoy. Media Breakfast in The Rose Garden On arrival at Burghley House we were brought through to The Rose Garden, […]
For any aspiring equine photographer, knowing how to photograph cross country fences to get the most from them and flatter rider and horse is essential.
This article focuses on how to photograph dressage and which movements photograph best when photographing dressage.
This article is free to members. Photographing any big international event brings with it specific challenges. Covering large three-day and four-day horse trials is no exception. Although the title of this article is Badminton Horse Trials Photos. some of the challenges are photography related, others most definitely aren't! You need to be logged in to […]
In recent years Blenheim Palace Horse Trials has been organised by British Eventing and the event photography split between two companies due to the number of things going on. Working for E. S. Photography, and subsequently 1st Class Images when they merged I have been covering the three days of arena eventing. This year, however, […]
Introduce Yourself I am Abi Boulton, more usually known as Tic Toc Eventing, I am 26 years of age and am based at my family home in Staffordshire. I was surrounded by horses from the very start so that's probably the reason why I chose this way of life! On my Mother’s side we were […]
The Cornbury Estate, built as a hunting lodge for Blenheim Palace, is owned by Robin Cayzer, Lord Rotherwick, and came up for lease in 2006. The Howden family took it over in 2007
The next in my series of lockdown mini-interviews is with Newmarket-based Bubby Upton. Please introduce yourself So, my name is Bubby Upton (real name Isabelle) and I’m 22 years old (March 2021). I live at my family home just outside Newmarket, where I have lived my whole life and that’s where my first riding memories […]
The road to Badminton Horse Trials 2021 has been an extraordinary and completely unexpected one, with lots of changes to both personnel and event. Photos of Badminton Horse Trials 2021 In June 2019, it was announced that Hugh Thomas, long term Badminton Horse Trials Event Director, would be retiring, and that his experienced Assistant Director […]
My photos from the British Eventing competition can be viewed here: Thoresberton International Horse Trials 2020. The International classes at Osberton act as an annual National Championship for six and seven-year-old classes as well as popular long format 2-star and 3-star competitions for older horses. This year, as a result of the Covid pandemic, the […]
Photographs of Thoresby Park International Horse Trials At the tail end of a season hugely disrupted by COVID, Thoresby Park stepped in to host the young horse championships usually hosted by the Osberton Estate, a few miles away in Nottinghamshire. Thoresby Park was the ancestral home to the x family … This inaugural event featured […]
Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall competed at British Eventing Cornbury House Horse Trials in Oxfordshire at the weekend, with three horses.
Laura Hall jumping a fence on a coloured pony during the cross country training day with Lydia Hannon.
Due to the unprecedented circumstances, Osberton International Horse Trials and the British Eventing Six and Seven Year Old Championships (October 8 to 11) will move, for 2020 only, to Thoresby Park. Just six miles down the road, Thoresby Park will host a CCI-L 3* and CCI-L 2*, along with the British Eventing Six and Seven Year Old […]
Irish event rider and championship medallist Cathal Daniels was teaching in Leicestershire this week. The 23-year-old from County Galway had been competing in the arena eventing class at the Liverpool International Horse Show and found time to teach at the newly opened equestrian centre at Hyde Lodge Horses, near Tilton on the Hill. Daniels, whose […]
I was once again commissioned by Land Rover to photograph the Burghley Horse Trials 2019 for them as title sponsor. In addition to photographing the equestrian competition event in a way which incorporates Land Rover branding I was asked to photograph the Land Rover "activations": the company's stands, hospitality areas and other public-facing activities. The […]
My images of Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials will be uploading to the archive throughout the event, starting on Wednesday the 1st May with the first vets inspection. Commercial and editorial enquiries are welcome at any time - images will be available via a rights managed licence immediately they are uploaded. Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse […]
Belton Horse Trials are traditionally one of the warm-up events for horses heading to Badminton Horse Trials in May. There are international sections at CCI4*-S - The Grantham Cup attracts over 100 entries - and CCI3*-S level, as well as national classes from advanced down to novice. In previous years I have been employed by […]
I traditionally start my eventing season at Oasby Horse Trials, near Ancaster in Lincolnshire, where the four-day competition runs sections from BE90 level up to Intermediate. The intermediate competition includes open sections which have become a recognised warm up for horses planning to compete at Badminton in May, followed usually by a three (now four) […]
In his second year as course designer Eric Winter has taken the traditional line and reversed the direction of the Badminton Course. Starting as ever in the main arena over the familiar flower bed, the ASX Starter (1) riders head left to a choice of inviting Rolex Feeder roll top spreads (2), one of very […]
The Burghley Horse Trials Photo Archive is a useful resource for sourcing images for editorial or commercial use. Burghley photos can be licensed according to the audience size, distribution numbers, duration and geographical area, so that you only pay for the usage you need. Burghley Horse Trials 2008 Burghley Horse Trials 2014 Burghley Horse Trials […]
A long and tough five days at Burghley Horse Trials is finally over. Oliver Townend has been crowned and a British 1,2,3,4 is definitely worth celebrating. Saturday saw its fair share of thrills and spills (I seem to be the nemesis for the Kiwis, with both Andrew and Mark falling at fences I was photographing […]
Burghley Horse Trials 2017 - The first part of the dressage phase of Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, Thursday 31st August. Willa Newton sets early pace with Chance Remark Tim Price and Xavier Faer move ahead in second session Paul Tapner then moves ahead with Bonza King of Rouges Michael Jung and La Biosthetique Sam […]
I have four different main clients this year so need to keep my wits about me. I've headed to Burghley early to give me a chance to sit down and plan my Thursday/Friday/Saturday around who I need to shoot and who, in theory, I don't. I've decided to get to Burghley and set off onto […]
Equestrian editorial photography I've often been asked if covering an event for a magazine is like event photography, and I always answer, "yes, and no!" The difference between event photography and editorial photography is usually clear. Event photography is about the horse, editorial photography is about the rider. When National newspapers cover an equestrian event […]
The Quorn Hunt PC Tetrathlon was hosted by the Pony Club over two days this weekend. The shooting, swimming and running phases were completed at Ratcliffe College on Saturday 22nd July and the cross country riding phase took place at Aylesford Equine's course on Sunday the 23rd July, and I was there to cover this […]
Bramham International Horse Trials is one of the most popular events in the British equestrian calendar, with showing, jumping and eventing to satisfy everbody.
This week I was back photographing eventing for my great friends at E.S.Photography. Two days of eventing, up to Novice level, were enjoyed. The bad weather held off. The "rock stars" were there in numbers: Richard Jones, Lauren Shannon, Caroline Powell, Ben Way, James Somerville, Nicola Wilson, Piggy French, Simon Grieve and many many more. […]
A few of my images of German eventing World Champion Sandra Auffarth. For all of my images of her follow this link: Sandra Auffarth
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