When is Badminton Horse Trials?
Badminton Horse Trials normally takes place in the first week of May each year. In 2025 the event will take place in the second week of May, before Royal Windsor Horse Show.
What is Badminton Grassroots?
The Badminton Grassroots Championship takes place just before the 5-star event with competitions for BE90 and BE100 levels.
The dressage and showjumping phases take place over the road from the Central car Park, next to the airfield, where temporary stables are available for the duration of the event. The cross country phase takes place on a course which runs next to the 5-star course and includes many fences which mimic the top level ones.
Tickets are not required for the Grassroots competition which finishes just before the first vets inspection.
Where is Badminton Horse Trials?
Badminton, which is a 5-star international event (the highest level, CCI5*), was founded in 1949 and takes place on The Duke of Beaufort’s estate in the village of Little Badminton, Gloucestershire. It celebrates it3s 75th anniversary in 2024.
Where can I get tickets for Badminton Horse Trials
Badminton no longer sells tickets on the gate so tickets must be purchased in advance. The Badminton Horse Trials box office is here.
Where can I find Badminton Horse Trials Photos?
I have a large archive of Badminton Horse Trials images spanning the last 15 years.
You can find stock images of many of the top riders competing at Badminton in the Badminton Horse Trials stock images archive.
For a full selection of images of the whole event, try the Badminton Horse Trials image archive.
You can search my archive using this format: https://nicomorgan.com/?search=keyword+badminton.
So for example, for pictures of Ros Canter at Badminton you could use https://nicomorgan.com/?search=ros+canter+badminton.
Or you can use any keyword instead of the rider. For example here is Toledo de Kerser at Badminton.