Badminton Horse Trials at 75

A lavishly illustrated celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Badminton Horse Trials looking at its history, the notable riders and the horses from over the past seven decades. It''s a brilliant read once you start it you wont want to put it down and it''s definitely a book that you will return to time and time again...this is a book that all eventing fans should read and is a must for your bookshelf. ''Featuring eighty wonderful photographs from the Badminton archives.'' ''A lovely book to keep on your coffee table and dip into – or read straight through. Either way, Badminton Horse Trials at 75 is a book you’ll want to return to time after time. I love my Kindle, but on this occasion, do buy the hardback so you can really luxuriate in all the gorgeous archive photos.'' ''This quality book is a fine homage to the sport with a great spread or archive images featuring the development and story of the Badminton Horse Trials that celebrated its 75th anniversary in April 24.'' In 1949, the 10th Duke of Beaufort started Badminton Horse Trials with the idea of better preparing British riders for the Olympic Games after a disastrous showing on home ground the year before. His legacy is the world’s oldest and most prestigious horse trials, which has captured the imagination of riders worldwide and in 2024 celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary.Badminton is still an Olympic proving ground as well as a captivating place where dreams can be made or shattered, and the one all riders want to win. The centrepiece remains the cross-country course, a spectacle that draws thousands of spectators and is an imposing challenge for riders, no matter how experienced they are, in an egalitarian sport in which men and women compete on equal terms and the amateur can take on the Olympic gold medallist.This superbly illustrated book celebrates those riders and their horses, from Sheila Willcox’s hattrick in the 1950s to New Zealander Mark Todd who came out of retirement to win three decades after his first victory; from the golden era of Richard Meade, Captain Mark Phillips, Lucinda Green and Princess Anne, to twenty-first-century heroes and heroines, including William Fox-Pitt, Pippa Funnell, Andrew Nicholson, Michael Jung, Oliver Townend and Rosalind Canter.

• | Author: Kate Green
• | Publisher: Quiller Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 14, 2024
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781910016480
• | ISBN-10: 1910016489