‘I put the record straight’: Austin O’Connor settles a score to finish third at Badminton

Another Badminton podium for O’Connor and Salty - Horse Sport Ireland

Armagh-bred Cooley Rosalent (ISH) propels Townend to runner-up behind Canter Austin O’Connor and Colorado Blue (photographed above, courtesy of Badminton) truly are the venerable operators of the eventing scene and they made all that experience count by finishing third for the second time in three seasons at the MARS Badminton Horse Trials this afternoon. The 16-year-old Salty – Colorado Blue is owned by The Salty Syndicate – and his 50-year-old…

‘I put the record straight’: Austin O’Connor settles a score to finish third at Badminton

Austin O’Connor and Colorado Blue in the showjumping at Badminton Horse Trials 2025. It was an exact repeat of the rider podium from 2023, with Ros Canter, Oliver Townend and Austin O’Connor taking first, second and third at the conclusion of the 2025 Mars Badminton Horse Trials showjumping phase. “It’s a very special result – if I was in a different era and these two [Ros and Oliver] weren’t around, I’d have won two Badmintons,” Austin said. “H…