Sam Watson Eagerly Anticipating Defender Burghley Horse Trials

Sam Watson eagerly anticipating Defender Burghley Horse Trials

The County Carlow-based rider has represented Ireland at 11 major Championships and won a silver medal in team eventing at the 2018 World Championships since he first took to the saddle aged 16.

Who will be the Burghley pathfinder – and why there will be no number 13 - Horse & Hound

Harry Meade and Cavalier Crystal are number 24 at Burghley.Harry Meade will be the first rider out at Defender Burghley Horse Trials (4-7 September) – and the last, although he will wear one number higher than the total combinations entered. The world number one eventer is the only one with three entries for the CCI5*, so he will go first with his own and Mandy Gray’s Et Hop Du Matz, 24th with Charlotte and Peter Opperman’s Cavalier Crystal and …