Oliver Townend

Caroline Harris (Cooley Riddle Master). Image credit Peter Nixon.

Just weeks before representing Great Britain at the FEI World Championships in Aachen, Caroline Harris enjoyed a confidence-boosting victory at Burgham International Horse Trials, guiding the talented Cooley Riddle Master to success in the Jack-Thomas Watson Horses CCI2-S.* Harris led from the outset after posting a dressage score of 26.3 with the six-year-old gelding, adding nothing in either the showjumping or cross-country phases to seal an impressive wire-to-wire victory. Owned by Lucy Matthews, Penelope Makins, Marie Anne Richardson and Jim Chromiak, Cooley Riddle Master was contesting his first international event and his first stay-away competition, making the performance all the

Oliver Townend with Ballaghmor Class in the Tokyo 2020 Eventing Showjumping Team Phase (British Equestrian/Jon Stroud)

Eventing News

12/06/2024 Suzanne Ashton

Ballaghmor Class Withdrawn from Potentials for Paris 2024 Olympics

In a significant decision made in full collaboration with British Equestrian Eventing Performance Manager Richard Waygood, Oliver Townend and owners Karyn Shuter, Angela Hislop, and Val Ryan have withdrawn Ballaghmor Class from the eventing nominated list for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Ballaghmor Class, affectionately known as “Thomas,” has been a standout in the equestrian world, boasting an impressive track record that includes an Olympic gold medal. Despite his accolades, the team felt it was in Thomas’s best interest to withdraw due to an interrupted preparation for a long-format event earlier this season. We are disheartened to withdraw Ballaghmor Class

Oliver Townend (GBR) and Cooley Master Class the winners of the 2019 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN in Lexington, Kentucky.

Event Reports

26/04/2021 Suzanne Ashton

Oliver Townend Wins Third Consecutive Title at the CCI5*-L Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event

Huge congratulations to everyone who competed in this year’s Kentucky Three-Day Event, with special ‘hats-off’ honours to Mr Townend! Find out who else made the top three here.

Horse News

25/04/2021 Suzanne Ashton

Oliver Townend Poised for a Hat Trick at CCI5*-L Kentucky 2021

The CCI5*-L leaderboard looks very different after an exciting day of cross-country at The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by MARS Equestrian™ (LRK3DE) at the Kentucky Horse Park. Oliver Townend (GBR) turned in two clear rounds Saturday and sits first overnight with Ballaghmor Class and eighth with Cooley Master Class. Both horses lost a shoe on course, and persistent rain made the footing slick. For me this was the toughest cross-country course for a long, long time at the Five Star level. It’s right up there with the very toughest in the world,” Townend said. Both horses had a tough enough time

Caroline Harris claims Burgham victory with exciting young prospect

Ballaghmor Class Withdrawn from Potentials for Paris 2024 Olympics

Oliver Townend Wins Third Consecutive Title at the CCI5*-L Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event

Oliver Townend Poised for a Hat Trick at CCI5*-L Kentucky 2021

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