Tag: Ros Canter

A Familiar Name Leads After Dressage at Mars Badminton Horse Trials

Amy Powell
Rosalind Canter (GBR) riding Izilot DHI following dressage at Badminton Horse Trials 2024

In the 75th Anniversary of the Badminton Horse Trials and its inaugural year with Mars as the title sponsor, the sun shone over two days of fantastic sport to give us the phase one leader of Ros Canter with Izilot DHI. Riding into second place is Bubby Upton on Cola for Great Britain, and in third, is New Zealand’s Tim Price on board Vitali. Tim and the 14-year-old black gelding produced their customary fluid test to finish on a first phase score of 27.7. The result wasn’t quite their Burghley…

Ros Canter Crowned Winner at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials

Suzanne Ashton
Ros Canter and Izilot DHI. Image credit BPIHT/Hannah Cole Photography

Eventing world number one, Ros Canter crowned a brilliant season by winning the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials for the first time, riding Alex Moody’s characterful 10-year-old Izilot DHI on Sunday, September 17th. Excitement was maintained until the very end when the overnight leaders, world champion Yasmin Ingham and Banzai du Loir, lowered the very last showjumping fence to drop to second place. Ros, who was the 2018 world champion, has had an incredible season, winning Badminton and the European title, but a victory at Blenheim has so far eluded her.  The…