Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials XC Preview

Whether you are visiting the event or armchair spectating, the cross country course at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is not for the faint-hearted.

Paul Tapner refers to the course as “totally inarguably the toughest cross country course in the world.”

Sit back and enjoy an aerial ride of the incredibly demanding course, which this year sees a complete reversal of it plus listen to the thoughts of William Fox-Pitt, Paul Tapner and Michael Jung ahead of the event.

Watch each round online with Burghley.tv 

Rupert Bell spoke to 3 riders ahead of Burghley:

(c) Nico Morgan	William Fox-Pitt, six time former winner:
(c) The Gaitpost	Paul Tapner on his attempts to win at this year’s Burghley:
(c) Eventing Photo	Olympic Champion Michael Jung ahead of his first appearance at Burghley:

Our friends at Eventing Nation are providing free live up-to-the-minute coverage on Twitter with Samantha Clark at the helm, so make sure you follow @eventingnation

Whether you are competing, grooming, supporting or spectating, we hope you have a safe and exhilarating few days.

Click here for a full list of dressage times. Oliver Townend kicks off the action riding Dromgurrihy Blue at 0930 on Thursday 3rd September 2015

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