BADMINTON 4-8 May
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FINAL PLACINGS
1st Ros Canter (GBR)
on Lordships Graffalo
2nd Oliver Townend (GBR)
on Ballaghmor Class
3rd Austin O'Connor (IRL)
on Colorado Blue
Winning owner: Michele Saul
Winning breeder: Lordships Stud
Winning grooms: Sarah Charnley and Travis Leigh
Badminton Horse Trials, presented by Mars Equestrian, Glos
THERE'S winning Badminton, and then there's winning Badminton with the biggest margin since short format was introduced at the event in 2006. That's exactly what Ros Canter did at this year's event.
Ros is very much a laminar face on the top-flight eventing circuit, and on British teams too. She is world number three in the current FEI rider rankings. Yet prior to this year's event, Ros, who is 37, had started at Badminton just five times - the first was in 2016, when she withdrew after dressage, then a year later she finished fifth on the wonderful Allstar B, with whom she was world Champion in 2018.
She also took mudi of the 2019 season out to have a baby, so her five-star career is comparatively short, when you take into consideration riders can spend many years trying to achieve a Badminton victory.
Ros was victorious aboard Lordships
