World class riders set to compete at Burgham
Mark Todd at 2011 Badminton Horse Trials
World class riders from across Europe could be heading to Northumberland early next year after the organisers of Burgham Horse Trials scored a major coup for the region.
British Eventing has just awarded Burgham the last Advanced Event offering qualifying points for Badminton Horse Trials 2012 - the year Olympic Eventing comes to the UK.
The two day event, which will be held at Burgham Park near Morpeth on March 24th and 25th 2012, with both Intermediate and Advanced British Eventing classes, is also likely to attract riders from the UK and overseas taking part in the London Olympics.
The directors of the Burgham Horse Trials, Semore Jurdi and Sunil Mehra, welcomed the decision. Sunil Mehra said, "we are delighted to have secured not only an Advanced event for the region but also the last event before the Badminton Horse Trials, which is sure to draw some of the top names in the sport to the North East in an Olympic year. This decision demonstrates great faith in our team".
The news comes as a huge boost to the Burgham team, just weeks before the inaugural British Eventing fixture taking place at Burgham Park from Friday 22nd July to Sunday 24th. To find out more about this years event visit the event item.
