Price targets 2nd Burghley Horse Trials win
- Dave Worsley
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
All eyes will be on world No 3 Tim Price to see if he can top the podium at his 20th Burghley Horse Trials this week.
He won the prestigious event in 2018 and last year was second aboard Vitali who he is back in with this year.
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“I am looking forward to Burghley with Vitali,” says Price. “He is in good form. I don’t know anything about the (cross country) course yet. Vitali is at a good place where I know him very well and he knows me very well . . . together we could go and do something exciting.”
Samantha Lissington has Billy Alberto and Lord Seekonig on the card. It has been six years since she last had a start at Burghley.
“That just shows how rare it is to have everything come together getting a horse to Burghley so we feel very privileged to have two this year,” says the world no.9. “They are two very different types but both very good jumpers.”
Lord Seekonig has the capability to produce “a very smart test”. “I am really looking forward to showing him off.”
Lissington and Billy Alberto are the first of the Kiwis out, having drawn number three to go. “I don’t mind being early to go with Bertie and it will be great though to take the knowledge from that run into my ride on Lord Seekonig.”
Caroline Powell describes High Time as “a little fire cracker waiting to go off”. “He is a nice wee horse and just keeps going – like an Eveready battery. I have not found a jump that is big enough for him,” says Powell, who won Burghley in 2010 with Lenamore. “It is pretty cool to get a new young horse to Burghley and it will be exciting to see what he can do and how he copes.”
Jesse Campbell is counting down to Burghley with Cooley Lafitte, with Lauren Innes aboard Global Fision M also amped and ready to go.
Last year victor Ros Canter (GBR) and Lordships Graffalo produced the event’s best-ever finishing score on 26.6 penalty points to claim a slice of history and they will certainly start as favourites this year.
Fifty-eight combinations from eight nations are on the start card of one of the world’s highest-ranked events. There are plenty of top-notch combinations in there, including seven 5* winning riders.
