Each summer Gatcombe Horse Trials is home to the Festival of British Eventing, which incorporates the British open, intermediate and novice championships, as well as the Corinthian Cup amateur championship and the RoR/NTF retrained racehorse event championship.
Mary King and William Fox-Pitt share the honours for most wins in the British open championship, with four apiece, although Mary has an extra win in the British national championship as she took that title in 1997 when the open went to Australia’s Andrew Hoy.
William has an unsurpassed record in the intermediate championship with six titles, while Oliver Townend is out ahead in the novice championship with four wins. These classes are good places to spot future stars of the sport, with a number of the winners going on to win and be placed at five-star level.
As well as the prestigious eventing championships, Gatcombe Horse Trials typically hosts a Burghley young event horse qualifier, an arena eventing competition and Pony Club showjumping, enabling riders of all ages to experience the special atmosphere of the Festival of British Eventing.
Gatcombe Park is the home of the Princess Royal and spectators can enjoy the beautiful parkland bowl during this weekend of top class eventing. There is also extensive shopping village, with a wide range of food outlets, plus arena attractions providing entertainment for all the family.
In 2018 Peter Phillips, son of the Princess Royal and Mark Phillips, took over the reins as event director at the Festival of British Eventing when Tim Henson stepped down from the role. Mark is the cross-country course-designer.
Australia's Brook Staples picked up the Dodson & Horrell Novice Championships at the Festival of British Eventing today, while Ruth Edge leads the British Eventing Open Championship after dressage
Badminton runner-up Lucy Wiegersma will be bidding for her first British open — and second national — title at Gatcombe this weekend
A new hanging log to wall combination is one of the changes to the British open cross-country course at this year’s Gatcombe, Ian Stark revealed on Tuesday
A health and safety prosecution against Captain Mark Phillips's Equiland Ltd has been thrown out of court
The Festival of British Eventing, held each August at Gatcombe Park has been voted Equestrian Event of the Year
A brief round-up of eventing action from Gatcombe where junior European Champion Laura Collett tunes up Rayef with a win in the CIC**
Mary King rode Call Again Cavalier to triumph in the British Open Championship at Gatcombe this afternoon
William Fox-Pitt takes the Novice title for the second year running, winning on the Primitive Rising seven-year-old Cool Mountain
William Fox-Pitt will bid to become the only person to have won the British Open five times at this weekend’s Festival of British Eventing
Check out Capt Mark Phillips' new cross-country fences for the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park
The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips will celebrate Gatcombe Horse Trials’ 25th anniversary with a much altered cross-country course
With just days to go until their horses are loaded on lorries bound for Aachen, Britain
Clayton Fredericks cruised around Mark Phillips’ demanding cross-country course to take the £10,000 first prize
William Fox-Pitt continues to dominate the Festival of British Eventing by winning the Intermediate Championship
British WEG team member William Fox-Pitt leads the Novice Championships after the show jumping and Beanie Hughes wins an advanced section
Young rider Jade Lazenby is contesting the British Open Championships for the first time this weekend, and tells Anna Tyzack it will be no walk in the park
Anna Tyzack blogs from Gatcombe from where she admires the cross-country course before news of the Tony Wright’s conviction draws her back into the press tent
Don't miss your last chance to see the British World Championship team before they head out to Aachen at the Festival of British Eventing this weekend
Check out Horse & Hound Online's brand new microsite dedicated to the Festival of British Eventing, sponsored by Gatcombe's official vehicle supplier Land Rover
