Eventing

Australian Olympian Kevin McNab is a regular visitor to Millstreet in Ireland, always arriving with a lorry load of young horses for experience and invariably leaves with several rosettes – and this year was no exception.

The 2026 Adelaide Equestrian Festival has delivered its biggest and most successful event yet, cementing its reputation as both Australia’s premier equestrian competition and equine celebration.

Tim Price top-billed for the Kiwis at the MARS Badminton Horse Trials over the weekend, placing second aboard Falco, with Tayla Mason and Centennial sixth and Jonelle Price on Chilli’s Midnight Star twelfth.

Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo re-wrote eventing history and smashed records with an extraordinarily smooth third MARS Badminton Horse Trials victory, the first combination to achieve this accolade in the event’s 77-year history.

Ros Canter is on the brink of making eventing history as the first rider to win MARS Badminton Horse Trials three times on the same horse.

Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo lead after dressage at Badminton Horse Trials on 23.7, with a strong international field chasing, as the remarkable combination eyes a historic third title.

British-based American rider Tiana Coudray riding Cancaras Girl scored a personal best dressage score on the first day of MARS Badminton Horse Trials and is now in the lead at this early stage of the competition.