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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-22T10:28:33.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.horseandhound.co.uk",
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  "textContent": "David Doel and Galileo Nieuwmoed at Maryland, the cancellation of which this year “is a stark reminder of the sport’s fragility” says Mark Phillips.\n\n**Former Olympic team gold medallist, four-time Badminton winner and top cross-country course designer Mark Phillips says 2026 will be a balancing act to keep horse sport thriving**\n\nAfter a long wet winter, spring seems to have come in the nick of time for a positive start to the 2026 eventing season. It appears British Eventing (BE) has halted the decline of recent years in membership and horse registrations, even if numbers have not gone up. Early events have run with good numbers […]",
  "title": "‘We must not be complacent’ warns Mark Phillips as cancellation of Maryland five-star highlights equestrian sport’s ‘fragility’"
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