‘One of those things’: five-star winner ruled out of Kentucky and Badminton

Austin O'Connor riding Colorado Blue during the cross-country at the 2025 Defender Burghley Horse Trials. Ireland’s Austin O’Connor and Colorado Blue will not contest a spring five-star, following a “setback in training”. The 2023 Maryland 5 Star winners were entered for both Mars Badminton Horse Trials (6-10 May) and Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event (23-26 April) and were expected to compete at the latter. After withdrawing from Badminton yesterday (8 April), […]