Badminton Horse Trials

The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International (CCI) Four Star events in the world. It takes place in the 1500 acre (6 square kilometre) park of Badminton House in Gloucestershire. The cross-country day attracts crowds of up to a quarter of a million and is the second largest, financially, in the world. The second ever three-day event in Britain, Badminton was first held in 1949 in order to let British riders train for international events. With Kentucky and Burghley, Badminton is one of the three events in the Rolex Grand Slam.