Badminton: Our trip to the largest event of the UK equestrian calendar

What are the Badminton Horse Trials?

Held annually in the grounds of Badminton House (home to the Duke of Beaufort), Badminton has seen hundreds of thousands of spectactors arrive each Spring since the 1970s. Tucked away its South Gloucestershire hideout, the three disciplines are spread across four days of competition (and a trot up on Thursday), with a vast shopping village filling much of the site, complete with trade stands of all varieties.