 We are delighted to invite you to join Zip Travel’s tour to the FEI Eventing European Championship at Haras du Pin! Once again Zip Travel have agreed to work with HTSG to bring you this incredible experience. For just the second time in its 70-year history, the European championship returns to the iconic French National Stud. In the idyllic Normandy countryside the British team will be trying to re-capture the gold medal (and indeed all the individual medals!) they won so emphatically in Avenches in 2021. As well as being an exciting competition in its own right, this year’s event will also serve as a fascinating indicator of who the leading contenders may be when the Olympics arrive just down the road in Paris next year. The Zip Travel tour includes VIP Pavilion season tickets, travel from the UK, daily transfers and accommodation in the historic city of Caen. A welcome reception, course walk, National Stud tour and, of course, a Calvados tasting is also part of the package. As ever, there will be expert Zip Travel representatives leading the tour and answering any questions you may have. Join them between 8 - 14 August 2023 in their 18th year of running an eventing tour. Prices per person start from £1,795 for a shared double/ twin room and £2,395 for a single. To book email [email protected] or call 01926 888797 and don't forget to mention that you are a HTSG member. Find out more at www.zip-travel.com  Following the changes both to the HTSG annual membership structure and the changes at Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials we have been able to agree a 25% discount on the usual season membership pass for all fully paid up HTSG members. Members will be able to apply for tickets direct to the Box Office with a validation code. We really appreciate Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials working with us to be able to provide this benefit and are sure it will be appreciated by the members visiting Burghley for the first time in two years 
History was made today when British quartet Nicola Wilson, Piggy March, Kitty King and Ros Canter secured the team gold medal in Avenches, adding to the World and Olympic titles already held.
It was a clean sweep on the individual podium, too, with Nicola and Piggy taking gold and silver, and compatriot Sarah Bullimore taking the bronze. It was the seventh time Britain has taken all four medals on offer in 35 editions of the FEI European Eventing Championships. All six riders on the team received funding support through our "Let's Make a Difference" donation to British Equestrian, which of course was only possible thanks to our members continued support. Final British individual placings Gold - Nicola Wilson and JL Dublin, 20.7 Silver - Piggy March and Brookfield Inocent, 23.3 Bronze - Sarah Bullimore and Corouet, 23.6 9th - Kitty King and Vendredi Biats, 28.9 10th - Izzy Taylor and Monkeying Around, 31.9 46th - Ros Canter and Allstar, 77.0 Final full results BBC 2 is showing a highlights programme on Monday 27 September 15:30–17:15.
The eventing combinations who will be joining Team GB at Tokyo 2020 have been announced and all four of the chosen riders benefited from our Let's Make a Difference funding donation. Laura Collett with London 52 Owners: Karen Bartlett, Keith Scott and Laura Collett Groom: Matilda Sayburn-Hughes Tom McEwen with Toledo de Kerser Owners: Fred and Penny Barker, Jane Inns and Ali McEwen Groom: Francesca Gorni Oliver Townend with Ballaghmor Class Owners: Karyn Shuter, Angela Hislop and Val Ryan Groom: Jess McKie Piggy March with Brookfield Inocent (travelling reserve) Owners: John and Chloe Perry and Alison Swinburn Groom: Amy Phillips For the HTSG it is particularly exciting to see Laura Collett selected as she was one of our scholars in 2018 and has continued to represent the HTSG over the last few years as an ambassador. Also her horse London 52 is partly owned by our vary own Hon Treasurer Karen Bartlett. Full story here: https://bit.ly/3AeQmQl   It is with great sadness that we learnt of the sudden death of one of the founding members of the HTSG, Tim Holderness-Roddam on Thursday 15 April 2021, aged 78.
As well as being a founding member of the HTSG in 1978, Tim was also our chairman from 1989 to 2009. Tim was a passionate and knowledgeable advocate of eventing for many years. He gave his time freely to support, advise and promote the sport, including roles with British Eventing, British Equestrian, and both Blenheim and Burghley Horse Trials. In 2010 Tim was presented with the British Equestrian Federation Medal of Honour in recognition of his outstanding achievement and contribution to the international equestrian world. Tim was educated at Radley College, followed by military service in the King’s Royal Hussars. His successful 30-year career at Tate & Lyle plc (UM Group) culminated in the role of MD of the United Molasses Group, where he was responsible for the worldwide trading, storage and distribution business. Since retiring from the City in 2000, Tim held a number of consultancy and non-executive roles, including senior consultant to Bristol Port Company, which handles much of the import/export trade for the west of England; and a consultant to and former director of Abercrombie & Kent, the luxury and tailor-made travel business. Tim was formerly a trustee of the pension fund of Countrywide Farmers plc and deputy Chair; Chair of the British Equestrian Federation Fund; Chair of Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials; Director and Chair of the Finance Committee of British Eventing; and Deputy Chair of Friends of Conservation, an international charity operating mainly in Africa and the Indian sub-continent. More recently he has been involved as a Director of British Equestrian; a member of the British Eventing Finance and Commercial Committee; and a member of the Burghley Horse Trials Committee. Tim was married to Equestrian Olympic Gold Medallist and current British Eventing President, Jane Holderness-Roddam. Together they own West Kington Farms and Stud in Wiltshire, specialising in breeding top competition horses. Tim will be sorely missed by everyone in the eventing community, where he was a popular and much respected colleague and friend. Our thoughts and best wishes are with his family and friends. In March 2020 the HTSG announced the "Let's Make a Difference" donation to British Equestrian to support 15 British riders who were in the running for selection onto the British Olympic Team heading to Tokyo 2020. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing some short thank you videos from some of the lucky riders who benefited from this funding. Below are some more of our riders saying thank you, they include Tina Cook, William Fox-Pitt, Alex Bragg, Ros Canter, Laura Collett, Tom McEwan, Kitty King and Sarah Bullimore.
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