Badminton Horse Trial 2023: When will Ros Canter start in cross country race, how to watch on TV & prize money

The prestigious equestrian Badminton Horse Trials is underway this weekend and today (May 7) marks the popular cross country race. The event, which started on Thursday (May 4) is held at the Park of Badminton House in Gloucestershire each year for five days of horse-racing and dressage trials.

So far, a number of events have been held including dressage, show jumping and Shetland pony grand nationals. Yesterday, Ros Canter was crowned queen of the dressage when her hugely popular horse Lordships Graffalo lit up a damp coronation day. The 2018 world champion scored 22.1 with Michele Saul’s 11-year-old by Grafenstolz, giving her the slimmest of leads after the first phase.

After the race she said: “It’s great to be at the top today, but with such small differences in dressage scores it will probably be a bit irrelevant tomorrow. It’s a great cross-country track and it will just be a case of getting stuck in and riding sensibly according to the conditions.”

Here, we round up the cross-country times for today’s action at the event presented by Mars Equestrian.

Badminton cross-country times - when Ros Canter, Kitty King & Oliver Townend start

Wills Oakden and Oughterard Cooley, will set off out of the start box at 11.30am. Horses and riders will then set off at four-minute intervals, with the final competitors due to begin their round over Eric Winter’s course at 3.42pm.

Full list of Badminton Horse Trials cross-country times

Oliver Townend and Swallow Springs (third): 11.38am

Tim Price and Vitali (equal 11th): 11.50am

Tom Jackson and Capels Hollow Drift (14th): 12.10pm

Gemma Stevens and Jalapeno (fourth): 12.50pm

Caroline Powell and Greenacres Special Cavalier (13th): 1.34pm

Tom McEwen and Toledo De Kerser (fifth): 2.02pm

Kitty King and Vendredi Biats (second): 2.06pm

William Fox-Pitt and Grafennacht (eighth): 2.38pm

Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo (first): 3.10pm

Harry Meade and Tenareze (10th): 3.14pm

Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class (sixth): 3.18pm

Laura Collett and Dacapo (seventh): 3.22pm

Pippa Funnell and Billy Walk On (equal 11th): 3.38pm

Tim Price and Coup De Coeur Dudevin (ninth): 3.42pm