Catherine Austen

1 week ago | eventingnation.com | Catherine Austen

Japanese riders have taken the sport of eventing by storm in recent years, and the newest star in their firmament, Yuya Segawa, shone at Belsay by scoring his first European international victory in the NIS Group Services/Encon Technical Solutions CIC2*-S. Riding Vegas De L’Elfe JRA, 25-year-old Yuya show jumped clear and added just 1.2 cross country time-faults to his second-placed dressage mark of 30.2 to take the competitive class by less than a penalty from Scotland’s Louisa Milne Home.

1 week ago | eventingnation.com | Catherine Austen

British rider Izzy Taylor has the Hambro Sport Horses CCI3*-S at Belsay International Horse Trials under control: her three rides in the class occupy first, third and fourth places after the first day of dressage. In the lead at the Northumbrian event with a score of 26.2 is the former racehorse Bayaanaat, a nine-year-old by the Derby winner New Approach owned by Izzy, Lavinia Taylor and Caroline Goodwin.

1 week ago | northumberlandgazette.co.uk | Catherine Austen

The beautiful grounds of Belsay Hall and Castle will once again host top riders when the Belsay International Horse Trials (2), sponsored by Barbour, opens on Wednesday (May 28). It has been a speedy turnaround for Belsay organiser Laura de Wesselow and her excellent team, following the success of Belsay (1) just over a week ago.

2 weeks ago | eventingnation.com | Catherine Austen

Piggy March was a very worthy winner of Belsay’s inaugural CCI4*-S, taking the RBS Brewin Dolphin-sponsored class on Jayne McGivern’s grey stallion Halo. Piggy, a former winner of both Badminton and Burghley, was second after dressage with a score of 22.1, just behind 2025 Badminton heroine Ros Canter, who scored 21.6 on Izilot DHI. Both show jumped clear, but Piggy was faster across country for just 2.8 time-penalties. Ros’s 8.8 time-faults dropped her to sixth in the 96-strong class.

3 weeks ago | eventingnation.com | Catherine Austen

Aaron Millar and KEC Deakon are in pole position in Belsay’s inaugural RBC Brewin Dolphin-sponsored CCI4*-S after the first day of dressage at the Northumberland horse trials. Cirencester-based Aaron, who is making his first trip north to Belsay, scored 25 on Heidi Bates’ 15-year-old, a son of Chacoa. Aaron said: “He was really good. He’s an older horse; he’s used to working at these big events, and we are hoping to use this as a final prep for the CCI5* at Luhmühlen in Germany next month.