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Horse & Country launch free-to-view curtain-raiser to the season, Spotlight on Eventing 2025, out now on H&C+

Horse & Country launch free-to-view curtain-raiser to the season, Spotlight on Eventing 2025, out now on H&C+

London – March 24th, 2025 – The Eventing season is upon us and Horse & Country’s streaming service, H&C+, has extensive and exclusive live coverage from many of the top venues around the country, including seven 4* events. To whet your appetite for the feast of Eventing to come, supporters of the sport can watch a fifty minute special, Spotlight on Eventing 2025, absolutely free on H&C+.

 

The H&C+ 2025 calendar features at least one UK event each month from March to October, with the full line-up as follows:

 

  • The Eventing Spring Carnival, Thoresby – March
  • Burnham Market IHT – April
  • Belsay IHT 1 (Chatsworth Replacement) – May
  • Belsay IHT 2 – May
  • Defender Bramham IHT – June
  • Aston le Walls IHT – July
  • NAF Five Star Hartpury IHT – August 
  • Cornbury House Horse Trials – September
  • The Agria Blenheim Palace IHT (8 and 9YO classes) – September
  • Osberton IHT – October 

 

In Spotlight on Eventing 2025, H&C presenter Nicole Brown meets with riders including Tom McEwen, Caroline Harris, Emily King, Jemima Howden, Fred Scala and Sam Ecroyd who share details of their approach to the individual events. Course Designers including Eric Winter, David Evans and Andy Heffernan, outline as much detail of their plans for this year’s courses as Nicole was able to squeeze out of them. And Alec Lochore, Laura de Wesselow, Stuart Buntine and Katrina Midgley offer the Organiser’s perspective, along with a palpable sense of excitement at the season to come.

 

There are also contributions from David Howden, the President of Cornbury House Horse Trials, Richard Waygood, Eventing Performance Manager at British Equestrian, and Saffron Cresswell who will be joining Nicole on commentary duty for H&C this season. A consistent theme throughout the interviews is the role and importance of the eight and nine year old classes at Blenheim which H&C are streaming, and which have produced so many future 5* winners.

 

Spotlight on Eventing 2025 is completely free to view, no need to become a member or register. Simply visit horseandcountry.tv and the programme is on the homepage. If you’d like to watch our live Eventing coverage this year, annual membership of H&C+ is only £84.99 as a one-off payment, or there’s an option to pay in 12 monthly instalments of £9.99. In addition to the UK events listed here, H&C+ members can also watch our exclusive live coverage of the 5* events from Luhmühlen and Adelaide this year.

H&C+ members get access to all of H&C’s other live streams and can also enjoy our extensive library of masterclasses, rider profiles and documentaries, featuring many of the top names from the equestrian world. Full details on how to join can be found at www.horseandcountry.tv 

ENDS

Media Contact:

 

H&C: Richard Burdett, [email protected] 

About Horse & Country

Horse & Country is the leading international sports network for the passionate and active equestrian community. Headquartered in London, it is available globally via connected TVs, mobile and web and on leading digital and pay-TV platforms in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Australia. Horse & Country’s programming line-up includes live coverage from leading sporting competitions in all equestrian disciplines, as well as training and learning shows, documentaries, and entertainment.

 

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