IRELAND'S Austin O'Connor has climbed from 20th after dressage to claim third place at Badminton Horse Trials 2025 thanks to two clear jumping phase performances. He added just 0.4 show jumping time penalties to his dressage score of 30.8 to finish on 31.2.

Victory went to Britain's Ros Canter on her 2023 Badminton and 2024 Burghley winner Lordships Graffalo. Canter clinched the win when her fellow countryman Oliver Townend and the Irish Sport Horse Cooley Rosalent, the leaders after Saturday's cross country, had a costly pole down in the main arena on Sunday. Canter finished on her dressage score of 25.3 and Townend added just 1.2 cross country time penalties to his leading dressage score of 21.1. Cooley Rosalent is by Valent and was bred by J W Rosbotham.