Burghley Horse Trials
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CCI-L 5*
01. Gemma Stevens
onChilli Knight (Alfie)
Chilli Knight (Alfie)
Eventing
- Studbook -
- SHBGB
- Gender -
- Gelding
- Height -
- 168 cm
- Color -
- Chestnut
- Level -
- 5*
- Year of birth -
- 2010
Pedigree
- Chilli Knight (Alfie)
- SHBGB
SIRE
- Chilli Morning
- Berl- Brand
DAM
- Kings Gem
- SHBGB
SIRE OF DAM
- Rock King
- SHBGB
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Gemma And Chilli Knight Win Burghley Horse Trials!
The 2026 Defender Burghley Horse Trials could not have gone better for Gemma and Chilli Knight. The pair took the lead right from the start, with a winning dressage score of 29.6. They followed that with a faultless cross-country round, on a very big, very technical course. Going into phase three, Gemma and Chilli Knight had four fences in hand! They held their nerve and rode a consistent, careful round to maintain the top spot!
We're thrilled to have Gemma as an Equimi ambassador. This week she's demonstrated just how much hard work pays off - what a legend!
The first of the 2025 Big B's
Badminton Horse Trials is one of the most incredible events in the world and to get one, let alone two horses fit enough, sound and with the right level of experience and training to be competitive involves so many different people. I am incredibly lucky to be surrounded by the very best team of people and am eternally grateful to each and every one of them - without them, I absolutely would not be able to do what I do.
Having called in for a final Cross Country tune up at the amazing Rosamund Farm with Dickie Waygood (who thoroughly kicked me up the bum when my confidence started to wobble) we arrived at Badminton with Jalapeno (Jala) and Chilli Knight (Alfie).
Both horses gave the performance of their lives in the dressage with Jala sitting in 3rd and Alfie in 10th. Saturday came and it just wasn’t Jala’s day – we had a naughty glance off early in the course and given her age and experience I decided to call it a day. Alfie however was on actual fire to come home clear, and as the first inside the time. What a special, special horse he is! This made what happened on Sunday even tougher when he went into the show jumping in 3rd place. I was under no illusion that we would win it with both Oliver Townend and Ros Canter sitting above us, but I had thought we might nab a podium place given how incredible Alfie usually is on the last day of a big one. But, it just wasn’t to be. He had a seriously uncharacteristic number of poles down meaning we dropped out of the top 10. Knowing my horses inside out, and feeling how hard he was having to try in that show jumping ring, I knew something wasn’t right with him so we rushed home and got our amazing vet out to see him straight away. He’s very happily enjoying a little holiday as my suspicions that something wasn’t quite right were confirmed. He’ll be absolutely fine and ready and raring to go again super soon!
Serious weekend of competing starting at Burnham Market
I was really pleased with (most of) our dressage performances, and all 5 horses jumped the most incredible clear show jumping rounds but we only ran Chilli’s Jester around the Cross Country. Having missed out on Thoresby, he needed his 3* qualification which he got very beautifully.
My decision not to run the others was based on the fact they had all had fantastic runs at Thoresby and my feeling was they didn’t need another run when the ground was on the firm side. Not an easy choice to make as a competitor but my owners were extremely supportive and completely in agreement. It is a little soul destroying putting that much work in over a long 4 days and not coming home with results, but my horses welfare and longevity are more important, they are very precious.
It’s no one’s fault it hasn’t rained for weeks on end, that’s life and we have to deal with everything it throws at us.
Thank you to Musketeer at Burnham Market for putting on a fantastic event. I’m sad I didn’t get to blast around the course.
Straight to Pyecombe Monday for some jumping.
I think I jumped 11 rounds! From proper babies all the way up to our top horses having a spin around the 1.40m!
I was completely thrilled with everyone and we managed mostly clear rounds, a 2nd in the 1.30m and a WIN with our amazing Dime bar in the 1.40m beating some very good combinations. I was first in and last out of the ring!