Inaugurated in 1961, Burghley Horse Trials is a leading example of elite equestrian sport and one of only six CCI5* events in the world, considered a key date in the autumn social calendar and a mecca for shopping – with more than 170,000 visitors over the four days and more than 600 carefully selected exhibitors. Land Rover Burghley hosts an average of 80 of the world’s leading Eventing Athletes annually. In only its second year,1962, Burghley ran the FEI’s European Championship. It went on to host two World Championships (1966 and 1974), six European Championships (1962, 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989 and 1997) and one Young Riders European Championship (1978). No other horse trials site has staged as many Championships. Today the event has become one of the most popular and highly regarded within the equestrian and social calendars and ranks within the UK’s top ten national sporting occasions by attendance. It has also been voted a firm favourite amongst riders from all over the world, securing the coveted L’Annee Hippique award an incredible seven times – a record within international Eventing.