2026 Inside Burghley Diaries : Wednesday - Drama Before Dressage

The Burghley Diaries are officially OPEN. 🎙️

It's Wednesday, it's absolutely chucking it down and Nicole is in the middle of it all as Burghley week gets underway.

Tilly Berendt joins us fresh from a very soggy course walk to talk through a brilliantly wide-open field, why she's firmly Team Sarah Bullimore and Corimiro, and whether this could be the year the usual Burghley trends get ripped up.

Then, THEY MADE IT. 600km from Scone to Burghley, three and a half days on bikes and nearly £18,000 raised. Andrew Ransford and Henry Kinchin join us to talk through the challenge and the slightly alarming suggestion that £35k might get them back on the bikes to Cornbury.

There's a quick visit from Lily Meade before Wednesday delivers its first proper bit of Burghley drama: David Doel and Galileo Nieuwmoed are OUT. Nicole and Annie jump straight back on to work out what that means for the competition and a LOT of Eventing Manager teams.

Highlights

• A soaking wet Tilly reports back from the course
• Why Sarah Bullimore and Corimiro have Tilly's heart
• Dark horses and Burghley first-timers
• 600km DONE for the Scone to Burghley team
• A glimpse inside Team Meade with Lily
• David Doel and Galileo Nieuwmoed withdraw
• Time to rethink those Burghley predictions and Eventing Manager teams

Guests

Tilly Berendt
Eventing Nation journalist, Burghley expert and, today, very soggy course-walker.

Andrew Ransford & Henry Kinchin
Fresh from cycling 600km from Scone to Burghley for Riders Minds and the British Eventing Support Trust.

Lily Meade
Giving us a quick peek inside Team Meade ahead of a huge week for Harry.

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