The world class event will be 17yo Alfies Clover’s last hurrah in top international eventing
Richard and Alfie at Burgham Horse Trials 2024
Richard has taken the decision to retire Alfies Clover after his final run at the Burghley 5* Horse Trials in early September.
The 17year old international eventer is fit and fully prepped after an earlier foot perfect outing to Burgham International’s 4* event, and is now ready for his last hurrah in the Burghley dressage ring, around the testing 5* XC course and over the show jumping poles on the final day.
“The horse is happy and enjoying every minute of the build up to the Burghley event, and I owe it to him to keep him that way for as long as I can.”
Alfies Clover has been the star turn at Team Jones yard since he started taking on the testing 5* eventing courses just over 7 years ago. A tenth at Badminton, two 7th place finishes at Burghley, a 6th at Bicton and a place on the reserve squad for the 2022 World Championships are on his stellar career of Top Ten 5* placings.
Burghley looks set to be a very exciting competition this year, with an extremely impressive lineup of riders and horses who are set to take on what is one of the toughest events in the world. The action kicks off next Thursday and Friday with dressage, followed by Cross Country on Saturday, then Show Jumping on Sunday. Watch this space!
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