Belsay International Horse Trials 2026
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15 – 17 May 2026, what a weekend!
Belsay International 2026 marked a huge step up for us. We introduced many exciting changes, including a new site layout and enhanced visitor experiences.
For the last 10 months, we have worked tirelessly to develop the event into a true 4* venue, and we were blown away by the entries we received. We welcomed competitors from 16 different nations across the weekend, along with legends of the sport such as CCI5* winners Laura Collett and London 52, Ros Canter and Izilot DHI, and Caroline Harris with D Day, who all finished in the top three of our feature class, the Houghton Country CCI4*-S. Also joining us were reigning World Champion, Yasmin Ingham with Banzai du Loir, Olympic individual silver and team gold medallist Tom McEwen, with 7 horses including J L Dublin, as well as the legendary Pippa Funnell and Billy Walk On.
There were many highlight moments over and above the outstanding equestrian sport, The Healing Power of the Horse Masterclass, the Dachshund Derby and The Rock Choir Performance deserve a mention!
For us, it was just a complete honour to have such incredible support from some of the very best in the sport. From the feedback received so far, we feel we have truly solidified our place on the Eventing Calendar as one of THE events to attend.
Thank you to all those who attended Belsay International 2026 and for making the weekend such a success. See you all next year!
14 – 16 May 2027
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About Belsay
Belsay Horse Trials was started in 2013 by Laura and Peter de Wesselow, who live at Belsay and represent the current generation of the Middleton family. Over the past 13 years, Belsay has become an important international fixture, hosting the Pony and Junior National championships for five years until 2025 as well as classes up to CCI3*.
In 2025, Belsay hosted the Chatsworth replacement fixture with a CCI4*-S and CCI2*, as well as Advanced and Novice classes.
Following the success of this event, Belsay has now been awarded CCI4* status going forward and we are incredibly excited for this next phase of our development as a leading fixture in the British Eventing calendar.
Our thanks must go to all of our very generous sponsors, whose financial support has been so crucial in setting up Belsay Horse Trials. We are also extremely grateful to all the doctors, veterinary surgeons, farriers, judges, starters, timekeepers, jump judges, scorers and the many volunteers who give up their time so generously and without whose help running this event would not be possible.