The Queen set to visit Badminton in charity patron role

The Queen will attend Mars Badminton Horse Trials on Friday (8 May) in her role as patron of the Ebony Horse Club, the event’s chosen charity this year.

The Ebony Horse Club, founded in 1996, is a community stables in Brixton, London, which aims to use horses to transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged communities. The charity offers training and career opportunities and cultivates life skills in its beneficiaries, giving them the responsibility of caring for an animal.

The charity’s stand at Badminton is at number 253 Beaufort Way, and the cross-country fence carrying its name, a double of gates on one stride called the Ebony Horse Club Gates, is number 5ab on the five-star cross-country course.

The day The Queen is visiting Badminton Horse Trials, Friday, is the second day of dressage.

As favourites and defending champions Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo are currently set to be the 38th pair to start from a field of 65, pending final withdrawals, it’s likely Ros will be one of the first into the dressage arena on this day – so The Queen will have to arrive promptly if she wants to catch what may well be the best dressage test of the day.

Following the withdrawal of second favourites Oliver Townend and Cooley Rosalent yesterday, data analytics experts EquiRatings give Ros and “Walter” a 38% win chance; Bubby Upton and her stalwart Cola are now second in the prediction centre with an 11% win chance.

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