Sam Griffiths's 2 rides exercising with Paul Tapner on the grey Kilronan

Mary King riding Imperial Cavalier with her groom on Kings Temptress

Laura Collett's Noble Bestman

Vet Mark Lucey checks the temperatures of Mark Todd's horses

Mark Todd is interviewed

Mark Lucey and team

Riders and horses arrive.

Brian Higham and team

Jamie Atkinson's Celtic Fortune is unloaded

Michael Jung looking happy and relaxed

Michael Jung unloading straw and hay

Michael Jung greets Bettina Hoy

A competitors tidy tack box

Michael Jung has arrived!

Early arrivals out for a pick of grass.

An early arrival taking advantage of the glorious weather.

The stable management team take a well earned rest before the competitors flood in.

The main stables courtyard

Jock Paget rolls up

The main arena is ready and waiting for perhaps the most exciting Badminton ever!

We're nearly ready for you!

The Mitsubishi's are ready on display

Welcome to the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials!2013

This fence just keeps getting bigger!

The main court yard stables are quiet (at the moment)

The main court yard stables are quiet (at the moment)

The Organiser's office is now on site. Here we go….

All star 4 stars

View from the Lake fence

All the fences are in place, in cluding the iconic Mitsubishi L200s

The course continues to receive some TLC

The spectator stand beside the HSBC Market Place is ready

Might take a while to move the whole park this way!