The MARS Badminton Horse Trials are delighted to welcome back international Grand Prix rider and Olympic-level coach Anna Ross to present the Dressage Display in the main arena on both Thursday and Friday at lunchtime at 12.30pm.

Based in Devon, Anna runs Anna Ross Dressage, a sales and training facility where she trains, produces and develops horses and riders for international competition, from young horses through to Grand Prix and Championship level.

Anna has represented Great Britain internationally for more than 25 years, competing at the European Championships, Aachen CDIO, London Olympia, World Cup qualifiers, and the World Championships for Young Horses. Career highlights include an individual 10th place at the European Championships and victory in the World Cup qualifier in Warsaw.

Alongside her competitive career, Anna is widely respected as a leading international coach. She has trained riders competing at Olympic, World Championship, European Championship, Youth Championship and Pan American Games level, producing both horses and athletes for Championship teams.

Anna will be supported during the demonstrations by Beth Bainbridge, an international dressage winner in her own right and Anna’s Head Rider of 15 years. Beth has played a key role in producing horses through the levels and brings extensive experience in training and competition to the demonstrations.

Anna’s contribution to the sport has been recognised with the British Equestrian Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dressage, and the prestigious Davison Award at Olympia.

Anna is also a regular contributor to the Dressage pages in Horse & Hound, and has frequently been part of the Dressage headset commentary team at Badminton.

The Horses – both due to embark on their Grand Prix careers this year.

Furst Encore, also known as Fergus, is an 11-year-old gelding who has had over 70% scores at Prix St George and is well on his way to Grand Prix. No stranger to a master class this pocket rocket has already strutted his stuff at the British Dressage Championships.

My Pride, also known as Marvellous Marvin, is a nine-year-old gelding who represented Great Britain at the young horse world championships as a six-year-old and has been carefully developed since then.

The display will be compered by Desi Dillingham MBE – former Chair of British Dressage as well as a fundraiser for our Olympic Teams since the 1980’s.