Northern Horse Magazine – September 2026

Summary

Glyncoch Capoeira, the Royal Welsh Show Supreme Horse, takes the cover of Northern Horse Magazine September 2026 (Issue Number 131), photographed by EquinePix Photography. Editor Barry Reynolds fills the issue with FEI World Championship highlights, Royal Welsh reports and Burgham results.

Burgham International Horse Trials dominates the reports: about 850 horses ran in the Northumbrian countryside between Morpeth and Alnwick. Tim Price won the Holme Dodsworth Metals CCI4*-S Section C on Happy Boy, a 14-year-old owned by Susan Lamb and Therese Miller, rising from 13th after dressage on 32.7 to beat Izzy Taylor and Barrington Boy by 0.2.

Tom McEwen made it two in a row in Section D on Brookfield Quality, the 17-year-old "Norris," leading on 24.2. Caroline Harris won the CCI2-S on the six-year-old Cooley Riddle Master with 26.3. Lord Glitters, a former Group 1 winner of over £200,000 including the 2019 Queen Anne Stakes, took the Tattersalls RoR qualifier with Amber Blythe.

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Content Guide

▸ Burgham International

About 850 horses
Burgham ran with about 850 horses across international, national and unaffiliated classes, in the Northumbrian countryside a few miles from the A1 between Morpeth and Alnwick, as Northumberland's largest international horse trials and part of the Northumberland Challenge with Belsay and Alnwick Ford. Event director Craig Anderson thanked riders, owners, grooms, volunteers, officials, sponsors, contractors and the Hogg family for the land, calling it one of the best Burghams he can remember. Enter one Burgham class next season before the entries close.

Tim Price claims first Burgham title
Tim Price, the world number one from New Zealand, won the Holme Dodsworth Metals CCI4*-S Section C on Happy Boy, a 14-year-old owned by Susan Lamb and Therese Miller. They lay 13th after dressage on 32.7, added 0.4 time faults showjumping, and went one second inside the optimum time on Andrew Heffernan's new CCI4* cross-country track to pass Izzy Taylor. Price said the horse "went like a rat up a drainpipe this time!" and noted he had been dumped on the ground at Luhmühlen. Check your own cross-country time against the optimum before blaming the course.

Izzy Taylor second on Barrington Boy
Izzy Taylor finished second on Barrington Boy, an eight-year-old owned by Johnny Hornby and contesting his first CCI4*-S, leading after dressage and adding 4.8 cross-country time faults to finish 0.2 behind. It was her return to international competition after a serious leg injury in early March. Follow her season rather than writing off the comeback.

p.4 · Tom McEwen makes it two in a row
Tom McEwen, a double Olympic team gold and individual silver medallist, won the Indoor Climate Control CCI4-S Section D for the second year running on Brookfield Quality, a 17-year-old known as Norris, owned by John and Chloe Perry with Alison Swinburn. They led on 24.2 and added nothing across showjumping and cross-country. Tom Jackson was second on United 36, 5.4 behind, with that horse aimed at the Defender Burghley CCI5* in September, and Yasmin Ingham third on the 10-year-old mare Gypsie Du Loir. Compare your own dressage mark with 24.2 before the next outing.

Thoroughbreds take centre stage
Burgham's final day hosted the Thoroughbred and Ex-Racehorse Show, where Abigail Smith and Black Friday won the Hexham Racecourse-sponsored championship, and former Group 1 winner Lord Glitters, shown by Amber Blythe who works for trainer Rebecca Menzies, won the Tattersalls RoR Open In-Hand Show Series Qualifier. Lord Glitters earned over £200,000 in his racing career including the 2019 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot and a Group 1 in Dubai. Look up one ex-racehorse class near you this autumn.

▸ Features

p.12 · Too Hot to Trot — What Could you Learn Instead
This feature asks riders what they could learn instead when it is too hot to ride. Heat is the training limit most owners ignore. Use one hot day for groundwork or in-hand work instead of riding.

p.16 · Nora Aljabr Revives Mounted Archery
Nora Aljabr is profiled for reviving mounted archery. Mounted archery is the discipline that keeps appearing in northern titles. Ask a centre whether it teaches mounted archery before booking.

p.41 · Harriet Clinch Qualifies for HOYS
Harriet Clinch qualifies for HOYS in this feature. Qualification is the story young riders actually follow. Check the HOYS qualifying rules for your own class.

p.45 · Issy & Bear's Remarkable Journey
Issy and Bear's remarkable journey gets a feature page. Partnership stories are the ones readers remember. Write down one thing your own horse has taught you.

▸ Events and Regulars

p.30 · Royal Welsh Show Highlights
The Royal Welsh highlights run here, matching the Glyncoch Capoeira cover. Royal Welsh is the championship that decides the supreme title. Book one Royal Welsh class for next year.

p.20 · FEI World Championship Highlights
FEI World Championship highlights get their own spread. World championships set the standard every rider is measured against. Read the highlights before the next championship cycle.

p.36 · Shire's & Heavy Horses
Shires and heavy horses get a page in the events run. Heavy horses carry the north's showing tradition. Visit one heavy horse class this season.

Pippa Funnell masterclass returns
Pippa Funnell MBE brings her Pony Club masterclass back to the London International Horse Show on Monday 21 December, as the last in the London International Masterclass Series with The Pony Club. Four young riders qualified by winning at The Pony Club National Championships, held 14 to 22 August, through the four sections of the evoke PC100 Eventing Championship. Book one London International ticket before the masterclass sells out.

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Editor's Take

The Burgham reporting is the strongest part of Northern Horse Magazine September 2026, because about 850 horses, Tim Price rising from 13th on 32.7 to win by 0.2, Izzy Taylor returning from a March leg injury, and Tom McEwen's 24.2 on a 17-year-old is results writing with a shape. Lord Glitters winning the RoR qualifier after earning over £200,000 and the 2019 Queen Anne Stakes is the best single fact in the issue. Weakest is the cover, where Glyncoch Capoeira as Royal Welsh Supreme Horse is a fine photograph but the Royal Welsh highlights inside run short, and the Trump Turnberry advertising appears yet again. The mounted archery and art features are slight. Buy this for Burgham; the rest is regional filler.

Strengths
• Burgham gives 850 horses, 32.7 and a 0.2 win
• McEwen's 24.2 on a 17-year-old is a real result
• Lord Glitters gives £200,000 and a Queen Anne win
• Taylor's comeback from a March injury is reported

Weaknesses
• Royal Welsh highlights run short for a cover
• Trump Turnberry advertising appears again

Verdict: Selective read — the Burgham results, too local for everyone else.