ZARA TINDALL will ride on home soil at the Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa Gatcombe Park event from Friday to Sunday.

Last year’s winner Dan Jocelyn plus Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson, Tina Cook and William Fox-Pitt will also take part.

Christian Landolt the owner of the Whatley Manor Hotel has announced that the Hotel will continue its sponsorship of the event for a further three years.

Run for the 24rd consecutive year, the cross country utilises a different area of the Gatcombe Park Estate to that used by the Festival of British Eventing, which took place in early August.

This year a new CIC**course has been designed by Mark Phillips whilst the other three courses have, as usual, been designed by HRH The Princess Royal.

Gatcombe Park is situated at Hampton Fields, mid-way between Minchinhampton and Avening; the event will be signposted from both directions. Spectator admission is £6 for a car and occupants and £4 for a programme.

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