Powell Wins Burghley

Christchurch equestrian star Scotland-based Caroline Powell, 37, is the first New Zealand woman to win the prestigious four-star Burghley Horse Trials held in Lincolnshire. Riding 17-year-old grey Lenamore, Powell held off local favourite William Fox-Pitt, the winner in three of the past five years, as Lenamore went clear over the 12 show-jumping obstacles with a rail to spare. “I’m absolutely amazed. I never, ever thought that was going to happen to me, or Lenamore,” Powell said after hoisting the prized silver plate and pocketing the winner’s cheque of $17,. Powell will next compete in the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky on her other regular mount Mac Macdonald.