Emma Hyslop-Webb admitted competing at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials still feels like a childhood dream.

The 42-year-old from Melton Mowbray will star in the world-renowned three-day CCI5* event just a stone’s throw from her Leicestershire base as she travels to the competition just 40 minutes away at the iconic grounds of Burghley House in Stamford.

Hyslop-Webb will return to compete on 11-year-old Jeweetwel, with the proximity to her home ensuring she will have plenty of supporters in attendance from Thursday this week.

“[Competing at Burghley] is a childhood dream,” she said. “It is something that you continually strive for and it's just great to be going back.

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