Picture shows, from left to right: Event Organiser Anthony Ffooks, Olympic bronze medallist William Fox-Pitt and Andrew Hodder, of Whitehead Vizard at Wilton House.

Olympic Eventers William Fox-Pitt, Mary King, Tina Cook, Andrew Hoy, Mark Todd and Clayton and Lucinda Fredericks are topping the line up for the Whitehead Vizard Wilton Horse Trials which will be held in the beautiful grounds of the Wilton Estate near Salisbury, Wiltshire on 1st and 2nd August.

British medallists William Fox Pitt and Mary King won team silver at Athens in 2004 and team bronze in Beijing 2008 where Tina Cook won double bronze (individual and team).

Andrew Hoy has topped the world rankings and won three consecutive Olympic Gold Medals. He has been competing internationally for Australia since 1978.

New Zealand horseman Mark Todd won gold medals in Los Angeles in 1984 and Seoul in1988. As a member of New Zealand’s Eventing "Dream Team" he won gold medals at the World Championships in 1990 and 1998.

Completing the star line up are Clayton and Lucinda Fredericks, the Australian three-day event riders based in Devizes, Wiltshire, who won team silver in Beijing and are regular competitors at Wilton Horse Trials.

Other Wiltshire based riders to watch are Georgie Spence from Foxham, near Chippenham,Louisa Lockwood from Winterbourne Stoke, Vicky Brake from Salisbury and Chris King from Chippenham.

Sponsor Andrew Hodder from Whitehead Vizard Solicitors in Salisbury said: “I am looking forward to watching these world class Eventers in action and am of course looking forward to seeing some local successes. I have the pleasure of presenting the Whitehead Vizard Cup to the winner of Open Intermediate K on the final day of competition and am expecting some close run results.”

Course organiser Anthony Ffooks added: “I am delighted to see such a high class field coming back to Wilton – we must be doing something right!”

For further information about The Whitehead Vizard Wilton Horse Trials, please contact Anthony Ffooks, Church Farm, Lamyatt, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6NP. Tel: 07779 588274 (Mobile) or e-mail him at: ant@lamyatt.demon.co.uk. Website: www.wiltonhorsetrials.co.uk