by bramhamadmin | Dec 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
As the festive period approaches, the organisers of the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials are delighted to round off their 50th anniversary year with the announcement of Equine Pathways UK as their charitable partner for 2025. Running 5 – 8 June, planning for next year is well underway and the box office is now open, just in time to secure tickets for the ideal Christmas gift.
The Leeds-based charity offers equine assisted therapy to help improve the lives of children and adults with mental and physical disabilities. Horses form strong connections with humans and that unique bond is harnessed to help with emotional challenges, mental health issues and neurodiverse conditions to develop confidence, self-esteem and comfort. Many of the horses at the centre have been rescued and carefully rehabilitated to support therapy sessions, workshops and experiences which enrich both the horses and participants.
Founded by Carole Taylor nearly a decade ago at Carr Hall Farm, her life-long home, Equine Pathways UK works closely with national charities including Mind, Barnardos and Macmillan Cancer Support as well as local organisations and schools. Their valuable work is making a strong impression in the Leeds area with their services recognised by the Yorkshire Choice Awards, The Duke of York Awards and the Lord Mayor of Leeds and the Community Initiative Award.
“We are over the moon to have been named charity partner of the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials in 2025. The event will be a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of the voluntary led service we provide for children and adults through our therapy based equine assisted programmes,” said Carole.
“We’re solely reliant on raising money to fund our activity and the money raised at Bramham will allow us to continue our pioneering Young Lives Empowerment Programme, which supports young people through life changing and challenging situations.
“It’s our 10th anniversary next year and we cannot think of any better way to celebrate than being the charity partner at this international event,” she added.
The Bramham team is busily finalising the 2025 timetable, and all the showcase competitions make a return. The showcase Defender CCI4*-L, the Under 25 CCI4*-L and the Defender CCI4*-S sections will provide the main attraction as Andrew Heffernan makes his cross-country course design debut. Britain’s brightest amateurs tackle the NAF Five Star BE 80 National Championships with elite showjumping classes, Pony Club showjumping and mounted games, showing, youngstock, breeding and hunter showing competitions and the ever-popular Saracen Horse Feeds Arena Eventing with 90cm and 100cm classes to provide equestrian entertainment supreme.
It’s not only about the horses in one of the most stunning parks in Yorkshire, the trade stand village of over 130 outlets keep the shoppers happy while the foodies will enjoy a food hall and catering and refreshment options for every taste. At Bramham, we’re champions of sustainability and once again, we’ll be working hard to continue to reduce the carbon footprint of the event on our environment with a number of initiatives including ‘zero to landfill’ thanks to Wetherby Skip Services.
The Bramham Box Office is now open to secure tickets, memberships and camping passes – the perfect Christmas gift.
You could also support Equine Pathways UK by sponsoring one of their ponies on someone’s behalf for the year or maybe purchase a mug as a stocking stuffer. Or why not make a donation in lieu of a gift or cards this year?
Event Director Nicholas Pritchard commented, “It’s been a fantastic year at Bramham with so many milestones – our 50th anniversary and the first year of Defender as title sponsors were the ultimate highlights with some amazing memories made too. Every year brings a new chapter in the event’s long and rich history and we’re already looking forward to 2025. The work of our charity, Equine Pathways UK, is inspiring and the help their sessions give to those in need locally showcase the magic of horses to heal. We couldn’t be prouder to have them on board and look forward to working with them to showcase what they achieve at Carr Hall Farm.
“I have to end the year with a thank you to everyone who comes together each year to make the horse trials a huge success – the riders and their teams, the sponsors, the volunteers, the spectators, officials, tradestands, contractors and of course, the horses. On behalf of the team at Bramham Park, I wish everyone a merry Christmas and prosperous New Year for 2025. See you in June!”
Follow us on, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook – a visit to the website www.bramham-horse.co.uk will give you all the info you need to plan your visit during 5 – 8 June 2025.
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by bramhamadmin | Oct 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
As the colour of autumn takes over the iconic Park at Yorkshire’s Bramham estate, the organising team behind the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials are busily planning 2025, which takes place 5 – 8 June. After 15 years as Bramham’s cross-country course designer, we said a sad farewell to Ian Stark this year, however, today we are proud to name Andrew Heffernan as his successor.
Andrew has been a professional rider for over 20 years, representing The Netherlands at Olympic, World and European Championships as well as completing at Badminton and Burghley. He’s had firsthand experience of the Bramham Park turf having ridden round as a competitor on six occasions, including a top ten finish in 2010. More recently, he has expanded into elite coaching, team management and cross-country course designing. He and wife Millie are based at the expansive competition, schooling and livery venue Somerford Park Farm, run by Millie and her family, and it’s here his love of course designing began.
Getting design experience at national level has quickly developed into involvement at international events. Andrew is now qualified to 4* level under the mentorship and guidance of Ian Stark, and course builder David Evans, who will continue to work at Bramham Park with Andrew.
The challenge ahead is something Andrew is clearly relishing; “Excited doesn’t even come close to the way I feel about taking on the role as designer at Bramham,” he declared. “I’m extremely grateful that Nick and Rachel Lane Fox and Nick Pritchard have shown so much belief in me and given me what can only be described as a career changing opportunity. To take over the reins from someone like Ian Stark is a huge honour. He has helped me enormously over the years with my designing and I’m hoping he will be there for me to lean on for a good few years to come! Bramham is a unique venue. With its topography and terrain, it is a course designer’s dream and the team at Bramham has been so welcoming, I really can’t wait to get cracking!” Andrew said.
Andrew has shadowed Ian and David for the last two years at Bramham Park and has developed a good working knowledge of the Park and it’s many features – and he and David have already been out planning for next year.
Defender CCI4*-L 2024 champion Harry Meade has given the appointment his endorsement; “With its gentle undulations and the bold designs of Ian Stark, Bramham has long been one of the best events in the calendar as well as one of the few that truly prepares horses for five-star level. With Ian’s retirement, it’s great news that his protégé Andrew Heffernan will take over at Bramham, and I’m sure that Andy will continue this same language of design that so successfully encourages forward riding. We’ll look forward to tackling this next chapter in Bramham’s story,” he commented.
Event Director Nicholas Pritchard added; “We’re delighted to welcome Andrew to the Bramham team, and he’s already settled in well. His credentials as a rider, trainer and now course builder are first rate, and we know he’s learned from the very best. Bramham is renowned for our cross-country courses and for many riders, it’s a proving ground for horses to go on to five star and championship levels and we’re confident Andrew will continue to uphold this, but with his own unique input. I’m sure competitors and spectators alike are looking forward to Andrew’s debut course in 2025.”
The box office for the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials 2025 opens on 01 December – just in time for Christmas presents – but in the meantime, our website hosts the latest news and event information, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for regular insight:
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by bramhamadmin | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Wiltshire-based rider Harry Meade has been coming to compete at Bramham for some 23 years and has had a number of top placings, but today he realised an ambition in standing atop the podium for the first time, emulating his father Richard Meade, who won in 1975. Riding Stephen and Dinah Posford and Jules Carter’s Annaghmore Valoner, he jumped the perfect clear round to finish on his dressage score and take the show piece Defender CCI4*-L at the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials.
After a fantastic Saturday marking Ian Stark’s final cross-country course as designer at Bramham due to his retirement, it was nail-bitingly close heading into today’s final phase, with less than one pole down separating the top five.
Ros Canter and MHS Seventeen have been super consistent all week for owners Lady Milnes Coates and Deirdre Johnston, and a clear today put them in prime position to finish no worse than fourth. Next up was the rising talent of Max Warburton with The Paske Syndicate’s Deerpairc Revelry, who impressed across the country yesterday to rise up the leaderboard with a clear. They too left the poles in position for an immaculate clear.
It was then Harry’s turn with the beautiful mare Annaghmore Valoner. Harry is a master under pressure, which he used to his advantage to conjure a stunning clear, heaping the pressure on overnight leaders, Tom Jackson and S.H.E. Eventing AB’s Ask for Manchier.
Tom admitted that jumping on the final day isn’t the horse’s forte, but his worst fear was realised when they had the first fence down. Keeping his cool, Tom nursed the ‘Manny’ round without further fault, showing his ability to be a great, calm horseman. That dropped them to fifth and handed the 2024 Defender title to Harry.
Harry said afterward; “This is such a special event and I’ve grown up wanting to one day win – I think I first rode here about 23 years ago! I knew the time was tight, but just focused on my game plan. I was so pleased when I came out that we’d nailed it – the warm-up and what went on in the ring. I was so pleased that had gone right, I almost forgot about the competition. I’d been so focused on that performance and it was actually Oliver Townend who told me I’d won because Tom had the first fence down. My instant reaction was ‘oh no, poor Tom’, not the score – particularly when it’s friends, you don’t want to wish anyone ill, just focus on myself.
“I totally love her and have a real soft spot for her – she’s just a lovely, lovely person, there’s not an ounce of malice in her. She’s really talented, but she’s a worrier and she’s one you try and hold her hand to give her latent talent the chance to come to fruition, which just feels as rewarding as any win. You don’t get any better preparation to go five-star than Blenheim and Bramham – for me, she’s got all the ingredients, the bravery, the stamina, the speed, the scope in all three phases.
“Without Bramham, we’d be completely lost – it’s loved by everyone, but we simply couldn’t produce horses for five-star without it. I like every horse to come here, but also it’s such a fun, beautiful place. It’s horse-friendly, rider-friendly – it’s a really happy, relaxed atmosphere, but with a real buzz,” he declared.
On his career best result, Max said; “I’m delighted. I wasn’t quite expecting that result, but I’m absolutely thrilled! The dressage has always been a bit of a weak phase and we’ve spent a lot of time and effort, so I was thrilled with that. I put a lot of pressure on myself at Badminton and had a completion, but I came away thinking ‘just settle down’, have more of a plan and don’t set out all gung ho – and that definitely worked. I was a bit more cool and it worked. It’s a dream – I work day in and day out and this is what you ride them for. Bramham’s a fantastic show!”
Third-placed Ros had this to say about her ride: “He is an amazing jumper – he’s probably one of the best I’ve had. Just before I went in, everyone stopped and watched him. He does fill you with confidence and he’s getting better and better. He used to be a little bit careful, a bit stiff, but now he’s getting really fluent as well – he’s just good fun to ride in the jumping.
“I was absolutely over the moon with him yesterday. He is such a careful horse, as you’ve seen today, and I felt it was a big ask to go round Bramham, but I wanted to come here and see what he was made of. We had a few jumps where he went a bit green, but what I was so thrilled about was how he carried on afterwards and gained in confidence all the way around,” she said.
Ros also had a great ride in the CCI4*-S on her Olympic hopeful horse, Lordships Graffalo, also known as Walter, and she added; “I ran at Bicton a few weeks ago and felt there was a few things I wanted to tune up a little bit and they all came off as I wanted them to here. Walter’s had a thoroughly nice time and a lovely day out!”
So, the 2024 50th birthday edition of the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials comes to an end. Thank you to everyone who supported our special anniversary event – it’s been a year of reminiscing and making new memories. See you 5–8 June next year!
by bramhamadmin | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Sunday finale to the CCI4*-L U25 at the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials was all about clear jumping rounds. Warwickshire-based rider Emma Thomas, riding her own The Buzz Factor, held her nerve to produce an immaculate clear under the pressure of knowing she couldn’t have a fence down and still take the class and the coveted British U25 Champion crown.
Going into the final phase, third-placed Isabel White and Icarus put the pressure on with a great round, which earned just 1.6 time penalties with all the poles in place, to end their event on 50.3. Next in was Cassie Sanger from the USA with the second of her two rides, Fernhill Zoro. Cassie expertly piloted the athletic bay and he didn’t look like touching a pole – clear all the way to remain on their two-day total of 43.6.
It was then down to the wire for Emma and The Buzz Factor, a horse she’d originally bought eight years ago to do Pony Club eventing – they could afford some time faults, but not a fence. Emma looked brimming with confidence, having had a corker of a ride across the country yesterday, and the dark bay looked like the 10-minute course hadn’t taken anything out of him. They were faultless all the way and Emma let out a little squeal of joy as she cleared the final fence – fittingly, title sponsor Defender’s branded jump.
After a taking in her lap of honour, Emma said; “I feel amazing… and it’s a massive relief, actually! It’s so hard because I know he’s so capable of it, but anything can go wrong in a split second and I so didn’t want to mess up.
“I was thrilled with his [dressage] test – the score wasn’t great, but he was really in the mix, so you have to let that go. He was really rideable and with me the whole way, which was lovely. Cross-country yesterday, I was absolutely thrilled with him. He’s not been to a big party in about 18 months, so I got on and he was very fresh in the warm-up and out of the start box, but once he settled into a rhythm, we really got going. I had a run-out on him at the arrowhead at the top of the hill here two years ago, so once I’d jumped that I had a little internal ‘woo hoo, yes’, then had to refocus. Today, I really tried not to overthink it. I walked the course and I just tried to treat it like I was jumping at my local show. He’s not the most conventional, but I love sitting on him, and he really tries and is so scopey. I just love him so much, I owe my whole career to him,” she said with clear emotion.
Second-placed Bramham debutante Cassie Sanger is now a firm fan of the event. She said; “I feel really relieved to be done – it’s been a long week and quite stressful, but a really fun experience. Two horses have kept me busy, but I really like having my duo. It’s really nice to have two – if you make a mistake on one, you have a shot at redemption – the second time out you just feel more confident too.
“My first horse, Redfield Fyre, is so green and he’s exceeded our expectations this spring. We never expected this – it was only about a month ago that we decided to enter. He’s such a good cross-country horse, but the dressage is a struggle for him, and it definitely was, but that’s okay because he’s just going to keep getting better and better. On Fernhill Zoro, I was hoping to put down our best test yet and I did far from that! On Friday afternoon, it was definitely a struggle to get my head back where it needed to be, but I’m proud that I was able to do that and go out on Saturday and just give it everything I had.
“Bramham is different to what I thought it’d be. I was told it was hardest four-star there is and it really is – everything is just the highest calibre. It’s such an exciting competition,” she said.
Third placed Isabel White reflected on her week with Icarus; “I’m absolutely thrilled with him. I’d hoped to have a good week, but I can’t quite believe we’re on the podium! My dressage didn’t quite go to plan – I thought he’d really light up with the atmosphere and he didn’t at all – and we slightly overworked him, but he redeemed himself and jumped brilliantly.
“I’ve had him three and half years now, and he’s come on a long way and really strengthened up now. This is definitely the biggest atmosphere he’s ever seen and I can’t believe how well he’s coped, really. He’s quite shy in the stable, but loves a crowd and really comes to life when ridden. I’d like to think we could go five-star – he made the cross-country feel easy, which is a relief,” she summed up.
Full results are available on https://bit.ly/DefenderBIHT2024timesandresults.
Diary date: Defender Bramham International Horse Trials 2025 – 5- 8 June.
by bramhamadmin | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
British Olympic hopefuls Kitty King and Vendredi Biats certainly gave the team selectors a clear message with their storming victory in the Defender CCI4*-S section at the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials.
It was fellow Paris 2024 contenders Ros Canter and Archie and Michele Saul’s Lordships Graffalo who started the day in pole position, following a super clear in the morning’s showjumping phase. However Ros elected to give ‘Walter’ a steady round across the country rather than pressing on for a competitive finish. It was a classy performance nonetheless and will have showed their prowess ahead of final selection for the Paris trip.
The early charge for a podium place was cemented by the consistent duo of Kazuma Tomoto and Vinci de la Vigne JRA for Japan, who purred round after a clear showjumping round to clock up just 6.8 time faults, which ensured they’d keep their third place at least.
Ireland’s Austin O’Connor and the ever-popular Colorado Blue, owned by The Salty Syndicate, were the next pairing to secure a podium place with a classy round in Bramham Park in the effortless style we’ve come to expect from this pair – could it be enough to secure their place at the Games? They were just one of a few to make the time and finish on their dressage score – second place was theirs at worst.
It was all down to the indomitable partnership of Kitty King and Vendredi Biats, owned by Diana Bown, Samantha Wilson, Sally Lloyd-Baker and John Eyre. They were faultless over the coloured poles in the Defender Arena, before heading out on the cross-country course knowing they had a margin of just 0.8 penalties or two seconds. Kitty was trialing a new bit because the usual combination she uses has been deemed illegal by the international governing body, so – just weeks away from a potential team call-up – she needs a new alternative that suits both her and the sensitive French-bred gelding.
She started cautiously, but looked in complete control and entirely at ease. They grew in confidence and progressed as if on rails, meeting each fence in the perfect rhythm and jumping with ease. The clock was counting down as the fences were successfully negotiated and they cantered through the finish to stop the clock on 6.30 – well inside the time for the fastest round of the day. It was a second Braham win for the pairing, having already taken the CCI4*-L title in 2019.
Kitty admitted to it being an emotional win; “We haven’t had the best build-up to Bramham with the news that the FEI banned my normal cross-country bit that he’s gone in for seven years, and it’s been tricky trying to find a new combination that works for us both. He also got pus in the foot ahead of Bicton, so missed that vital run so I knew everything was riding on Bramham. It’s also been a bad start to the week – I had to have my dog put down on Monday and a family member hasn’t been well at all – but I won on the Premium Bonds on Wednesday, so it’s got better, and ‘Froggy’s’finished it really well. It was great to have a spin round on Louis [Crystal Fontaine] first – he was super. It really helped me know where to move and save a bit of time and he was much improved from Bicton.
“It’s a massive relief and it’s fantastic he’s gone so well and pulled it out of the bag for me again. It was a good week – in the end,” she reflected.
The final combination to take to the cross-country course, Aaron Millar and Alex Van Tuyll’s Count Onyx, had a great round with just 3.2 time penalties after a clear show jumping to rise from 12th after dressage to fourth overall. The top six was completed by 2022 winning rider Izzy Taylor, this time riding SBH Big Wall for owner Jane Timms in fifth, while Kitty finished sixth with her other ride, Cristal Fontaine, owned by Alex and Camilla Wakeley.
For full results, please visit: https://bit.ly/DefenderBIHT2024timesandresults.
by bramhamadmin | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Defender CCI4*-L got the cross-country action underway in the glorious Bramham Park, and it was Dorset-based rider Aaron Millar and Cooley Exchange who acted as pathfinders over Ian Stark’s finale as course designer at the Defender Bramham International Horse Trials.
The first of the leading pack to head out on the course was Ros Canter with Lady Milne Coates and Deirdre Johnston’s MHS Seventeen, who led the dressage on day one but were relegated to second place by Tom Jackson and Ask for Manchier on Friday. Ros is heralded as one of the best riders across the country and her round with ‘Vinnie’ certainly proved it, with Ian Stark crediting it as his round of the day. It has a great display to stop the clock at 10.24, five seconds over the time to give two time penalties for a two-phase total of 31.9, which set the target.
Soon after came last year’s CCI4*-S champions, Selina Milnes and the Rucker’s Cooley Snapchat, and it looked as though their previous trip around Bramham put them in good stead because they cruised round, stopping the clock with one second to spare – the first combination to make the time, meaning they’d finish the day in fifth place at worst.
Next of the leading contenders was Max Warburton, who impressed in the dressage with Deerpairc Revelry, who he rides for the Paske Syndicate. Max achieved a life’s ambition last month when he completed his first CCI5* at Badminton, so he arrived in Yorkshire brimming with confidence, which has been channeled into his performance here. He and the horse really travelled well and took on Ian’s course in style. They tipped the watch bang on the optimum time of 10.19, perfectly judged to finish on their dressage score of 31.5 and promoting them up the leaderboard, one place over Ros Canter.
Then, it was what the enthusiastic crowds lining the course across the green vista of Bramham Park were eagerly awaiting – our dressage leaders, Tom Jackson and Ask for Manchier, owned by S.H.E. Eventing AB. Tom and ‘Manny’ delivered the round they wanted to see, with the talented grey gelding seemingly jumping for fun despite this being his CCI4*-L debut. They were quick too, delivering the fastest time of the day to remain on their dressage of 28.8, and keeping their top of the podium place going into the final day.
Tom was clearly happy with his morning’s work; “I’m delighted with him. As I’ve previously said, we’ve had a real lack of preparation, so there were a few greener moments, but he finished strong. He’s proved what a strong cross-country horse he is – he felt like we could have gone 30 seconds quicker because he just cruised along in a really nice, easy rhythm and finished really well and confidently,” he said.
“Both horses had really good spins today, so fingers crossed for the both of them. It rides more like a five-star here – the terrain, the size of the fences – you feel you’re having to work quite hard, but it’s the reason we come here. It absolutely delivered today and hopefully Ian [Stark] will be pleased,” he concluded.
The penultimate combination, Harry Meade and Annaghmore Valoner, who he rides for Dinah Posford, Jules Carter, and Stephen Posford, had the chance to improve their placing by one with a good round. They progressed well around the course, taking everything in their stride until the Speedi-Beet Double second element, where an awkward jump was given 15 penalties for missing a flag. Unaware of that, Harry forged on and completed the course in 10.12.
Once the penalties had been relayed to Harry by his support team, he asked for a review. The Ground Jury revisited the footage and agreed that the horse had legally navigated the obstacle, so the penalties were removed to give Harry second place to end the day.
The CCI4*-L U25 is the ideal proving ground for future stars, with some of the sport’s leading names adorning the trophy in days past. Today’s cross-country proved an influential test, with the leaderboard changing considerably. The first combination to go, Britain’s Emma Thomas with Pippa Williams and Rebecca Valarde’s The Buzz Factor, threw down the gauntlet with a super jumping clear and just 3.2 time penalties to add to a dressage of 37.2. That was the target set for the others to beat.
It was the second of Cassie Sanger’s rides, Fernhill Zoro, that proved the most successful. Cassie is over in the UK as part of the US Equestrian Team development squad to earn vital experience, and her two rides around Bramham will have certainly helped hone her cross-country skills. She and Fernhill Zoro skipped round to add 6.4 time penalties to her dressage of 37.2 – the same mark as Emma – to go second.
Isabel White completes the podium with her own Icarus and they too had an impressive trip around Ian Stark’s cross-country track, finishing some 30 seconds over the time to clock up 12.4 time penalties and end the day in third on 48.7.
Dressage leaders Molly Evans and Wellan Graffiti had a miscommunication at the second element of day’s most influential fence, the Speedi-Beet Double at fence 20, and collected 20 penalties, which relegated them down the order.
An elated Emma said; “It was amazing, I was very, very pleased with him. He felt really smooth all the way round – he hasn’t always been the best at long-format, but I really feel we’ve worked out a system now. He went all the way to the end and his time was brilliant – he made a good job of everything. He was my first horse – we bought him as a five-year-old and we’ve come through the levels together, so it was a bit of the blind leading the blind. He’s been very forgiving, it’s been half his inexperience and half mine. Having had the other horse [Icarus X], who’s very brave, I’m much more confident in the way I ride.
“I was really happy with the course. I actually hadn’t intended going straight at the Roundhouse until I saw the first few jump it brilliantly and I thought they were reading that really well. I always love it here, I love Ian’s courses – it’s the best track to prep them for the next level. The waters were really fun to ride this year – big and bold in, big out but still forgiving enough. It’s tough but fair.”
British rider Saffron Cresswell had a fall when going well with Vivendi Hero and the following statement was issued at the conclusion of the cross country:
Update: Saffron Cresswell
Rider Saffron Cresswell (GBR) had a fall on the cross-country course while competing in the CCI4*-L U25 at the Defender Bramham Horse Trials and was immediately attended to by the onsite medical team. She was transferred by road ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary for further assessment. She is comfortable and talking to her family.
Her horse Vivendi Hero was taken back to the stable area by the courtesy ambulance after being checked by the veterinary team and is uninjured.
The family request that their privacy is respected at this time.
The second horse inspection is at 09:00 for the U25 section, followed by the CCI4*-L, before the final jumping phase at 11.30 with the U25 prizes presented at 12:15. The eventing finale gets underway at 13.30 with our champion crowned at 14.30. The annual Bramham curtain-closer, the Wetherby Skips Grand Prix, starts at 16.15.
You can watch the eventing final phases live via Horse & Country TV with a subscription. Full running order and results are available on https://bit.ly/DefenderBIHT2024timesandresults.
