Ros Canter Explained

Ros Canter
Birth Date:13 January 1986
Show-Medals:yes

Rosalind Canter (born 13 January 1986) is a British equestrian who competes in eventing. She is the 2018 World Champion. On Monday, 8 May 2023 she won the Badminton Horse Trials riding Lordships Graffalo. She won gold medal in Team eventing at 2024 Paris Olympics.

Early life

Canter grew up on the family farm in Hallington, Lincolnshire.

She attended Kidgate Junior School in Louth,[1] and was also a competitive swimmer in the mid-1990s, with her sister Megan.[2] She also competed in cross country running, when at the grammar school in Louth, alongside her sister Harriet. And with Harriet, and her other sister Megan, she played hockey for Louth Ladies and Louth Juniors.[3] Both Megan and Harriet also competed in equestrian events, in the 1990s.

She has a degree in sports science from Sheffield Hallam University.[4]

Career

Canter's CCI **** results include finishing fifth at the 2017 Badminton Horse Trials on Allstar B, and ninth at the 2017 Luhmühlen Horse Trials on Zenshera. She then won team gold and finished fifth individually at the 2017 European Eventing Championships on Allstar B, before finishing seventh at the 2017 Stars of Pau on Zenshera. In May 2018, she finished third at the Badminton Horse Trials on Allstar B.

Canter won two golds at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, riding Allstar B.[5] She is the fifth British rider to become World Champion in Eventing, after Mary Gordon-Watson (1970), Lucinda Green (1982), Virginia Leng (1986), and Zara Phillips (2006).

In 2022 she competed with Lordships Graffalo in the World Eventing Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro as a member of the British Team,[6] where they finished 4th individually and as a team.

CCI5* Results

Results
EventKentuckyBadmintonLuhmühlenBurghleyPauAdelaideBicton
201537th (Allstar B)
2016WD (Allstar B)25th (Allstar B)
20175th (Allstar B)9th (Zenshera)7th (Zenshera)
2018 (Allstar B) (Zenshera)5th (Zenshera)
20195th (Zenshera)
2020Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19
2021Cancelled due to Covid-19Cancelled due to Covid-19 (replaced by Chedington Bicton Five Star)Cancelled due to Covid-194th (Pencos Crown Jewel)
2022 (Lordships Graffalo) 12th (Allstar B)
2023 (Lordships Graffalo) 9th (Pencos Crown Jewel)EL (Pencos Crown Jewel) (Izilot DHI) 24th (Pencos Crown Jewel)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

International Championship Results

Results
YearEventHorsePlacingNotes
2011 World Young Horse Championships AprobantaCCI*
2016 World Young Horse ChampionshipsPencos Crown Jewel30thCCI**
2017 European Championships Allstar BTeam
5thIndividual
2018 World Equestrian GamesAllstar B Team
Individual
2020World Young Horse ChampionshipsIzilot DHIELCCI***
2021 European ChampionshipsAllstar B Team
45thIndividual
2022 World ChampionshipsLordships Graffalo 4thTeam
4thIndividual
2023 European ChampionshipsLordships Graffalo Team
Individual
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

Notable Horses

Notes and References

  1. Louth Standard Friday 24 December 1993, page 2
  2. Louth Standard Friday 28 July 1995, page 14
  3. Louth Standard Friday 19 February 1999, page 22
  4. Web site: Biography . Ros Canter Eventing . 21 September 2018.
  5. Web site: World Equestrian Games: Great Britain take team eventing gold as Ros Canter wins individual title . BBC Sport . 17 September 2018 . 21 September 2018.
  6. Web site: Eventing World Championships Participants . FEI.org . 11 July 2022 . FEI . 26 September 2022.