HomeNigel Bunter - Chairman
Nigel has been a racehorse owner since 1998 and bought Barbury Castle Estate in 2003. As the estate owner he is wholly responsible for the direction and future viability of the estate including the farming and equestrian businesses.
A discussion with David Green, the Australian Olympic Event rider and near neighbour, started Nigel thinking about eventing. That was in 2004 and by July 2005 Barbury had hosted its first event – an international CIC*** with the worlds top riders competing over the old gallops and downland. Since then, the horse trials have gone from strength to strength and in 2008 will host one of the final runs of the British Olympic Eventing team prior to their departure to Beijing.
David Green - Competition Director
Winner of a team gold medal in Eventing for Australia at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, David works closely with Captain Mark Phillips to design challenging cross-country courses at all levels for both the riders and the horses.
David’s family love the countryside round Wiltshire and what makes it a real dream for him – both as an eventing trainer and in his role as Competition Director, is that it offers the terrain and ground conditions which are perfect for training competition horses. David’s yard has become the first choice for the Australian Eventing team when they come over to the UK and it also provides him with a great base from which to train other up and coming riders.
Chris Musgrave - Event Director
Chris runs his own estate management company of which part of his portfolio now includes the Barbury Castle Estate. He has been associated with the Marlborough Downs for nearly twenty five years and prior to Nigel Bunter buying Barbury Castle, Chris helped run the ‘Marlborough Cup’ for the previous owners.
His role is to co-ordinate all the many factions that go to make Barbury the great success that it is!
Holly Farr - Event Secretary
Married to Chris, Holly has two boys - Thomas and Sam. Used to Event but now owns 2 horses who are ridden by Julie Tew.
Holly is responsible for organizing the CIC***, CIC**, Retrained Racehorse Championships, Novice and Burghley Loddon Young Event Horse Qualifier competitions. She also organises all the Officials involved with the competition as well as all of the shopping village and food outlets. In her spare time, she also organises the evening entertainment for owners and riders !
Sue Frawley - Event and Hospitality Manager
Sue runs a successful local HR and call centre company, and has worked with Nigel Bunter for some 19 years !
Sue is responsible for organizing all of the catering and bar provisions for the prestigious title sponsor, St. James’s Place, alongside the Barbury Club. Sue co-ordinates the management team in order to ensure that the Barbury International Horse Trials goes from strength to strength.
Winnie Murphy – PR/Press Officer
Winnie Murphy was Press Officer for the sport for some 11 years before leaving British Eventing to go freelance with her own event Public Relations and Media operation. She continues to work with a number of eventing fixtures and Barbury is the newest addition to her portfolio. As well as working with events, Winnie has been involved with the British Equestrian Team, accompanying them to numerous Championships including last year’s Olympic Games in Hong Kong as part of Team GB.
