Rosalind Amy Canter (born 13 January 1986) is a British equestrian who competes in eventing. She is the 2018 World Champion. On Monday, 8 May 2023 and Sunday, 11 May 2025 she won the Badminton Horse Trials riding Lordships Graffalo both times. On Sunday, 10 May 2026 she won Badminton Horse Trials for a third time riding Lordships Graffalo, making history as the first horse and rider pair to win Badminton 3 times. On the 7th of September 2025 she also won the Defender Burghley Horse Trials on Lordships Graffalo for the second year running. She won a 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,Louth Standard Friday 24 December 1993, page 2 and was also a competitive swimmer in the mid-1990s, with her sister Megan.Louth Standard Friday 28 July 1995, page 14 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.Louth Standard Friday 19 February 1999, page 22 Both Megan and Harriet also competed in equestrian events, in the 1990s.
She has a degree in sports science from Sheffield Hallam University.
Career Canter's CCI **** results include wins at both Badminton Horse Trials in 2023, 2025 and 2026, the Burghley Horse Trials in 2024 and 2025 on Lordships Graffalo, and at Stars of Pau in 2023 on Izilot DHI. At the Tokyo and Paris Olympics (2020 and 2024 respectively) she won team gold with Lordships Graffalo. She 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. 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, where they finished 4th individually and as a team.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, held in Paris, Canter won a gold medal in Team Eventing, alongside Laura Collett and Tom McEwen.
CCI5* Results Results Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide Bicton201537th (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-192021Cancelled 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)2024RET (Izilot DHI) (Lordships Graffalo) RET (Izilot DHI)2025 (Lordships Graffalo) (Izilot DHI) (Lordships Graffalo)2026 (Lordships Graffalo) EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
International Championship Results Results Year Event Horse PlacingNotes 2011 World Young Horse Championships AprobantaCCI* 2016 World Young Horse ChampionshipsPencos Crown Jewel30thCCI** 2017 European Championships Allstar BTeam5thIndividual 2018 World Equestrian Games Allstar B TeamIndividual2020World Young Horse ChampionshipsIzilot DHIELCCI*** 2021 European Championships Allstar B Team45thIndividual 2022 World Championships Lordships Graffalo 4thTeam4thIndividual 2023 European Championships Lordships Graffalo Team Individual 2024 Olympics Lordships Graffalo Team 21st Individual EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
Notable Horses
Zenshera 2018 Luhmuhlen 5* third place Allstar B 2017 European Championships - team gold, individual 5th 2018 Badminton Horse Trials third place 2018 World Equestrian Games - team & individual gold 2021 European Championships - team gold Lordships Graffalo 2022 Badminton Horse Trials runner up 2023 Badminton Horse Trials winner 2023 European Championships - team & individual gold 2024 Olympics - team gold 2024 Burghley Horse Trials winner 2025 Badminton Horse Trials winner 2025 Burghley Horse Trials Winner 2026 Badminton Horse Trials winner Izilot DHI 2023 Pau 5* winner 2024 Pau 5* runner-up 2025 Luhmühlen 5* winner
References
External links
Ros Canter at British Equestrian
Rosalind Canter at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)