History
Blair has run three-day events since 1989, beginning with a National (CCN) two-star, then adding an International (CCI) two-star in 1991. In 1998, the event ran both a CCI* and CCI** for the first time, and in 2003 moved up a level to run CCI*** alongside the existing CCI*. 2006 was another year of change, as the CCI** was reintroduced to run alongside the three- and one-star competitions, making Blair the only event in Britain to run CCI*, CCI** and CCI*** events concurrently. In 2009, the event took on yet another challenge, running two sections of CCI* due to huge entries and introducing a CIC*** as well - a very busy year indeed!
Blair Castle has a strong history of running European Championships, having hosted the FEI European Junior Championships in 1996, and the FEI European Young Rider Eventing Championships in both 2007 and 2011. The event is also the nominated British bid venue to host the senior FEI European Eventing Championships in 2015.
Blair is Scotland’s only three-star three-day event, and one of only 3 such events in Britain (the others being Blenheim and Bramham). Listed below are previous winners at Blair.
Role of Honour
| 1989 | CCN2* | Frances Oakden on her own Jabba The Hutt |
| 1990 | CNC2* | Ann Hardaway (USA) on Mr B Hardaway's In The Red |
| 1991 | CCI2* | Nigel Taylor on Mr J Iona-Smith's Nick Of Time |
| 1992 | CCI2* | Blyth Tait (NZL) on his own Tempo |
| 1993 | CCI2* | Rodney Powell on Mr & Mrs Boucher's Comic Relief |
| 1994 | CCI2* | David O'Connor (USA) on Mr J Zada's Lightfoot |
| 1995 | CCI2* | Nicola Parnell (BER) on Mr E De Sousa's Castle Blayney |
| 1996 | CCI2* | Tiny Clapham on her own Sydney James |
| 1997 |
CCI2* |
Louise Myles on Mrs A Andrew's Just Jeeves Lucinda Fredericks on Miss G McGrath's Daliance |
| 1998 |
CCI2* |
Sally Swiers on Mr P Swiers' Sessay Warrior Kerrie Burge on her own & Mrs M Daykin's Acrobat II |
| 1999 | CCI2* CCI1* |
Ruth Friend on Mrs A Lawson's Matthew II Craig Anderson on Lady Howick's Softly Softly III |
| 2000 | CCI2* CCI1* |
Lucinda Fredericks on Mr S Kean's Tina's Gold Steven James on Mr T Holliday's Instioge Monarch |
| 2001 | CCI2* CCI1* |
Lucy Wiegersma on Mr & Mrs C Perkins' River Vally Lisa Maynard on Mr P Scott's Sky Sport |
| 2002 | CCI2* CCI1* |
Lucy Wiegersma on Mrs S Hunt's Friday Morning Heidi Simmons on her own The Biz |
| 2003 | CCI3* CCI1* |
Ruth Friend on Mr & Mrs A Lawson's & Vetsoft Systems' Matthew II Vittoria Panizzon (ITA) on her own & Mrs L Panizzon's King of the Castle II |
| 2004 | CCI3* CCI1* |
Lucy Wiegersma on Mr M Lean & Mr H Wiegersma's Shaabrak Hannah Bate on Ms K Williams' Valdemar |
| 2005 | CCI3* CCI1* |
Louise Skelton on her own Partly Pickled Ian Stark on Mrs C Thorne's William Morris |
| 2006 | CCI3* CCI2* CCI1* |
Clea Phillipps on her own, Mrs J Barnard's & Mr V Phillipps' Lead The Way Matthew Prior on Mrs J Prior's Political Trump Lucy Wiegersma on Mr & Mrs C Perkins' Porloe Alvin |
| 2007 | CCI3* CCI2* CCI1* EU-YR-CH (I) EU-YR-CH (T) |
William Fox-Pitt on his own & Jane Kier's Macchiato William Fox-Pitt on Catherine Butler's Bee Animas Neil Spratt (NZL) on Catherine Witt's Solo Voyage Sabrina Mertens (GER) on Divolo Great Britain (Charlotte Agnew, Dani Cuomo, Emily Galbraith, Georgie Spence) |
| 2008 | CCI3* CCI2* CCI1* |
Duarte Seabra (POR) on Jorge Almeida Marecos' Brave Heart Sarah Cohen on Angela Tucker's, Fran Morgan's & Miles Cohen's Irish Jester Paul Sims on Roger Griffiths' & Alex Calder's Regal Rascal |
| 2009 |
CCI3* |
William Fox-Pitt on Mrs T Stopford Sackville's Cool Mountain Nicola Wilson on Mrs R Search's Opposition Buzz Matthew Wright on Mrs C Cole's Hugginstown Andrew Nicholson (NZL) on Mrs R Barlow's Qwanza Andrew Hoy (AUS) on his own Cheeky Calimbo |
| 2010 |
CCI3* |
William Fox-Pitt on Mr & Mrs D Hall and Mr & Mrs J Skinner's Neuf des Coeurs Nicola Wilson on Mrs R Search's Opposition Buzz Matthew Wright on Mrs C Cole's Hugginstown Emma Humphrey on Mr C Embrey's Ushouldbsolucky |
| 2011 |
CCI3* |
Andrew Nicholson (NZL) on the Twenty Twelve in Mind syndicate's Calico Joe Nicola Wilson on Mrs R Search's Bee Diplomatic Polly Stockton on her own Benromach William Fox-Pitt on his own Before Time Freya Fullgraebe (GER) on Oje Oje Great Britain (Willa Newton, Tom McEwen, Wills Oakden, Dani Evans) |



