# Ros Canter

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 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, and was also a competitive swimmer in the mid-1990s, with her sister Megan. 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. 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 and Burghley horse Trials in 2024 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 | Bicton |
| 2015 | | | | 37th (Allstar B) | | |
| 2016 | | WD (Allstar B) | | 25th (Allstar B) | | |
| 2017 | | 5th (Allstar B) | 9th (Zenshera) | | 7th (Zenshera) | |
| 2018 | | (Allstar B) | (Zenshera) | | 5th (Zenshera) | |
| 2019 | | | | | 5th (Zenshera) | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | | Cancelled due to Covid-19 |
| 2021 | | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | | Cancelled due to Covid-19 (replaced by Chedington Bicton Five Star) | | Cancelled due to Covid-19 | 4th (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) | |
| 2024 | | RET (Izilot DHI) | | (Lordships Graffalo) RET (Izilot DHI) | | |
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew |||||||||||||

## International Championship Results

Results :
| Year | Event | Horse | Placing | Notes |
| 2011 | World Young Horse Championships | Aprobanta | | CCI* |
| 2016 | World Young Horse Championships | Pencos Crown Jewel | 30th | CCI** |
| 2017 | European Championships | Allstar B | | Team |
| 2017 | European Championships | Allstar B | 5th | Individual |
| 2018 | World Equestrian Games | Allstar B | | Team |
| 2018 | World Equestrian Games | Allstar B | | Individual |
| 2020 | World Young Horse Championships | Izilot DHI | EL | CCI*** |
| 2021 | European Championships | Allstar B | | Team |
| 2021 | European Championships | Allstar B | 45th | Individual |
| 2022 | World Championships | Lordships Graffalo | 4th | Team |
| 2022 | World Championships | Lordships Graffalo | 4th | Individual |
| 2023 | European Championships | Lordships Graffalo | | Team |
| 2023 | European Championships | Lordships Graffalo | | Individual |
| 2024 | Olympics | Lordships Graffalo | | Team |
| 2024 | Olympics | Lordships Graffalo | 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
* Izilot DHI
** 2023 Pau 5* winner