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 and Sunday, 11 May 2025 she won the Badminton Horse Trials CCI ***** riding Lordships Graffalo both times. She won a gold medal in Team eventing at 2024 Paris Olympics.

Ros Canter

Rosalind Canter at Sweden International Horse Show
Personal information
Born	(1986-01-13) 13 January 1986 (age 39)
Medal record Equestrian Representing  Great Britain Olympics 2024 Paris Team eventing World Championships 2018 Tryon Individual eventing 2018 Tryon Team eventing European Championships 2023 Haras du Pin Individual eventing 2023 Haras du Pin Team eventing 2021 Avenches Team eventing 2017 Strzegom Team eventing

Early life

Canter grew up on the family farm in Hallington, Lincolnshire.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} Her first horse - Silver Curtis - entered her into the world of affiliated eventing.

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

Career

Canter's CCI **** results include wins at both Badminton Horse Trials in 2023 and 2025 and Burghley horse Trials in 2024 on Lordships Graffalo, and at Stars of Pau in 2023 and 2025 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 (her first podium finish there).

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.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, held in Paris, Canter won a gold medal in Team Eventing, alongside Laura Collett and Tom McEwen.^[7]