The Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championships held at Badminton House immediately before the prestigious four-star event give event riders at the lower levels of the sport the opportunity to perform on one of the biggest stages of the eventing world.
This year, the BE100 Championship was won by Alexandra Farrar-Fry from West Yorkshire riding Mariam Haque’s six-year-old Grey Finnsky. The combination triumphed on their impressive dressage mark of 27.5 penalties. They were closely followed by Anna Tomlinson riding Moreorless II who finished on a score of 29.4. Third place was occupied by Cathrine Taylor riding Lynn Ferguson’s Lorelei, who finished on 31.5 penalties.
The course caused problems at a number of different fences. In total 48% of cross-country starters completed the cross-country course with no jumping penalties.
Here are pictures of the fences riders faced on the cross-country. The championship course was 3100m in length with an optimum time of 6 minutes 34 seconds. Find out which fences caught most riders out with our fence-by-fence analysis.
Start
Fence 1: BE First
0 faulters
Fence 2: Trakehner
2 refusals
Fence 3ab: Kennels Houses
0 faulters
3a alternative
Fence 4: ASX Cross Question
0 faulters
Fence 5abc: Wadworths at The Lake
4 refusals
5a alternative
Fence 6: Sense Garden Wells
1 refusal
1 fall
Fence 7: Hobsons Carrot Table
0 faulters
Fence 8: Danco Shooting Butt
0 faulters
Fence 9ab: World Horse Welfare Brushes
22 refusals
1 fall
Fence 10: Spillers Horse Feeds Beam
0 faulters
Fence 11: PHEV Brush
0 faulters
Fence 12 and 13ab: Woodhouse Combination
Fence 12: 1 refusal
Fence 13ab: 8 refusals
13b alternative
Fence 14abc: Shogun Hollow
27 refusals
3 falls
Fence 15: CrossCountry App Fallen Tree
0 faulters
Fence 16ab: 4 Star Wall
3 refusals
16b alternative
Fence 17ab: Mirage Step
0 faulters
Fence 18: Outlander Wagon
0 faulters
Fence 19ab: Willis Quarry
1 refusal
Fence 20: James’ Book
0 faulters
Read the full Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championships report in Horse & Hound magazine (14 May 2015).
Walk the BE90 Grassroots Championships cross-country course [PICS]
Walk the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials cross-country course [PICS]