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See the cross-country course the British Olympic longlisted horses will tackle at Bicton *H&H Plus*


  • Check out photos of every fence on the CCI4*-S cross-country course at Bicton Horse Trials…

    The Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course for the CCI4*-S, supported by Chedington, consists of 22 numbered fences.

    The course is designed by Helen West, with help from Mark Phillips.

    Seven of the horses on Britain’s Olympic eventing longlist will compete in this class and so will tackle this track on Sunday (13 June).

    The Chedington CCI4*-S course is marked with purple numbers, with the Chedington CCI4*-L using blue numbers.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course CCI4*-S fence by fence

    Fence 1: Chedington Flowerbed

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 2: Langaller Stud Brush Oxer

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 3: Equine Health Centre Parallel

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 4a: W. H. Bond Sawbenches

    Fence 4b: W. H. Bond Sawbenches

    Fence 5: Clinton Brush ‘C’

    Fence 6: Skinny Wedge

    Fence 7a: Stump to Fallen Corner

    Riders curve left-handed after this fence, probably on four strides, to the b element, which can be glimpsed behind the tree.

    Fence 7b: Stump to Fallen Corner

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 8: Wagons

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 9ab: Beaver Log to Brush Palisade into Water

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fences 10 and 11: Offset Brushes

    There is one stride between these two angled brushes.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 12: T on Mound

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 13ab: Chedington Complex

    The view over fence 13a to the corner at fence 13b.

    This corner is the direct route.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    The alternative fence 13b involves turning right-handed to a brush corner and then taking a long loop round to return to the onward track.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 14: Tall n Narrow

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 15: Pig Arc Rolls

    Riders can choose whether to jump on the left-hand or right-hand side.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 16abcd: Course Designer’s Conundrum

    The most direct route is to jump the rail in (fence 16a), then the ditch (fence 16bc) and then the left-hand corner (fence 16d).

    The long route involves passing the whole complex and looping back round to jump the ditch in reverse (fence 16a), then jumping a rail (fence 16b) and then the ditch (fence 16c) and on to the right-hand corner (fence 16d). There is considerably more space between elements on this route and the fences are on a straight line.

    Fences 17 and 18ab: HTSG Open Oxer and Brush Dilemma

    This fence has been renumbered since the course pictures were taken –it was initially 17abc and is now 18ab.

    The view over fence 17 to fence 18a – there will probably be four strides between these two elements.

    The view over fence 18a to fence 18b – there will probably be three strides between elements a and b.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 19ab: Jewson Pond

    The fence numbers in the latter part of the course have changed since these pictures were taken due to the re-numbering of fence 17 and 18ab.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 20: Blackberry Farmhouse

    The fence numbers in the latter part of the course have changed since these pictures were taken due to the re-numbering of fence 17 and 18ab.

    Bicton Horse Trials cross-country course

    Fence 21: Woodland Leap

    The fence numbers in the latter part of the course have changed since these pictures were taken due to the re-numbering of fence 17 and 18ab.

    Fence 22: NAF Finale

    The fence numbers in the latter part of the course have changed since these pictures were taken due to the re-numbering of fence 17 and 18ab.

    Pictures by Pippa Roome

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