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3, 2, 1, GO! Explore the 2016 Burghley cross-country course exclusively with free runners

Eventing videos 67 Videos 'It has been a long time coming': rider returns to win back Blenheim title after 16-year gap 00:36 Blenheim win for Christopher Burton by narrowest of margins 00:51 'He pricked his ears and kept going': Julia Krajewski heads Blenheim CCI3* with Pippa Funnell best of the Brits 02:37 'You have to use your head': top riders share their thoughts on Blenheim's cross-country tracks 01:35 'He is a real showman': Izzy Taylor springs into Blenheim Event Rider Masters' lead 02:37 ‘We really have to work for it’: Germany edge ahead at Blenheim CCI3* 03:01 Switching disciplines: former showjumper in the lead at Blenheim 01:10 All eyes on Tokyo 2020: meet the team behind Britain’s renewed eventing success 01:26 Ever wondered what it takes to be a doctor at Burghley? Watch this video to find out… 01:43 'It's effort after effort': top riders share their thoughts on the 2017 Burghley cross-country course 03:45 What do Zara Tindall, Mark Todd and Harry Meade make of the 2017 Burghley course? 03:47 Burghley Paws Trials: top dogs take on four-star track 02:37 Training with Toddy for ‘surprise’ Burghley entry 01:00 'It was pure fun': nail-biting finish to cross-country at Badminton 01:27 Shock result on final day of Badminton: record-breaker takes emotional victory 02:40 History made at Bramham as first Japanese rider takes CCI3* title: disappointment for overnight leader 00:49 'That was nerve-wracking!': Will Furlong takes Bramham under-25 title on dramatic final day 00:53 'I'm chuffed to bits': Izzy Taylor speeds to Bramham CIC3* victory 00:48 'She's so gutsy': Will Furlong takes commanding lead in Bramham under-25 00:35 'I couldn't ride at all last week': Paul Tapner leads Bramham CIC3* 00:41 Emily King best of the Brits in Bramham under-25: French dominate 01:18 'She's a little star but also hysterical': Gemma Tattersall has commanding CCI3* dressage lead at Bramham 00:50 H&H Champs: 'I held my breath' — islander takes 80cm spoils 00:54 H&H Champs: 'I've felt sick all day' — rider fights off nerves to secure 90cm victory 00:55 H&H Champs: catch ride rewarded after 15 hour journey 01:05 H&H Champs: 90cm class goes down to the wire on cross-country day 01:35 H&H Champs: 'cheeky' Fergus springs into the lead 01:40 H&H Champs: Super Szuca posts personal best to take the lead 03:00 Event Rider Masters at Chatsworth: 13-14 May 02:29 Danielle Dunn's Badminton first-timer blog: it didn't quite go to plan 01:16 'The biggest Badminton I've ever seen': riders' first reaction to the cross-country course 02:41 'I can't believe it': Burghley winner leads the way at Badminton 01:01 Frenchman leads the way at Badminton dressage: popular British combination withdrawn 01:26 Danielle Dunn's Badminton first-timer blog: the cross-country is one thing, but first I have to survive the dressage 02:14 France and Germany dominate on day one of Badminton dressage: first-timers are best Brits 00:55 Mark Todd aims for fifth Badminton victory: 'I don't have any plans to stop eventing' 01:00 Kirsty Short's Badminton first-timer blog: Badminton's cross-country course looks right up our street, but will we or won't we? 00:26 Badminton first-timers: Lydia Hannon — ‘I owe this horse everything’ 02:30 Kirsty Short's Badminton first-timer blog: so near, yet so far away 01:25 BE JAS final at Hartpury: 19 February 3:59:06 Watch an event rider jump through the VIP hospitality tent 02:46 Ride around Burghley Horse Trials with William Fox-Pitt *HATCAM* 09:44 Ben Way's Burghley blog: It sounded like the apocalypse 02:54 Ben Way's Burghley blog: I need to change my name from Ben to Bettina 03:50 Walk the Burghley Horse Trials cross-country course with designer Mark Phillips 23:06 William Fox-Pitt walks the Burghley course: ‘There’s no point flapping and hoping’ 03:55 3, 2, 1, GO! Explore the 2016 Burghley cross-country course exclusively with free runners 02:56 Riders' first reactions to the 2016 Badminton cross-country course 03:06 Ian Stark walks the toughest fences at Badminton Horse Trials 2016 03:31 Walk the Badminton 2016 cross-country course 21:51 Lucinda Green: how to string cross-country fences together with a young horse 04:50 Lucinda Green: How to tackle coffins 04:13 Tim Price’s top tips for your first cross-country school of the year 01:33 ‘Repetition is key’ — Jonelle Price’s top tips for solving cross-country problems 01:31 What is day-to-day life like on Piggy French's yard? 04:44 Jonelle Price: I'm a bit of a thrill-seeker really 01:31 Tim Price: the scariest thing I've ever done 01:32 Caring for your horse's legs after cross-country: what you need to know 03:00 Ruth Edge: How to ride the perfect 10m circle 01:18 Harry Meade: ‘Life is about challenges — we don’t know what’s ahead of us' 02:54 Walk the 2015 Burghley cross-country course with Blyth Tait 03:34 Yogi Breisner: How to jump a sunken road on a cross-country course 03:32 Yogi Breisner: How to jump ditch combinations on a cross-country course 02:09 Yogi Breisner: How to ride ditches 02:42 Yogi Breisner: How to ride safe turns across country 02:10 Yogi Breisner: How to tackle water when riding cross-country 02:16 Yogi Breisner: How to use your horse's gears while riding cross-country 01:33

  • The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is just around the corner (1-4 September). The cross-country course preview is live. And then there’s this.

    The formidable Burghley track is one not to be taken lightly by horses and riders in just a little over two weeks’ time. It provisionally measures 6400m in length with a provisional optimum time of 11 minutes 15 seconds which riders must keep up a pace of 570mpm to achieve.

    So see what happens when these extraordinary free runners, Mason O’Connor and Shameem Abbas,  took to this year’s cross-country course, using nothing but their own two feet. Shameem is a British Gymnastics coach and Mason is one of his students. They are both based in Hayes in west London.

    Here’s what they faced out on course:

    Fence 1: Olympic Legacy
    Fence 2: Lambert’s Sofa
    Fence 3: Garden Table
    Fence 4ab: Lion Bridge
    Fence 5abc: Anniversary Splash
    Fence 6abc: Lakeside Hedges
    Fence 7: Collyweston Slate Mine
    Fence 8 and 9: Capability’s Cutting
    Fence 10: Rolex Grand Slam Vault
    Fence 11: Winners’ Avenue Wood Pile
    Fence 12 and 13: Cottesmore Leap
    Fence 14abc: Land Rover Dairy Farm
    Fence 15abc: Rolex Combination
    Fence 16, 17ab and 18: Maltings Village Green
    Fence 19: Captain’s Log
    Fence 20 and 21abcd: Land Rover Trout Hatchery
    Fence 22: Herbert’s Hollow
    Fence 23: Thomson’s Wall
    Fence 24abc: Discovery Valley
    Fence 25: Cross Rails
    Fence 26ab: FEI Classics Leaf Pit
    Fence 27ab: Discovery Valley
    Fences 28 and 29: Return From Rio
    Fence 30: Picnic Table
    Fence 31: Land Rover Finale

    All of the Burghley action kicks off with the first trot-up on Wednesday 31 August which H&H will be covering live and then all the way through the two days of dressage on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 September. Then of course it’s cross-country day on the Saturday before we find out who will take home the first prize of £63,000 on the final day which concludes with the showjumping on Sunday 4 September.

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