Would you like to tackle the BE100 grassroots championships cross-country course at Mars Badminton Horse Trials? Have a look at all the fully dressed fences that riders have faced on the 2025 track for the LeMieux sponsored-competition below.
The course is designed by James Willis and is 2880m long, with an optimum time of 6min 4sec.
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Fence 5: British Horse Foundation Trakehner
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Alternative fence 5
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Fence 6ab: LeMieux Hollow
Fence 6a
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Fence 6b
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Fence 7: Willis Brothers Steeplechase Fence
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Fence 8ab: Equireel Funnels
Fence 8a
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Fence 8b
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Fence 9: Bedmax Ditch Brush
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Fence 10ab: Spillers Brush
Fence 10a
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Fence 10b
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Fence 11: Wiltshire Brewers Drays
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Fence 12ab: World Horse Welfare Stables
Fence 12a – to take the direct route, riders jump the left-hand end of this as a corner. On the longer option, they jump the right-hand end straight on as a spread fence
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Fence 12b direct route
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Fence 12b alternative – this involves turning right round away from the direction of travel
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Fence 13: Bloomfields Horseboxes Wishing Well
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Fence 14: Lister Wilder Quarter Brush
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Fence 15ab: CrossCountry App Corners
Fence 15a
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Fence 15b
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Fence 16ab: LeMieux Lake
Fence 16a
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Fence 16b
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Fence 17: LeMieux Lake
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Fence 18: LeMieux Saddle
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Fence 19: HorseQuest Hay Rack
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Fence 20ab: Mars Equestrian Gates
Fence 20a
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Fence 20b
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Fence 21: Guide Dogs Beech Log
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Fence 22: LeMieux Horseshoe
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