Take a sneak peek at Tina Cook walking some of the Badminton five-star cross-country fences

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Tina Cook stands in front of a hexagonal brush-topped box at fence 23ab on the 2025 Badminton cross-country course.
Tina Cook checks out the Project Pony Brush Buckets at fence 23ab on the 2025 Badminton cross-country course.
(Image credit: Nico Morgan)

The Mars Badminton Horse Trials cross-country course for next week’s event has finally been unveiled and we’re all buzzing to see what Eric Winter has devised for this year’s challenge.

Horse & Hound sent multi-medallist and experienced Badminton competitor Tina Cook along to check out the track and you can read all her thoughts in the magazine out now (dated 1 May). Meanwhile, check out the pictures below for a sneak peek at the course…

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.