Would you jump off here? Look at the BE90 grassroots championships cross-country course

For many people, to tackle the BE90 grassroots championships cross-country course is a lifelong dream, the culmination of years of work – in many cases, combining a non-horsey job and eventing.

What is the course like if you make it to Mars Badminton Horse Trials for the Voltaire Design Grassroots Championships? Find out by looking through our photos. The track is designed by James Willis and the optimum time is 6min 36sec.

BE90 grassroots championships cross-country course 2024

Fence 1: BE Tree Trunk

Fence 2: Tuckwell’s Table

Fence 3: British Horse Foundation Fallen Tree

Fence 4ab: Voltaire Design Brushes

Fence 4a

Fence 4b

Fence 5: Wiltshire Brewers’ Drays

Fence 6ab: British Equestrian Federation Lodges

Fence 6a – the direct route is the corner of the house on the left and the slower route is the spread part of the house straight ahead

Fence 6b direct route

Fence 6b slower route

Fences 7 and 8ab: Voltaire Design Saddle & Lake

Fence 7

Fence 8a – the grassroots fence is on the right and the back of the five-star fence on the left

Fence 8a side view

Fence 8b

Fence 9: Bedmax Brush Roll

Fence 10: MIM Oxer

Fence 11ab: Bloomfields Horseboxes Gates

Fence 11a

Fence 11b

Fence 12: Equireel Corner Brush

Fence 13: KBIS Broken Bridge

Side view

Fences 14ab and 15: Spillers Brushes & Log

Fence 14a

Fence 14b

Fence 15

Fence 16: World Horse Welfare Ditch & Brush

Fence 17ab: Lightsource bp Feeders

Fence 17a

Fence 17b

Fence 18ab: Cross Country App Rail & Brush

Fence 18a

Fence 18b

Fence 19: Voltaire Design Trakehner

Fence 20: Mars Equestrian Wall

Fence 21ab: Retraining of Racehorses Tree Trunk

Fence 21a

Fence 21b

Fence 22: Voltaire Design Horseshoe

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Pippa Roome

H&H 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.