Whether you know someone who has been competing, or you fancy having a look to see if you would be up for the challenge in the future, here are the fully dressed LeMieux BE90 grassroots championships cross-country course photos for the event at the 2025 Mars Badminton Horse Trials.
The course is designed by James Willis and has an optimum time of 6min 22sec. The course is 2863m long.
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Fence 5: British Horse Foundation Trakehner
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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 8: Equireel Funnel
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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 – on the direct route, riders jump the left-hand end of this as a corner. If they want to take the alternative, they take the right-hand end as a spread fence
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Fence 12b – direct route
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Fence 12b – long route, which involves looping 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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