Take a sneak peek at William Fox-Pitt walking the Burghley cross-country course…

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William Fox-Pitt eyes up the drop at the Holland Cooper Leaf Pitt on the 2024 Burghley cross-country course.
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

With the event fast approaching next week (5-8 September), it’s time to take a first look at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials cross-country course for 2024, designed by again by Derek di Grazia.

H&H dispatched six-time Burghley winner William Fox-Pitt to Lincolnshire to check out the track and you can read all his thoughts on every fence in this Thursday’s magazine (dated 29 August), plus we’ll release videos of William walking some key combinations on Monday, 2 September. Meanwhile, to whet your appetite, here’s a sneak peek at a few fences…

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.