The showjumping course at a maximum height of 1.25m consists of 12 fences and 15 jumping efforts over a length of 525. The time to beat is 84 seconds and riders need to keep up a pace of 375 per minute. For each second over the time allowed, combinations will be penalised .4 of a penalty.
The morning session of jumping starts at 11.15am (10.15am BST), with the final top 25 combinations jumping this afternoon, starting at 1.55pm (12.55pm BST). Tina Cook will jump in the morning session for the British team, with Pippa Funnell, Kitty King, Piggy French and Oliver Townend jumping this afternoon.
Let’s take a walk around the course horses and riders face…
Fence one
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Fence two
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Fence three — this is on a six or seven stride distance from fence two
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Fence four AB — this double is built on a moving one-stride distance going away from the collecting ring entrance
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Fence five
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Fence six
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Fence seven AB — this double is built on a moving one stride distance
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Fence eight
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Fence nine
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Fence 10ab — this double is built on a forward five-stride distance from fence nine and this double is built on a two-stride distance
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Fence 11
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Fence 12
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Check back for more updates from the Eventing European Championships in Luhmühlen later today, plus full report in next week’s Horse & Hound magazine (dated 5 September).
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Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.
