Dreaming of riding at the BE90 Mitsubishi Motors Cup next year? Take a look at how the 2019 course rode…

The BE90 Mitsubishi Motors Cup cross-country course at Badminton was 3,150m in length in 2019. The optimum time was seven minutes, with horses required to travel at 450m/min, which 39 combinations from 99 starters achieved by jumping clear inside the time (39%). Fifty-nine competitors managed a clear cross-country jumping round — 60% of starters.

Take a look around the course and find out which fences caught combinations out…

Fence 1

Fence 2

Fence 3 — one refusal

Fence 4AB — two refusals

Fence 5

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Fence 6

Fence 7ABC — five refusals and one retirement

Fence 8

Fence 9 — 12 refusals, one retirement and one rider fall

Fence 10 — one refusal

Fence 11AB — two refusals

Fence 12

Fence 13 — eight refusals, one retirement and one rider fall

Fence 14

Fence 15

Fence 16AB — eight refusals, one retirement and one rider fall

Fence 17ABC — five refusals and one retirement

Fence 18

Fence 19 — one refusal

Fence 20AB — seven refusals and one rider fall

Fence 21

Fence 22 — two refusals

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Our bumper Badminton report will be in our 9 May issue, including exclusive opinion from Mark Phillips and Peter Storr.

Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who 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 in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.