Designed by Captain Mark Phillips and built by Philip Herbert and his team, the provisional total length of the course is 6,400m with a provisional optimum time of 11 minutes 15 secs.
We take a look at what the course has in store for the horses and riders who will tackle it on Saturday 3 September.
Fence 1: Olympic Legacy
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 2: Lambert’s Sofa
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 3: Garden Table
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 4ab: Lion Bridge
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
View over 4a
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 4b (jumped coming towards the camera)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 5abc: Anniversary Splash
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 5b
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 5c
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 6abc: Lakeside Hedges — riders have the option of a step up bounce on the right to another hedge on one stride, or a double of angled hedges on one stride (billed as the faster route) on the left
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 7: Collyweston Slate Mine
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 7: side view
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 8 and 9: Capability’s Cutting
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 10: Rolex Grand Slam Vault
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 11: Winners’ Avenue Wood Pile
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 12 and 13: Cottesmore Leap
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Side view of 12 with 13 in the background
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Alternative 12
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 13 (alternative coming towards camera)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 14abc: Land Rover Dairy Farm
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
View from fence 14a to 14b (on the right) on the fast route
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
View from fence 14b to 14c
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 14c
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Alternative 14a
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Alternative 14b (on the left)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Alternative 14c
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 15abc: Rolex Combination — direct 15ab with c in the background
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Alternative 15ab
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
There are two alternative fence 15c corners
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 16: Maltings Village Green
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 17ab: Malting’s Village Green
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Alternative 17a
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
View from alternative 17a to 17b
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 18: Malting’s Village Green
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Side view of fence 18
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 19: Captain’s Log
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 20 and 21abcd: Land Rover Trout Hatchery (fast route)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Fence 20 and 21abcd: Land Rover Trout Hatchery (long route)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
21b alternative is the step up around where the Land Rover banner is sited
full form guide and a scorecard to fill in for every rider, on sale now (Thursday 25 August), and you can read the full report in next week’s magazine (Thursday 8 September).
Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now
Horse & Hound Newsletter
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor
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.
