Walk the 2017 Badminton showjumping course
The final phase of competition at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials is about to get underway today (7 May).
The 1.30m showjumping course, designed by Kelvin Bywater, has 13 obstacles consisting of 16 jumping efforts. It is 540m long and horses and riders must travel at a speed of 375m/min to get inside the time allowed of 87 seconds.
Forty-six horses go forward to the showjumping phase which kicks off at 11.30am with the top 20 jumping from 2.55pm. The first session of showjumping can be watched on the Horse & Hound website here.
Here is what it looks like…
















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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.