The Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championships held at Badminton House immediately before the prestigious four-star event give event riders at the lower levels of the sport the opportunity to perform on one of the biggest stages of the eventing world.
This year, the BE100 Championship was won by Alexandra Farrar-Fry from West Yorkshire riding Mariam Haque’s six-year-old Grey Finnsky. The combination triumphed on their impressive dressage mark of 27.5 penalties. They were closely followed by Anna Tomlinson riding Moreorless II who finished on a score of 29.4. Third place was occupied by Cathrine Taylor riding Lynn Ferguson’s Lorelei, who finished on 31.5 penalties.
The course caused problems at a number of different fences. In total 48% of cross-country starters completed the cross-country course with no jumping penalties.
Here are pictures of the fences riders faced on the cross-country. The championship course was 3100m in length with an optimum time of 6 minutes 34 seconds. Find out which fences caught most riders out with our fence-by-fence analysis.
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Badminton final scores
Fence 1: BE First0 faulters
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Fence 2: Trakehner2 refusals
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Fence 3ab: Kennels Houses0 faulters
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Fence 4: ASX Cross Question0 faulters
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Fence 5abc: Wadworths at The Lake4 refusals
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Fence 6: Sense Garden Wells1 refusal1 fall
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Fence 7: Hobsons Carrot Table0 faulters
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Fence 8: Danco Shooting Butt0 faulters
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Fence 9ab: World Horse Welfare Brushes22 refusals1 fall
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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.
