‘It’s mean to make us jump that ditch five times!’ Gemma Stevens, Harry Meade and Bubby Upton react to Badminton cross-country course

The Holland Cooper Vicarage Vee on the Badminton 2026 course. Fair distances but “mean” to make us jump that ditch five times – that was Gemma Stevens’ assessment of Eric Winter’s Mars Badminton Horse Trials cross-country course for this year’s competition. The course comprises 32 numbered fences, with an optimum time of 11min 30sec. “I think it’s a really fair course. I think he’s set […]