Badminton
Horse Trials
as he was designing his debut in 2016.
Much of the earthworks for the cross
country course were completed before
Christmas.
The event director Hugh Thomas
along with the TV production team have
identified where the BBC cameras will be
placed on the cross country course which
is also nearly ready – we are excited to be
able to share an interactive course map
which shows each fence so visitors can
find out what competitors might expect
from each fence on the course from
expert riders and coaches.”
What Was New
“For 2018 the Media Centre was
revamped with an exterior stage to enable
the end of play interviews to be held on a
public stage close to the scoreboards. The
public were encouraged to ask the riders
questions either in person or by text. On
other technical fronts public WiFi access
is to be expanded and the website, www.
badminton-horse.co.uk, was optimised
for mobiles. A new addition to our
shopping village was a new World of
Food and Wine.”
Get Involved
“British Eventing is the governing
body for the sport of Eventing (‘horse
trials’) and have a great range of
opportunities for people who already
ride to try the sport from fences at just
80cms or for those who want to join in
out of the saddle they can contact BE
to volunteer or find out about training
events locally. This ever evolving event
celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2019 so
we would envisage continuing to grow
both on-event and online.”
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