Comphurst Cross Country, Equine

General information

CXC is set within 80 acres of our 300 acre farm in the heart of the glorious Sussex countryside. It has easy access off the A271 with plenty of parking and turning space.
CXC has a wide variety of over 140 quality jumps built to BE specifications including skinnies, water, banks, steps, 5 corners, combinations on related strides, chase fences, etc. It has been designed by BE Platinum Designer and London 2012 course builder Scott Brickell, who also designs local courses such as Eridge, Chilham and Brightling. Built by Graham Payne and Louis Saunders of Sussex Courses, who trained with Scott and who specialise in building British Eventing courses, it offers a selection of extremely well built portable and permanent jumps. T
Many of the jumps are very similar to those found on local BE courses and there is an ever-increasing number of Mitsubishi Motors Cup fences as found at the Badminton Grassroots Championships.
CXC is a training ground, designed so that horses and riders grow in confidence as they build up their experience over a progression of jumps. Riders can choose to educate their horses over a selection of similar jumps, building up from simple training ditches, for example, to rail/ditch/ fence combinations and trakehners, thus establishing all-important confidence in their training. A rider can also chose a selection of jumps to string together to jump as a course, thus offering a range of training opportunities.
CXC is an excellent facility for trainers as different types of jumps are concentrated into specific areas and allow coaches to teach easily. Again, as jumps build up in size and technical difficulty different aspects of cross-country riding can be taught.
Jumps range from 40cm to 1.10m and there truly is something for everyone!