The All England Jumping Course, Hickstead

30/10/2026

Full Round Friday 🎬

This week, the eventers take over the International Arena. It’s the 2015 Amlin Plus Eventers’ Challenge, back at Hickstead that year by popular demand.

Twenty of eventing’s best took on a technical cross-country track in the main arena, and only four jumped clear. Tom McEwen and Cuarento set the early pace in 126.16 seconds. Then New Zealand legend Andrew Nicholson and the nine-year-old Cillnabradden Evo went clear in 124.94 seconds to take the win.

“It’s very intense out there, and a lot of pressure, but I love coming here.” Andrew Nicholson

Watch every round from the class on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/FH9ZjUIVZGw

29/10/2026

Hickstead Four-Timers: Eddie Macken 🏆🏆🏆🏆

Between 1976 and 1979, Eddie Macken and Boomerang won the Hickstead Derby four times in a row. It’s a record that still stands today.

In our Hickstead Four-Timers series, Eddie looks back on each of those wins. He talks about the year he thought “the class is gone” after a fence down, then won the jump-off anyway. He talks about arriving a week after a World Championship silver, when Boomerang was “electric”. And he remembers the fourth win, in mud so deep that the Devil’s D**e looked “a foot higher and a foot wider”.

“He’s the best horse ever.”

https://youtu.be/8LEYdCKCeK4?si=yXOKkMriGaSynChh

Four Hickstead Derbys. Four years in a row. One horse.Between 197...

29/10/2026

Looking for a venue to host your next clinic or camp?

Hickstead offers a fantastic setting for equestrian training, with a range of facilities available for organisers looking to host their own clinics, training days and camps.

Get in touch with our team to discuss your requirements: https://www.hickstead.co.uk/schooling/camps-clinics/

🎥 Every Stride Studio

24/10/2026

Whether you're looking to sharpen up your cross-country skills, build confidence over fences or keep your horse ticking over through the winter, our schooling facilities are ready and waiting.

📅 Available from October 2026 to May 2027

Enjoy our cross-country schooling facilities and all-weather showjumping arena, with XC shared hire starting from just £40 per horse.

Bringing friends? Make the most of our discounted group rates, with savings of up to £100!

Book your next schooling session at Hickstead: https://www.hickstead.co.uk/schooling/

23/10/2026

Full Round Friday 🎬

This week, we’re heading back to 2015 and the Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby.

37 starters, 1 clear round.

Trevor Breen was seventh to go on Loughnatousa WB, and nobody could match their round 🇮🇪

The win gave Trevor back-to-back Derby titles, and gave “WB” a second Derby after his 2012 win with Paul Beecher. He’s the only horse to win the Derby with two different riders.

Watch every round of the class on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/eqXOOdjQPQc?si=R-0cqjH4ED7cLjw0

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Trevor Breen International Showjumper

22/10/2026

Hickstead Annual Membership benefits include reciprocal Members’ Admission at the following fixtures during the month of November:

🗓️ Thursday 12th - Taunton Racecourse
🗓️ Sunday 15th - Fontwell Racecourse
🗓️ Thursday 26th - Market Rasen Racecourse
🗓️ Monday 30th - Plumpton Racecourse

22/10/2026

In 1961, the newly-built Derby Bank was unlike anything British horses had ever faced and a fair few riders in that very first Derby took one look at it and decided against finding out what was on the other side!

Not Ireland's Seamus Hayes. He turned up declaring he'd come to show everyone "how to jump the bloody bank." He did exactly that, and won the very first Hickstead Derby.

Sixty-plus years on, the Bank still asks the same question of every rider who walks the course: are you brave enough?

19/10/2026

Our cross-country and showjumping facilities are officially OPEN for the season, and they're looking better than ever.

To celebrate, enjoy 10% off single cross-country schooling and showjumping arena hire with code BACKTOSCHOOL26 when you book before 2 November. (T&C’s apply)

Book now: https://www.hickstead.co.uk/schooling/

16/10/2026

Introducing Full Round Friday 🎬

Every Friday, we’re opening the Hickstead archive and sharing a full class on our YouTube channel. And we’re starting with a good one…

The DFS Hickstead Derby, 2005.

A 22-year-old Ben Maher and Alfredo II took on the Derby Bank and a jump-off against Tim Stockdale to claim the first of many big wins at Hickstead. Ben won the Speed Derby that same week too.

Watch the full class here: https://youtu.be/u5TX49lqCV8?si=w127dzSNbFHffXez

Ben Maher
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15/10/2026

🏆 Last chance to vote! Voting closes tomorrow at 5pm 🏆

We're delighted to see so many Hickstead stars shortlisted for the annual H&H Awards, running in partnership with NAF and Agria.

🌟 Robert Whitaker's three-time Al Shira'aa King George V Gold Cup winner Vermento has been nominated for Showjumping Horse of the Year, alongside Al Shira'aa Derby champion Flamboyant III, the ride of William Whitaker.

🌟 In the Show Horse of the Year category, the Barberstown Castle Supreme Horse victor Boston Black Tie, ridden by Helen Baker, is among the nominees, as is Roseberry Picture Perfect, the BSPS supreme show pony champion.

🌟 Prolific junior showjumper Anya Dewey Clarke - who made history by winning the British Showjumping 128cm and 138cm Finals on the same day - is up for Young Rider of the Year.

Good luck to all this year's nominees!

Vote here: https://shorturl.at/g4SEq

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