Take a look at the 2014 Badminton cross country course created by Giuseppe Della Chiesa, the first new course designer at Badminton in 25 years
Giuseppe della Chiesa says he was surprised that Hugh Thomas was standing down but delighted to be asked to design at such a prestigious event
Annual statistics are showing that the ratio of falls to starters has steadily decreased since records began in 2004; in 2012, an average of 5.6% of the 14,950 cross-country starters had falls but there is still more work to be done