Recent Projects
AUTUMN 2013
FBI has been busy supplying new fences for the NEW HEYTHROP P-to-P COURSE on 12th January at Cocklebarrow.A truly exciting addition to Point to Pointing in the South Midlands area.
A left handed track with gentle bends and two long straights with the home straight having a gentle incline.
A circuit of the course is 10 furlongs, with 8 fences including an open ditch. Horses running in races run over 3 miles will jump 19 fences, two of which will be the open ditch. A 2m 4f maiden, a 3m 6f men’s open and a 3m3f ladies open are also been run at the Heythrop meeting.
Summer 2013
The wonderful weather this summer season has been a breath of fresh air after last years wet weather.
The Badminton Fun Ride: Don’t forget to put the Badminton Fun Ride in your diaries. It is on 22nd September 2013, and there is a new look to the course this year, with it going clockwise, and the committee have asked FBI to add even more optional jumps than before. This year it is in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Steeplechase Fences: Our Racecourses, Point to Points and Trainers are all gearing up for the coming season and the workshop is busy preparing all the schooling and steeplechase fences and the ground crew have been out installing new Running Rail along a client’s lovely new gallop.
The Festival of British Eventing 2013: The FBI team has just come home after a very successful Gatcombe Festival of British Eventing. The crew all looked particularly smart in their sponsored Polo shirts with thanks to and in association with Zara Phillips and Musto. The next generation of the crew were there as always to lend a hand and enjoy all the activities at the event. Such a lovely team event.
Beaufort Pony Club: The Beaufort Pony Club have had a lovely sunny summer and FBI have been busy preparing all the fences for the three Pony Club Camps and Events. Here we have a rare picture of Fraser jumping one of his fences (with daughter Rosie at the Very Mini One Day Event)! We are pleased to report that they went clear Cross Country, had top dressage and one pole down in the Show Jumping and came 6th overall.
Autumn 2012
After a turbulent 2012 Eventing season with lots of event cancellations due to the extreme weather, including the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park, we are now looking forward to the Indian Summer they keep promising us in September and a glorious 2012/2013 season!
The workshop is busy making lots of new portables for the new XC courses we are building at
Hough Park. With three beautifully designed courses, work is also due to start on the ground work and fixed fences onsite which include a new water complex, ditches etc. and we are looking forward to the grand opening at the start of the 2013 season.
We have started preparations for the Badminton Fun Ride at Badminton Park – don’t forget to put it in your diary ‘23rd September 2012’. By kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Beaufort and this year in favour of Spinal Research and the Beaufort Hunt. The Course is approximately 10 miles over the glorious park and farmland with 30 optional fences.
The National Hunt and Point to Point trainers are all getting ready for their 2012/2013 season and we have been delivering new Portable Steel framed Steeplechase schooling fences across the country and maintaining our clients existing fences. One of our local clients Charlie Longsdon Racing has just had a very successful owners day. In 2011-2012 Charlie had a fantastic season and we are looking forward to seeing what he can do in the season ahead.
The Cheltenham Festival 2011
FBI have had a busy few months preparing for the Cheltenham Festival. We have installed a new Portable Steeplechase fence at the second last, moving it 239 yards from the bottom of the hill, round the bend and on to the finishing straight. The new fence with its new position jumped really well and the Festival was a huge success as always.
We were also very excited to have had a horse bred by Ollie Bush (Fraser’s mother) running in the Gold Cup and come 4th. ‘What A Friend’ is now destined for The Grand National…watch this space!
FBI built THE BADMINTON RIDE, for the event on Sunday 26th September 2010 at Badminton Park in support of Help for Heroes and The Beaufort Hunt :- www.badmintonride.com
In 2010 we were at Gatcombe Park again for the Festival of British Eventing.
Always a great team event working hard and playing hard.
FBI were pleased to be building the area trials course again hosted by the Beaufort Pony Club.
Commission by RBS to build a frame around a Formular 1 car for Zara Phillips to jump for a photo shoot.
New steel framed steeplechase frames being installed at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Water complex under construction in Wales.
FBI have a large crew at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park. This year was another very successful year, with everyone pulling out all the stops to provide perfect going for the horses and riders. One spectator went a step too far though at the end of the day on Sunday when he tried to negotiate fence 7a in his car! “A Land Rover would have made it!”
FBI removed the car with no harm done to fence or vehicle.