'The cross country course should aim to educate as well as challenge the training and fitness of the
horse, it should both build and test the alertness and technical ability of the rider and yet be sympathetic
to the profile of the horse as he jumps and understanding of how the rider can remain in balance.

Welcome to this website, with over 15 years competitive experience at all levels of the sport, I began my course design career in the early 90’s on the Brougham one day event course in Cumbria, in the North of England and I now build and design at 10 national and 2 international events up to FEI 3*** level.  I am a British Eventing List A course builder and BE Technical Adviser.

I have lived and worked in The Lake District for the past 25 years and I’ve been married to Lucinda for 11 years and we have 4 young children – Morgan (7), Francesca (5), Brodie (3) and Alexa (2).

I believe great course design should establish a unique balance between the terrain of the venue, the flow of fences and the technical difficulty of the obstacles within the rules of the competition.  I also firmly believe solidly built and well presented and framed fences with the correct profile invite a horse to jump well. 

Whilst all horse trial courses are ultimately competitions, I look to provide a progressive education for the horse and rider to encourage them to go on to try higher levels of the sport.

I hope the information on these pages will give you a brief insight into my course designing, and if I can help in any way please contact me.

Douglas.

t +44 [0]1931 713 245 m +44 [0] 7836 238 808 e enquiries@douglasweymouth.com
a Bampton Hall, Bampton, Penrith, Cumbria. CA10 2RQ