The competition gets tougher all the time, as cross-country riders and their horses team up to master ever more challenging courses. But in the latest developments it's the courses themselves that are making the biggest impact, and now you can get inside the minds of the designers of some of today's most difficult fences and combinations to figure out how to match wits with them. A top horse-trials competitor and a top event rider team up to take you through a variety of new cross-country courses, designed for novice, intermediate, and advanced levels to show the best way to attack them. Practical tips and fascinating chats are accompanied by action sequence photos taken during world-class competition. Here's everything you need to know so you'll always be up to the challenge, no matter how difficult the course.