The final, the culmination of seven qualifiers in the Cotswold area, including here at Oxstalls (on May 28-30 and July 3-4), will be part of a weekend of unafilliated eventing, September 11-12, held by kind permission of HRH The Princess Royal on the site of her former spring and autumn 'Little' Gatcombe horse trials. 

"I am delighted that there will be horse trials over this part of the estate again, and especially to support this enterprising new grass-roots competition," The Princess said. "I hope competitors will be inspired by the setting and that it will give them something fun and challenging to aim at as sport gets going again after lockdown."

The Cotswold Cup — "the unaffiliated series worth winning" — is the brainchild of a group of Cotswold landowners and carries a £10,000 prize pot for the final plus a training bursary scheme with leading Cotswold-based riders Harry Meade, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen.