Derby Bank

Douglas Bunn, founder of Hickstead, had seen film footage of the Hamburg Derby [de] and decided to visit the German showground to measure its bank and replicate it.

Bunn arrived on New Year's Eve when it was snowing, and went round the showground measuring fences much to the bemusement of the show's officials.

Ireland's Seamus Hayes became the first rider to win the Hickstead Derby after successfully negotiating the bank on his horse, Goodbye III.

In 1972, Chamusca Lad, ridden by Ann Backhouse was euthanized after being fatally injured while falling from the Derby Bank.

At the time, Bunn said the "changes have been made simply because less horses are educated in the hunting field, where this type of obstacle is met".