A brush fence is a hedge with brush built on the top. The horse is supposed to jump through the brush. If the fence is high enough that the horse cannot see the other side (an exercise of trust in the rider), it is called a bullfinch.
Brush style fences are common in steeplechasing.
Japanese steeplechasers jumping a brush fence. Image source: The colonel of the lamb via Wikimedia Commons.
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