This jump was used in the cross country course. It is huge! The other side of the jump is just as wide as the side that you can see here.
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Obstacle 6
Posted in Horses on Oct 10th, 2010
This was the squirrel garden. Daniel Wurgler of Switzerland in team colors Gavin Robson of Australia. Not the greatest video
Obstacle 5
Posted in Horses on Oct 9th, 2010
This is the Stone Garden. It was very tight and it had some balls on top of the boxes. If they knocked those off then they got 2 seconds added. James Fairclough of the US Koos De Ronde of The Netherlands
Obstacle 4
Posted in Horses on Oct 9th, 2010
Werner Ulrich of Switzerland on obstacle 4. Deborah Laderoute of Canada, one of two female drivers.
Obstacle 3
Posted in Horses on Oct 9th, 2010
Obstacle 3 was Spooky Hollow. This is a US team. This is Fredrik Persson of Sweden.
Obstacle 2
Posted in Horses on Oct 9th, 2010
Obstacle 2 is through the same water obstacle that the cross country course uses. This is the first driver on course Georg Von Stein of Germany. This is Mike Mc Lennan of the US.
Obstacle 1
Posted in Horses on Oct 9th, 2010
The driving marathon day starts with a 6k drive through the fields. Then they have to walk for 1k. There is a 10 minute vet hold and then they start the obstacles. The obstacles are timed and they get 0.2 penalty points for every second they spend in the obstacle. So they go full out [...]
WEG
Posted in Current Events on Oct 9th, 2010
All hail Kentucky!!! Where the strippers love ponies and are very civic minded. Can you believe they tried to make us pay $200 for this room? It even smells.
We got here early and walked the marathon course. There are eight obstacles with multiple pieces in each. The course is on the same ground as the cross country course so I’ve been posing on some of the huge jumps. It confirmed that I have no desire to be an eventer. We’ll be moving around [...]
WEG
Posted in Current Events, Horses on Sep 26th, 2010
I need a flag on a stick. That’s what I’ve learned so far from watching the World Equestrian Games. I subscribed to the FEI TV site so I can watch everything. The games are also on Universalsports.com but they are only showing the three Olympic events – dressage, show jumping, and eventing. I care more [...]


