Jumping derbies combine elements of eventing (solid obstacles, water, banks) and show jumping (big stix, shallow cups), and a lot more jumps than a typical show jumping course. Exciting stuff -- would love to see this in person...
Monday, June 25, 2012
Show jumping derbies: Over the edge of a cliff
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We always go and watch the derby at Spruce Meadows every year - a very exciting course and very demanding of horse and rider teams.
ReplyDeleteSpruce has the biggest bank in the world (at least the last time I checked) and lots of other challenging obstacles - although it seemed no trouble at all for Beezie and Judgement in '09, even on such a rainy day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OJ8xHesAM
I wish! I'm too much of a chicken to actually go out and do a whole course. It's way too cool though!
ReplyDeleteWow! That steep downhill bank to the vertical was amazing! Such extraordinary boldness while still being so careful, and the rider did such a good job of setting the horse up for each jump.
ReplyDeleteKind of like cross country in an arena. I've seen these derbies before and think they are a super test of horse and rider. This one had an amazing array of different jumping challenges.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely horse and how BRAVE! Lots of confidence in his rider, for sure. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteSpruce Meadow Derby live on sprucemeadow.com Sunday 7/8. 2:30Mt time
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