It’s always educational to look at cross country courses from around the world to see how they differ in design. Here’s a look at French designer Benoit Marchand’s CIC3* course for the Italian Championships in Ravenna, Italy, this weekend courtesy of Ancce’s Facebook page.
It looks like the water complexes are at fences 5 and 20 and just hadn’t been filled yet when these photos were taken. What do you think of the course, EN? Would you put this on par with our CIC3* courses in the U.S.?
Many thanks to Ancce for sharing a preview of the course on Facebook, and good luck to all the riders competing in the Italian Championships this weekend.
Go Eventing.
- Fence 1. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 2. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 3. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 4a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 4b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 5a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 5b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 6. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 7. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 8. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 9a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 9b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 10a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 10b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 11. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 12. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 13a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 13b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 14. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 15a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 15b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 16. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 17a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 17b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 17c. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 18. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 19a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 19b. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 20a. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 20bc. Photo via Ancce Facebook.
- Fence 21. Photo via Ancce Facebook.