Here is your first look at Derek di Grazia’s cross country course for the 2019 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event! While the start and finish appear in the same usual location, the galloping lanes have been rearranged to give the course a different feel. There are 28 numbered obstacles spanning 6,452 meters with an optimum time of 11 minutes, 20 seconds.
Scroll down for a fence-by-fence preview with beautiful images from Shannon Brinkman Photography, EN’s official photographer for this year’s event. We’ll be bringing you plenty of analysis and comments from the riders as we look ahead to Saturday’s cross country day. Current weather conditions are predicting a beautiful sunny day like last year, so we are in for a real treat here in the Bluegrass State.
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- Meet Booch, your tour guide around Derek di Grazia’s course. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 1 – Red, White & Bluegrass. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 2 – Cedar Lodge. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 3 – Turning Oxer. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 4 – Turning Oxer. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 5ABCD – Mars Sustainability Bay. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 6 – Triple Scoop. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 7A – Cedar Table. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 7BC – Brush Oxers. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 8 – Stepped Table. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 9A – Equestrian Events Overlook. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 9BC – Equestrian Events Overlook. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 10 – Ditch Brush. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 11ABC – Rolex Grand Slam Challenge. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 11BC – Rolex Grand Slam Challenge. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 12 – Mick’s Picnic Table. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 13A – Pete’s Hollow. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 13BC – Pete’s Hollow. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 13BC – Pete’s Hollow. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 14 – Whiskey Barrel Table. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 15AB – Narrow Knolls. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 16 – Orchard Oxer. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 17AB – Land Rover Head of the Lake. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 17C – Land Rover Head of the Lake. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 17D – Land Rover Head of the Lake. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 18B – Land Rover Head of the Lake. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 19 – Trakehner – Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Booch fords the river at the trakehner. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 20A – Normandy Bank. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 20BC – Normandy Bank. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 21 – Bourbon Houses.
- Fence 22 – Waterview Cabin. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 23AB – Frog Pond. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 24 – Market Table. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 25 – Stick Pile. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 26AB – Mighty Moguls. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Booch surveys his kingdom. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 27A – Hillside Cabins. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 27B – Boathouses. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Fence 28 – Lucky Horseshoe. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.
- Derek di Grazia. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography.