Bromont CCI3* Cross Country Preview

Erin Freedman, who is competing in the CCI2* at Bromont with her mare Viola, gives some perspective on the height of the drop.

All weekend I’ve been hearing that Derek Di Grazia’s Bromont CCI3* cross-country course is a monster. I finally got out to walk it today, and I have to admit that all the chatter has been spot on. I thought it seemed pretty doable until I got to 14abc, a 5-foot-plus-drop bank to a skinny combination. Samantha and I ran into Erin Freedman, who is contesting the CCI2* with her mare Viola this weekend, while we were walking the course. Erin, pictured above, is 5 feet tall, which gives you some perspective on just how big this drop is, and the fence appears on both the CCI3* and CCI2* courses. That drop is just one example of how challenging this course is going to be for the riders tomorrow. Virtually every table is set at maximum width, and most of the combinations are set at very tricky angles. The CCI1* rides first at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Go eventing.