Aside from a few videos and links to articles, our coverage of eventing in Mexico on Eventing Nation is usually pretty sparse. But Mexico, namely the city of Guadalajara, will be the center of the eventing world one weekend this October for the Pan American Games. The Pan American Games eventing test event is being held this weekend at the Guadalajara eventing sites and members from the Canada and US federations are on scene observing the test event.
If you don’t know very much about Guadalajara, it is Mexico’s second largest city and is located in western central Mexico. The setting, as you can see from the photos, is absolutely beautiful. On the flip side, like most Mexican areas, Guadalajara has issues with gang and drug related crime. The gangs in Mexico tend to be very well armed, sometimes better than the local police–sometimes they are the local police. But this isn’t news to anyone involved in the Pan American Games and a ton of precautions are being taken to ensure everyone’s safety. I have heard mixed opinions on the effectiveness of these precautions, but we will know a lot more after the test event. [Guadalajara on the Map, Pan American Games Homepage]
For now, let’s put all of those thoughts away and take a look at some XC course photos, kindly sent to us by EN’s good friends Sally O’Connor and Sara Ike:
Go Guadalajara.
