Saturday Video: Ride the 2013 Boekelo Course with Julia Krajewski

Sue Benson’s cross country course proved to be challenging and influential for this year’s competitors today. Sue has been the course designer at Boekelo for quite awhile now, and she always finds new inspiration as she prepares the course each year.

This year, Boekelo went behind the scenes with Sue, who imparted some thoughts on the course and her intentions with its design. You can view this helmet cam from Germany’s Julia Krajewski last year to get a feel for Sue’s courses and what she asks from the horses and riders.

Perhaps one of the more fascinating elements of European eventing is the promise of inclement weather on any given day. As you can see from Julia’s helmet cam, the conditions were less than ideal last year as well — truly a formidable challenge for a course designer to create a course with the elements in mind.

What was your favorite part of Julia’s ride? In taking a look at this year’s course, what are the big differences you see? Weigh in with your thoughts in the comments below!

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