What a treat to drive into Red Hills Event for the second year running – if I had a dollar for every person who told me how much they love it here! Funnily enough it reminds me a lot of an english event; the first clue is the road signs from a few miles out, not quite those lovely yellow AA signs that we get at home but still, better than nothing which is what I’ve had to get used to most of the time over here, not much fun when you’re as directionally challenged as I am! The second similarity is the blue skies and sunshine, and gently glowing (because I’m a lady!) whilst I walk the course in early March, just like Tweseldown. Well, okay, only one of these statements about English eventing is true! Nonetheless, there’s just something about Red Hills, let’s let Canadian Eventing Phenom and Pan Am Gold Medalist try and explain the allure,
Sadly, I was too slow to catch eventing’s elite offspring on camera, maybe if I can lay off the wine tonight and start drinking coffee really early tomorrow I’ll have more luck, but I doubt it! Hopefully if the internet connection allows, we’ll bring you some CIC*** cross country course photos soon, and dressage starts bright and early Friday at 8am.
Phillip Dutton helps Dr Kevin Keane doing his first CIC*** on Fernhill Flutter
Woohoo! Go Red Hills and Go Eventing!
