Was this a wake-up call for riders?
ONE of the wonders of eventing is the different character of the cross-country courses around the world. Derek di Grazia’s Kentucky was an intriguing mix of five-star turns, angles and skinnies. Eric Winter’s Badminton was true old-fashioned big and bold fences with no real skinnies or five-star angles, so arguably much less technical.
At both venues, we saw tiring horses at the end – at Kentucky because of the
