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span on the back side. It’s not a familiar sight in racing, nor are the brush water or Swan Lake splash later in the course.
From an eventing standpoint, though unlike the waters on cross-country courses, the waters don’t ask much of a question — jump them and get on with it.
The Swan Lake splash is itself different all together. At 40 feet wide, 170 feet in length, and 9 inches deep, it is just what the name suggests — a splash across a lake. Not a familiar sight for the average racehorse.
Then again, the steeplethon is not your average race.
The Morven Park course also includes three water jumps, though the water in and of itself is about the only thing they have in common with the steeplethon.
At the first water, Rouse wondered aloud if horses try and jump to two separate fences of the bounce into the splash as a single element oxer. My answer as the event expert among us was that no, upper level horses can usually contract their strides, unlike most
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