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Morven
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wondering how it would ride.
The horses jump over a set of rails onto the bank itself, with the fear that landing on the mound would slow horses down, causing a pile-up as followers collided with leaders. In fact, it did not happen that way. A point to remember about racehorses and event horses: Horses are pretty smart. Most haven’t landed on their heads as often as their riders. Specialists in both sports seem to figure out the questions we pose.
Morven Park includes a couple variations on banks. The most famous is the dreaded leaf pit. It comes early on the course, before many horses are quite in gear. Horse and rider must jump a set of 3-foot 9-inch rails, take one shuffling stride and drop off a huge bank down into a ragged gully. Once down the bank and in the gully, organization is a must, as an imposing oxer must be jumped on the way “out."
New on the course last year was a bank up to a “skinny” panel about half-way around the course. Again, there’s not room on the bank
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