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for a full stride and horses must bounce over the panel.
All else aside, both the steeplethon and the advanced track at Morven demand topnotch riding. The differences in the obstacles are the result of the different demands on horse and rider in each sport. Perhaps the steeplethon calls more on the natural ability of each horse, the ability to keep up a two-minute lick (about 800 meters per minute in eventing lingo, about 30 miles per hour) over a broad variety of obstacles.
Conversely, the advanced track at Morven demands more of a horse’s training, more of the ability to gallop at 570 meters per minute, a bit less than steeplechasing speed, while remaining both brave and obedient.
It is worth noting that Duke of Monmouth, a horse that almost won this spring’s steeplethon, used to event. Many more event horses come from a hurdle or (especially) timber background.
Having now seen it from “each side of the fence,” I recommend taking in both.
Craig Thompson is an upper level event rider based in Middleburg. He also founded and operates the on-line eventing magazine, U.S. Event Horse: www.useventhorse.com.
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