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Returning an innovative equestrian sport to Great Meadow, DerbyCross combines the speed and accuracy of show jumping with the bravery and endurance of cross country jumping.
This year’s DerbyCross event will be held Saturday, July 28 in The Plains. Competition begins at 3 p.m.; regular arena polo follows on its heels starting at 7 p.m.
DerbyCross was conceived and developed by advanced level event riders Rebecca Howard and Sinead Halpin, with help from amateur rider Dana Voorhees. The first competition was held at Great Meadow last summer.
Howard described how the sport works. “The course is a strategically designed combination of cross-country ‘questions’ such as ditches, logs and water, and show jumps. It asks the horses to be brave over cross-country fences and then careful over the show jumps, against the clock.”
Five teams will vie for the top prize. Riders incur, four penalty points per dropped rail, four per refusal and four per
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