![]() There’s a gap before and a big drop after this larger-than-life depiction of one of Maryland’s famous blue crabs, which greets riders to the main water complex. ![]() Fence 13AB: The Timber Rails Fence 14: The Cedar Brush Oxer Fence 15ABCDEF: The Maryland Crab Water presented by Mars. Fence 12: The Dubarry Stick Pile, complete with larger-than-life Dubarrys. Fence 10AB: Brush Shoulder to Skinny Brush Oxerįence 11: It’s a sharp right turn from 10B to this brush corner. Riders will turn right after this fence to a skinny.įence 9ABC: Fair Hill Foundation Rail, Ditch and Wedge-aka, the coffin. Fence 6: Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area Covered Bridge, a shout-out to an iconic covered bridge on the historic property. Fence 5AB: Ceciil County Tourism C&D Canal Water, the first water complex on course. The first combination on course, riders will jump this then turn left to jump another table of similar dimensions. We took a walk around the course to give you a first glimpse at what’s in store for riders on Saturday: Kimberly Loushin Photos Fence 1: The Maryland Flower Ramp Fence 2: The Land Rover Flower Table Fence 3AB: The Paul Bunyan Tables. Stark has said he likes to build horse-friendly courses with “rider frightener” fences, and there are plenty of those to be found on the 11-minute track. It’s an entirely new route in a new location, running from Fair Hill’s steeplechase track out to the Sawmill Road Field, where cross-country is held for national-level horse trials, before looping back to finish at the steeplechase course. Longtime attendees of the venue’s previous four-star long won’t recognize much on Ian Stark’s course. ![]() Dressage gets underway today at the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, but what everybody is most excited to see is the cross-country.
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