Apr 26, 2023

Fence-By-Fence: The 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Cross-Country Course Preview

By Lindsay Berreth - USEA Staff
The Corgi jump will surely be a popular selfie spot! USEA/Rob Burk photo

On Saturday morning 39 horses will leave the start box at the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event to tackle Derek di Grazia's cross-country course. The course has an optimum time of 11 minutes and 26 seconds and is 6,520 meters with 28 fences and 49 jumping efforts at 570 mpm, so the horses and riders will need to be fit as they take on the highest level of the sport.

The USEA took a walk around the cross-country course to provide a full fence-by-fence preview.

Be sure to check out the course with video commentary of select combinations on the CrossCountry Course App as well!

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The 2025 K3DE Daily: Dressage Day 1

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Fence-By-Fence: The 2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event Cross-Country Course Preview

The man, the myth, the legend himself, Derek di Grazia is back in his typical fashion at this year's Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event and he has designed some beautiful tracks for both the CCI5*-L and CCI4*-S competitions this year. You can get a first look at these amazing courses as well as some insider interviews with di Grazia himself thanks to our friends at the CrossCountry App!

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The 2025 K3DE Daily: First Horse Inspection

It's the most wonderful time of the year—and we aren't talking about the holiday season. Welcome to 2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event (K3DE) week! This week the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, will be crawling with eventing lovers from all across the globe for the first five-star of the 2025 season and the USEA is excited to once again be onsite for all of the action.

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