Obviously, an endless series of straightforward fences like big logs would miss the point, just as "yank and crank" endless combinations of angles and skinnies, miss the point. If XC designers WANT to create "Outdoor Hickstead Jumping Derbi...
es" out of jumps that, when hit, don`t fall down----the horse falls instead----then don`t ask them to race at old fashioned cross country speeds at them. Those speeds were created for more galloping courses. Where is the common sense, and awareness of basic physics?
