The Olympic Eventing cross-country course designer, Sue Benson, has described Greenwich Park as ‘an inspirational site’.
The world’s best Eventing riders will tackle Benson’s 6km course on 30 July.
It promises to be the pivotal phase of the competition and will complete a lengthy project for 60-year-old Benson.
‘At that time (five years ago), the trees and the roads got in the way of my vision, but I then realised what a unique site it was,’ she said.
‘I struggled with the initial concept, but saw that it could be something very special. It’s an inspirational site.
‘I wanted to represent the park and London, but it developed beyond there.
‘The iconic vision became “let’s do England”, but the fences must still fit comfortably within their environment without it becoming a theme park.’
Much has been made of the course’s tight and twisting nature over its 10-minute duration, suggesting it will be an entirely different challenge to what most riders are familiar with.
‘The real challenge was creating a track that used the hills but, in the end, to have enough gallops for the riders to enjoy the course,’ she added.
http://www.london2012.com/ — Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
July 25th, 2012 – Aiken, SC based Equus Events is gearing up for its second annual Atlanta Summerfest Show series taking place August 16th-19th and 23rd-26th at beautiful Chattahoochee Hills (Bouckaert Farms) in Fairburn, GA. Well known in the eventing world, Chatt Hills will host the 2012 USEA American Eventing Championships in September and is owned by eventer Carl Bouckaert who will be competing for Belgium on the Equestrian 3 day event team at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
“Southeast Medal Finals is thrilled to offer online entry via Equestrian Connect for our exciting new show this September. This fantastic service streamlines the entry process from completion to submission, and we are so thankful to be able to pass this time saving service on to our Exhibitors and Trainers. We are looking forward to our new partnership with Equestrian Connect!” For more information or to try it out, go to 
