WEG Part 3: This Thing People Do- Jumping Over Trees and Water- They Call It Cross Country

One of the craziest things people do on horses, in my opinion, is cross country. These are big, dangerous jumps and it blows my mind both horse and rider are willing to take them. On my skip day they were doing cross country and because it's out in the open it's "free." So I snuck up to the rope at the nearest jump set I came to, which happened to be several water jumps. The riders are fearless, and the horses are too. It's crazy. They come flying in, gather up and spring over these jumps. It's not graceful, half the time it's awkward and stumbling. And good grief, it's dangerous. Here are some pics, videos in next post!

Right before the horse took a face plant into the water.

Rider seemed ok, horse was cut up but seemed ok. I'm sure his neck was all messed up.