Cross country is the second phase of modern eventing (which is dressage, cross country and show jumping). It consists of galloping across country in a set time, whilst jumping over wide, solid fences. The fences can be anything from logs to geese, in the Burghley Horse Trials case! The courses are often tough and take the horse and rider to complete exhaustion.
The fences: Here are some reference pictures of the kind of fences you might have in a set up.
These are some of the fences you could expect on a course: water jumps, ditches, log piles, even massive horseshoes! Now let's have a look at the models that are good for cross country.
Any galloping or cantering model is great for cross country, but the best ones are the ones who are stretched out in their frame and look happy yet focused.
Breyer Flexible: He could be a horse pulling to get round a course, or a horse who is being contained for a more difficult fence, like a tiger trap.
Breyer Sam: Is probably the best model for cross country out of them all! He is a very successful horse in real life, and as a model he is in a lovely stretched out pose, who is happy and focused.
Breyer Ballou: Is quite a good horse for cross country. He could be doing Pony Club with a young rider over smaller fences.
Breyer Secretariat or Frankel: They are galloping horses, but look a bit too fast and furious for cross country. However you could do a set up where the horse is galloping and the rider is trying to hold him back.
There are rarer models you could use which are probably better for cross country, but these are the main ones which I think you could easily use.
For the final bit of this part have a look at some reference pictures which will help you for your set ups!
Please also see the reference pictures right at the start of this post for more info.Thanks for looking at my blog; I really appreciated it! Please drop a comment and I'll come back to you as soon as possible! Have a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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