Horseback Cross-country Course
Cross county fence at Annaharvey Farm
At Annaharvey we have an extensive cross-country course of over 130 obstacles on our 380 acre (160 ha.) farm. They range from simple logs for those who are only starting out at jumping to an Intermediate Horse Trials event course.
Twice a year we run Eventing Ireland one day events. The course has been designed by Tommy Brennan International and European Championship course designer . We run Training, Novice and Open Intermediate Classes ( or CCN* and CCN** by FEI terms ). This course is available to our guests who want to train to a very high level at cross-country and we also have the horses to suit.
For more information on eventing in Ireland please contact us or see www.eventingireland.com for details.
We know that the vast majority of riders do not aspire to compete at very high levels but nevertheless enjoy jumping cross-country. We have lots of small logs and simple jumps for those who want to just have some fun. Often people spend all their time training in an arena to show jump, however our cross-country course is an ideal way to do lots of diverse jumping and have plenty of fun and learn some new ideas along the way.
Hunter Trials.
We also run competitions known as "Hunter Trials". They are held in the Spring and Autumn. This is simulation of hunting conditions where the competitors run over a marked course . They are let off at timed intervals and the least faults in the best time is the winner. This is a great fun competition for novice cross-country riders with the classes as follows: Pre-novice( 2ft3in. jumps) Novice (3ft jumps) and Open (3ft6in. jumps).
