Cross indoor
Generally practiced outdoors, cross-country riding is one of the three events in the Olympic discipline of “eventing”, alongside dressage and show-jumping. The principle of this event is to gallop a long distance over natural or fixed obstacles of varying mass and technical difficulty.
Created in 2014, the CHI de Genève cross-country course is the only indoor cross-country course in Switzerland. In order to offer sufficient space and a spectacle on a par with “traditional” cross-country events, the CHIG indoor cross takes place on both the main track and the training paddock. A course of some thirty natural obstacles, including a lake and a mound, can be built over a distance of between 1,500 and 1,800 m.
The competition
As the competition is virtually unique at the CHI de Genève, a specific set of rules has been drawn up for this event:
- One disobedience = 20 points
- Two disobediences = 40 points
- Three disobediences = elimination
- Falling an obstacle = 8 points
- Fall = elimination
An ideal time is set. The aim is to reach this ideal time. Each second over or under the ideal time counts as 1 point. The winner is the rider who makes no mistakes and crosses the finish line closest to the ideal time.
Obstacles
Cross-country obstacles are either fixed or natural. There are many different types: trunks, hedges, fords, low and high obstacles, etc. They are not necessarily very high, but can be very wide and imposing. They are not necessarily very high, but can be very wide and imposing.
