The Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country course for 2024 features 27 numbered fences on the five-star track, with an optimum time of 11 minutes 15 seconds.
The start and finish are in the same area as previously, but the route has been rearranged slightly, creating a different feel, particularly in the early and late parts of Derek di Grazia’s track.
Kentucky Three-Day Event cross-country course
Fence 1: Woerthy Tribute
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Fence 2: Trakehner
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Fence 3: Stairway Table
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Fence 4: Hillside Oxer
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Fence 5abc: Mars Sustainabililty Bay
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Fence 5a
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Back of fence 5a
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Fence 5b
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Fence 5c direct route
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Fence 5c alternative
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Fence 6: Market Table
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Fence 7: Cosequin Cove
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Fence 8ab: Cosequin Cove
Fence 8a
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Looking over fence 8a to fence 8b
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Fence 8b direct route
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Alternative fence 8b
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Fence 9: Le Chameau
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Fence 10ab: Walnut Bank
Fence 10a
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Fence 10b
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Fence 11: Ditch Brush
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Fence 12: Wofford Rails
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Fence 13abcd: Defender Head of the Lake
Fence 13a direct route
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View over direct route fence 13a to the other elements of the complex
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Fence 13b direct route
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Fence 13cd direct route
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Fence 13a long route
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Fence 13b long route
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Fence 13c long route
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Fence 13d long route
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Fence 14: Blade and Bow Bourbon Table
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Fence 15abc: EEI Root Cellar
Fence 15a
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Fence 15b
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Fence 15c direct route
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Fence 15c alternative route
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Fence 16abc: Pete’s Hollow
Fence 16a
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View over fence 16a
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Fence 16b
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View of the way to fence 16c on the direct route
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Fence 16c direct route
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Fence 16c long route
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Fence 17: Mick’s Picnic Table
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Fence 18abc: Rolex Grand Slam Challenge
Fence 18a
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View over fence 18a
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Fence 18b
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Fence 18c
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Fence 19: Squirrel Tables
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Fence 20abc: Normany Bank
Fence 20a
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Looking at the route from the bank down through the b and c elements
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Fence 20b
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Fence 20c direct route
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Fence 20c alternative route
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Fence 21: Cedar Lodge
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Fence 22: Fox’s Den
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Fence 23abcde: Park Question
Fence 23a straight route, with the ditch behind which forms element b on all routes
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Fence 23a alternative
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Fence 23cd direct route
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View over fence 23cd on the direct route
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Fence 23e direct route
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Fence 23c alternative route
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Fence 23de alternative route
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Fence 24: Lincoln Lodge
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Fence 25abc: Mighty Moguls
Fence 25a
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Fence 25b
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Fence 25c
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Fence 26: Red Top Cabins
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Fence 27: Lucky Horseshoe
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