Volcanoes, Unpredictable Distances, and One Heck of a Slide: Catch Up with Pratoni Course Designer Giuseppe della Chiesa

We’re just a week away from cross-country eve at the 2022 FEI World Championships for Eventing at Italy’s Pratoni del Vivaro, and we know we’re not alone in wondering what on earth might be in store for the 90 competitors making the trip out there. Following a successful trip to Rome in May for the World Championships test event, we caught up with course designer and show director Giuseppe della Chiesa to find out more about his grand plans — and what he hopes to see next week.

The test event, which also served as the opening leg of the 2022 Nations Cup series, allowed Guiseppe to experiment with the lay of the land and many of the routes he planned to use for next week’s event — and, fortunately for him, it all turned out rather as he’d thought it might.

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Article written by: Tilly Berendt