Pierre Le Goupil is new Maryland 5 Star cross-country course-designer

France’s Pierre Le Goupil would be the cross-country course-designer at Mars Maryland 5 Star from 2025 and can maintain the function till a minimum of after the 2027 occasion.

Ian Stark, who has been the designer for the reason that inaugural five-star on the US venue in 2021, retires from designing at finish of this yr.

New Maryland 5 Star course-designer Pierre Le Goupil, 61, competed on the prime degree for 30 years earlier than retiring from eventing in 2002.

He started organising occasions in 1995 and is the course-designer for the Olympics this yr in Paris. He was additionally answerable for the monitor eventually yr’s European Championships at Haras du Pin and on the 2023 Pan American Video games in Santiago, Chile.

Ian stated: “I’m thrilled for the occasion that Pierre would be the new man. He has the expertise, the creativeness and the aptitude to succeed and I stay up for following his plans for the way forward for the course.

Pierre stated he’s “stuffed with gratitude in the direction of the organising committee for his or her belief”.

“It’s a superb alternative for me, and it’s additionally an excellent honour to succeed Ian Stark, who in lower than three years, has tremendously contributed to the occasion’s popularity,” he stated.

Jeff Newman, president and CEO of the occasion committee, stated: “We’re thrilled that Pierre has agreed to be our cross-country course-designer beginning in 2025 for the Mars Maryland 5 Star at Honest Hill introduced by Brown Advisory constructing upon the unbelievable basis that Ian Stark has created by this yr.

“There is no such thing as a place extra necessary in eventing than the course-designer because it’s paramount each to make sure horse and athlete security and the leisure of our followers globally. We’re so lucky and honoured to have two of the easiest supporting Maryland as we proceed to construct upon our legacy as a world-class occasion on the highest degree of the game.”

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