Mike Etherington-Smith in course designer mode at Sydney International Horse Trials
Mike Etherington-Smith has announced that he is standing down as the Chief Executive of British Eventing in order to devote more time to his cross country course design work. He will leave the post, which he has occupied since 2009, in six months time
Mike designed the Sydney 2000 cross country course and continues to work with the Sydney International Horse Trials on developing the course at Horsley Park as well as other projects and says “It’s no secret that my first love is being out and about on cross-country courses and I have been offered some more designing opportunities, including at the Adelaide four-star in Australia,” explained Mike. “It was a really tough decision to leave BE, but I feel that now is a good time for someone else to take over the reins”
