Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team member Boyd Martin took time to sit down with us and analyze this year's course, which he'll be taking on as the lead-off U.S. rider on Saturday morning.

All in all, my first impression when I walked the course was something in between being frightened and little bit sick in my stomach. In 15 years of eventing, this will be the biggest course in dimension that I’ve attempted—but maybe not the most technical and tricky.