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Eventing is the ultimate test of horse and rider - comprising three disciplines – Dressage, Cross-Country and Show Jumping, the scores from each test combine to produce an overall total.
By British Eventing
May 4, 2005 - 6:55:00 AM
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Eventing is the ultimate test of horse and rider - comprising three disciplines – Dressage, Cross-Country and Show Jumping, the scores from each test combine to produce an overall total.
The ultimate form of Eventing competition is the THREE DAY EVENT when each test takes place on a different day starting on day one with Dressage, day two consists of two sections of Roads & Tracks separated by Steeplechase and finally (long format with steeplechase), the challenge of the Cross Country course. On the final day, there is Show Jumping completing the triathlon of disciplines. The sport also comprises ONE DAY EVENTS with all three tests on one day or TWO DAY EVENTS where competitors Dressage and Show Jump on day one and the second day is the Endurance day with cross country.
It is a sport at which Britain excels and recent medal success has brought it to the forefront once again. It is also one of a handful of sports where men and women compete on equal terms and the genuine amateur can compete against a world or Olympic champion.
British Eventing is the governing body for Eventing in Great Britain and regulates the sport as well as organising and scheduling many events throughout the country.
Following the decision in 1996 to become independent of the British Horse Society and its charitable umbrella, the sport established itself as an independent company limited by guarantee – the British Horse Trials Association Limited. As such it had its own identity and has took up founder membership of a legally constituted British Equestrian Federation (BEF). On January 1 2001, the governing body changed its name to British Eventing (a company limited by guarentee - registration number 3218925) in line with the world-wide acceptance of Eventing as the official name for the sport.
British Eventing
Stoneleigh Park
Kenliworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2RN
Telephone: 0247 669 8856
Fax: 0247 669 7235
Hotline: 0906 277 4417
Email: info@britisheventing.com
www.bhta.co.uk
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