Eventing

Eventing top stories
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Horse who won six medals for Britain – and nearly died halfway through his career – put down: ‘He loved a big occasion’
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Nicola Wilson update: event rider moves hospitals after Badminton fall
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‘He bounced off the front of the lorry’: rider returns with a win after 16 weeks off injured
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Five-star victor and winner of seven medals retires from eventing
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‘A very dear friend’: Oliver Townend’s medal-winning five-star event horse retires sound, happy and at the top of his game
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Features
Scott Brash and Piggy March in Nations Cup action, plus four other events to follow this week
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Rising stars, five-star performers and Zara Tindall among the entries for Bramham
Eventing opinion from H&H columnists
Tack and clothing
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Look and feel the part in one of these stylish tweed jackets
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18 base layers in a wide range of colours
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12 pairs of boots ready to go out on the cross-country course
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8 stylish pairs of men’s competition breeches to suit all budgets
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17 of the best competition breeches to wear in the saddle this season
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Find your next set of cross-country colours here
Training tips
All about eventing
Eventing is a three-phase equestrian sport in which a horse and rider combination compete in dressage, showjumping and cross-country. The same combination have to compete in all three phases – a rider can’t substitute a different horse for any part of the competition. The sport is designed to be a test of all-round horsemanship of the rider and the adaptability and training of the horse across the different sports. Scores are given as penalties and the horse and rider with the lowest penalties after all three phases of an event are the winners. Events, also known as horse trials, are typically referred to as one-day or three-day events, despite the fact a competition can actually be held over one, two, three or four days. Eventing in Britain is overseen by the sport’s governing body British Eventing with competition starting over jumps of 80cm in height, called BE80(T) and increases in height up to advanced level over showjumps with a maximum height of 1.25m and cross-country fences set at 1.20m. There are also international eventing competitions run under FEI rules from one- to five-star level.