Eventing

Eventing top stories
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News
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Opinion
Andrew Nicholson: ‘Aachen’s cross-country was a clever taste of next year’s worlds’
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News
Bumper ticket sales, BBC coverage and hints about cross-country as preparations for home European Championships in full swing
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News
Two Brits on podium in Aachen eventing – but run-outs for other big names drop Britain down team order
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Features
Visitors’ guide to Blenheim, Great Britain – home to the 2025 European Eventing Championships
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Features
How to watch CHIO Aachen from anywhere in the world
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Features
Bed and breakfast for the horses – the 1% details that drive a world number one to the pinnacle of their sport
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Opinion
Mark Phillips: ‘Santa Anita may be the most difficult Olympic site on which to design a cross-country course ever’
Eventing opinion from H&H columnists
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Andrew Nicholson: ‘Aachen’s cross-country was a clever taste of next year’s worlds’
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Piggy March: ‘Harry Meade deserves to be world number one’
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Andrew Nicholson: ‘Eric Winter should put his name forward to design at LA Olympics’
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Mark Phillips on Badminton: ‘The cross-country course was a refreshing change’
Tack and clothing
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11 stylish pairs of men’s competition breeches to suit all budgets
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15 of the best competition breeches to wear in the saddle this season
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Best air jackets for the ultimate protection, comfort and performance – options to suit every rider
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From tweed to tech: 7 best men’s show jackets for style and performance in the ring
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12 ladies’ show jackets perfect for the ring
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Look and feel the part in one of these stylish tweed jackets
Training tips
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How to get your horse fit like world number one event rider Harry Meade
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13 expert tips from Pippa Funnell including take your time, steer with your eyes, and repeat, repeat, repeat
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How Alex Bragg’s training exercise uses turns to master straightness while jumping
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Improve your horse’s rideability and straightness with Harry Meade’s three-fence jumping exercise
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.