Eventing in numbers: a nifty Irishman, an American-based dressage diva and 92% clear rounds
H&H’s eventing editor brings you the latest on the week’s eventing action in statistics
Dates: 16-22 March, third week of the 2015 season
The basics
Number of British Eventing (BE) fixtures: 3 (Aldon (1), Lincolnshire, Swalcliffe Park)
Number of BE sections run this week: 56
Number of FEI sections run in Britain this week: 1 (CIC* at Aldon)
Event with most sections: Aldon — 22 sections
Number of BE sections run so far this year: 188
Best dressage scores
Aldon: 19.8, for Lindsey Cheffings and De Beer’s Delfi, who added nothing to this score to win BE100open section E
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Lincolnshire: 18.5, for Will Rawlin on VIP Vinnie, who kept a clean sheet to top open novice section L
Swalcliffe Park: 20, for Iona Johnstone with Utopia I, the winners of BE90 section A despite four showjumping faults
Speedy gonzales
2: number of pairs who beat the 5min 2sec optimum time in the pony trial at Aldon — winners Holly Needham and Barana Snow, plus Thomas Hawke and Brooklandsfarm Saracen, 13th
2: Jonty Evans managed two of the five rounds within the 5min 56sec optimum time over the intermediate course at Aldon — on his advanced intermediate winner Cooley Rorkes Drift and third-placed Double Dutch V
And also…
3: number of dressage scores of 50 penalties or more in BE100 section J at Swalcliffe
4: number of sections with a 100% completion rate, two at Swalcliffe Park and two at Lincolnshire
92: percentage of starters who jumped clear across country in the first FEI class of the year in Britain, the CIC* at Aldon
Further afield
39.1: Leslie Law’s leading dressage score in the CIC3* at Poplar Place, Georgia. He went on to win the class with Tout De Suite
89%: percentage of pairs in the CICO3* at Fontainebleau, France, who jumped clear across country
81: number of pairs now entered for Rolex Kentucky CCI4* — the most interesting recent additions are 2012 Burghley runners-up Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville, plus Michael Jung with La Biosthetique-Sam FBW and FischerRocana FST.
Full reports from Aldon, Lincolnshire and Fontainebleau in H&H this week, out Thursday, 26 March.
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Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.