Eventing in numbers: a 15 dressage and five non-finishing teams
Dates: 22-28 June, 17th week of the 2015 season
The basics
Number of British Eventing (BE) fixtures: five (Hopetoun, Carlton, Rackham, Skipton (1) and Treborough Hill (1))
Number of BE sections run this week: 56
Number of FEI sections run in Britain this week: five
Event with most sections: Carlton (18)
Number of BE sections run so far this year: 1243
Number of combined BE and FEI sections run so far this year: 1276
Number of BE fixtures run so far this year: 84
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Best dressage scores
Carlton: 18.5, scored by Daisy Dollar and Brosna King, who finished second in BE90 section O
Rackham: 18, for Suzanne Ashwell on Pumlon Loveheart, winners of BE90 section A
Skipton: 15, the mark for Alexandra Boyd and Rubi Dancer, who topped BE90 section I
Treborough Hill: 21.3, scored by Pats Jester, ridden by Tim Price, who went on to take novice section I
Speedy gonzales
1: number of pairs who beat the 6min 10sec optimum time in the CIC3* at Hopetoun — the winners, Nicola Wilson and One Two Many
0: number of competitors inside the 6min 13sec optimum time in the CIC2* at Hopetoun. The fastest horse was the winner, Lariats Sun, one second over the time with Polly Stockton
2: number of horses who made the 4min 30sec optimum time over the novice course at Skipton. They were Azerley Solstice (Michael Broadley), fourth in section E, and Bertie McSquirty (Amber Major), 22nd in the same section
And also…
0: number of male winners at Rackham
80: percentage of British victors at Hopetoun — and they were all girls, too
66: percentage of winners at Carlton who finished on their dressage scores
44: pairs had showjumping time-faults at Treborough Hill
1: winner at Skipton has been on a British senior championship squad — Matthew Wright, who took novice section F on Porscher
Further afield
18.4: penalties by which the British team won the Nations Cup in Strzegom, Poland, last weekend
2: teams out of seven finished with three team members in the Strzegom Nations Cup
Full reports from Hopetoun and Strzegom in H&H this week, out Thursday, 2 July 2015
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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.