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Eventing in numbers: a 15 dressage and five non-finishing teams

Pippa Roome Pippa Roome

    • Dates: 22-28 June, 17th week of the 2015 season

    The basics

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    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

    Best dressage scores

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    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

    The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials on 09 05 2015

    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…

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    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 Roome
    Pippa Roome

    H&H magazine editor and eventing editor
    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.
    Pippa Roome

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