Eventing is an Olympic sport in which Great Britain has a long tradition amongst very competitive fields. The entire Great Britain Eventing team at London 2012 and Rio 2016 were ex-Pony Club Members!
Eventing is split into three phases: Dressage, Show Jumping & Cross Country.
Dressage
Dressage is a ridden flatwork test to show off the horse’s smoothness, suppleness and complete obedience. It should look like the horse is performing on its own and carrying its rider effortlessly.
Show Jumping
The second phase takes place in the show jumping arena over coloured knock-down fences.
Cross Country
Finally, the cross country phase is designed to test the horse and rider’s ability over a variety of fixed fences and undulating ground, it should also demonstrate the rider’s knowledge of pace and the use of his horse across country.
All the scores are added together, each test is scored individually and the penalties are added together for the final results. The lowest score is the winning score.
In the case of a team competition, the individual scores of each of the four team members are added together. If all four team members have completed the competition the best three scores count and the team with the lowest team total is pronounced the winner.