Eventing
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Eventing top stories
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Features
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Features
One of the greats: a look back at William Fox-Pitt’s extraordinary career in pictures
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News
‘We’re devastated’: weather takes its toll as major event forced to cancel
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Opinion
Mark Phillips: ‘Badminton is still the one to win’
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Features
Photos of the Badminton special prize winners: from the top mare to the fastest rider and the winning groom
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Features
‘She won’t walk over a pole on the ground’: find out more about Badminton winner Greenacres Special Cavalier
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News
‘A true horseman and a master of his craft’: riders’ tributes as William Fox-Pitt bows out of top level
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Features
Celebrating Badminton Horse Trials winners: 1949 to current day
It's the event that everyone wants to win, but who is already on the Badminton Horse Trials winners list? H&H looks back through the archives
Eventing opinion from H&H columnists
Tack and clothing
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Technical stirrups — what’s on the market?
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6 pairs of stirrups designed with jumping in mind
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Gearing up for the eventing season? Check out what you need to wear...
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11 pairs of boots ready to go out on the cross-country course
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10 stylish pairs of men’s competition breeches to suit all budgets
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8 half pads to consider to help perfect your saddle setup
Training tips
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Learn from the best: William Fox-Pitt’s top tips for eventing success
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Horses’ instincts, saddles and cooling down: 13 training tips from Ingrid Klimke
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13 tips from Pippa Funnell: take your time, steer with your eyes, and repeat, repeat, repeat
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What should you do with your horse the day before an event? H&H investigates…
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.