Men and Horses have learned to live together for hundreds of years. If there were never horses, it would be safe to say battle, and ways of transportation would have been much harder in ancient times. Today, horses are used for racing, and joy riding. If you have heard about three day horse eventing, and want your questions answered, here are the days of competition broken down.
Dressage
The first and most important day of the competition is Dressage. This is the day in which will get you in the rankings for the next two events the previous days. Dressage takes place in a 30 by 90foot course and has the letters AKEHCMBF placed statistically around the ring. You this perform movements based on the letters in the course. The judges then judge you on each move and you are given a score.
Show Jumping:
This is the second day of competition, cross-country jumping. This consists of jumping over all natural fences. It can be anything from a log, a river, or a hedge. You follow a course, usually jumping anything from 15-30 jumps over a span of 2-3 miles. You are judged on how many refusals(stops) made by your horse, and of course judged on how close you get to the optimal time. For every 10 second you are over the time a point gets deducted off your final score.
Cross-Country:
This is the last day of 3-day eventing. This is show-jumping. Here you are given a course, much like cross-country, however, you are inside an enclosed arena and are being judged over every fence. If you hit a jump and the rail falls of you get -3 points, if your horse stops at a fence you get -4 points. Your points are all added up and the lowest score at the end of the weekend wins.
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