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Eventing

Eventing combines dressage, cross-country and jumping. Horse and rider must show precision, endurance, cross-country ability and jumping skill; penalties from the phases form the final result.

LevelVariant FamilyAnimal sport CategoryEquestrian sport

AI-generated illustration: Eventing — AI-generated illustration

Classification

Category Equestrian sport

Family Animal sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Equestrian sport connects rider, driver or vaulter with horse, equipment, venue and discipline-specific rules.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who take technique, responsibility, welfare and supervised training seriously over time.

Cost No uniform estimate: instruction, horse, venue, insurance and equipment vary strongly. recurring cost depends on riding/driving lessons, horse/stable access, competition and equipment. club or venue fees differ by region. animal welfare, qualified instruction and a suitable venue are central entry requirements.

First progress Basics after weeks; safe competition routine takes much longer.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

qualified instruction
suitable horse
helmet/protection
saddle, bridle or driving/vaulting equipment
suitable venue

First steps

take beginner instruction
learn safety and handling rules
build basic seat/guidance/control
specialise later

Riding club, riding school, driving/vaulting group or national federation pathway.

Start only with qualified supervision, suitable protection and welfare-compliant infrastructure.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, animal, einzeln, tier, vielseitigkeitsreiten-military, animal-sport, eventing, tiersport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete all phases with as few penalties as possible.

Teilnehmer

Horse-rider combination; individual and team events.

Teamgröße

Individual combinations or teams by discipline.

Spielfeld

Dressage arena, cross-country course with fixed obstacles and jumping course.

Dauer

Rides, rounds, tests, or routes under discipline rules.

Wertung

Penalties from dressage, cross-country, time/obstacles and jumping are added.

Gewinnbedingung

Lowest penalty score after all phases.

Ausrüstung

Horse, phase-specific riding/protection gear, dressage, cross-country and jumping venues.

Wichtige Regelpunkte

jumping fault
refusal
fall
veterinary/welfare breach
equipment/doping violation

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI)

Eventing: The Ultimate Guide FEI · sport-guide · medium
Getting started in eventing British Eventing Life · beginner-guide · medium
A beginner's guide to British Eventing Rules British Eventing BE Prepared · beginner-rules · medium
Wikipedia DE Wikipedia DE · reference · medium
FEI Rules Library FEI · rulebook · high