What is Eventing?

Eventing gives Pony Club Members a competition which needs courage, determination and all-round riding ability combined with the careful and systematic training of the horse. Riders gain a deeper understanding of the different disciplines open to them.

Its main aim is to encourage a higher standard of riding throughout the Pony Club and to give the young a greater interest in riding as both a sport and as a recreational activity.

The sport could be termed an "equestrian triathlon". It involves working with your pony/horse both on the flat and over jumps. Today, the sport is most known for its cross-country phase where horse and rider gallop over an outside course of solid obstacles which the horse has never seen before.

Eventing is an Olympic discipline in which Great Britain has a long tradition amongst very competitive fields.

The British Olympic Team on the podium

At the Athens 2004 Games, the Olympics Team GB won the silver medal. All of the team were members of the Pony Club at some point in their lives. The individual Olympic champion Leslie Law was a member of the Golden Valley Branch.

Details of the three phases an Eventing competition is split into

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