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1. Which rider won the 2020 USEA Rider of the Year and what was unusual about it?
Elisabeth (Liz) Halliday-Sharp was named the 2020 USEA Rider of the Year. In the 60 years since it was first presented in 1960, the Windy Acres Trophy has been awarded to only five women
2. The World Championship for Young Horses at Le Lion d’Angers was cancelled in 2012 – why?
Flooding of the site and wet weather but the riders still had fun as you can see in our photo gallery
3. In 2013 Jock Paget won at Badminton on his first attempt. Name the only other rider to have managed the same feat
The only other person to have won the Badminton tiitle on his first attempt is another New Zealander, Sir Mark Todd who won in 1980 with Southern Comfort
4. Name the eventing competitions and countries where you would find these cross country questions
- Sydney International 3 Day Event, Australia
- Aachen, Germany
- FEI Asian Championships at the Thai Polo Club in Pattaya, Thailand
- Burghley Horse Trials, England
- Blenhiem Palace International, England
- Chatsworth International, England
- Australian International 3 Day Event, Adelaide, Australia
- Barbury Horse Trials, England
- Bramham Horse Trials, England
- Badminton Horse Trials, England
5. In 2013 at Les Etoiles de Pau, William Fox-Pitt made history by holding first, second and third places after cross country. Which horses was he riding?
Seacookie (interim 1st), Cool Mountain (interim 2nd), Neuf Des Coeurs (3rd). Seacookie (pictured below) went on to win
6. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of Badminton 2020. How many other times has it been completely cancelled, in which years and for what reasons?
Five times. Bad weather has forced the cancellation of Badminton on four occasions – in 1966, 1975, 1987 and 2012 while Foot and Mouth disease caused the cancellation of the 2001 Event.
The terrible weather of 1962/63 which continued into the spring, forced Badminton to down-grade to a one day event.
7. In 2019 Piggy March (née French) won the CCI5* at Badminton riding Vanir Kamira. Can you name the two other mares that have won Badminton in this decade (2010 – 2020)
Paulank Brockagh ridden by Sam Griffiths (2014) and Classic Moet ridden by Jonelle Price (2018)
Other Winning Mares: Emily Little ridden by Captain Mark Darley in 1952, Bambi V ridden by Margaret Hough in 1954, Peggoty ridden by Captain Martin Whiteley winner of Little Badminton in 1960 and Headley Britannia, ridden by Lucinda Fredericks in 2007
8. Who rode into the record books at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials this decade, becoming the first rider to win the prestigious title three times consecutively on the same horse
Andrew Nicholson did the hat-trick with Avebury, became the first rider to win the prestigious title three times consecutively on the same horse in 2012, 2013 and 2014
9. Who won the 2013 Test Event for the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy?
10. In 2014 Ingrid Klimke won her first CCI4* (now CCI5*) - where was it?
12. Only two countries have beaten Germany home soil at Aachen. Name the countries and years
Australia in 2016 and New Zealand in 2018
13. Who was the first rider in history to hold Olympic, World and European eventing titles simultaneously?
Michael Jung - World Championship title in Kentucky (USA) in 2010, double European gold in Luhmühlen in 2011 and double Olympic gold in London (GBR) in 2012
14. Who presented the prizes at the 2015 European Championships at Blair Castle in Scotland?
15. In 2013 Chris Burton won the Aus3DE CCI4* in Adelaide on a catch ride called TS Jamaimo. Who normally rode the horse and why was the usual rider unable to ride TS Jamaimo at the last minute?
Australia's Will Enzinger broke his leg the weekend before and asked Chris to compete the horse the week of the event
16. Which inaugural CCI5* event should have been held in 2020 and will now be added to the current six CCI5* events in 2021?
Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, USA
17. Which rider and horse won the only CCI5* to take place in 2020?
18. Which rider topped the British Eventing Rider Rankings each year from 2014 – 2018?
Oliver Townend - read his stats here
19. Two of New Zealand’s most celebrated eventing riders – Sir Mark Todd and Blyth Tait - have both retired twice from their eventing career. Which year/s did each of them decide to retire for a second time?
Sir Mark Todd retired in 2019 and Blyth Tait in 2020
20. Which horse/rider combination have won the CCI5* at the Australian International 3 Day Event three times and in which years?
Hazel Shannon and Willingapark Clifford have won a record three times in 2016, 2018 and 2019
21. Eventing is renowned for taking places at some of the most spectacular settings around the world - can you name these iconic venues?
- Haras National at l'Isle de Briand in Le Lion d’Angers, France
- Victoria Park, Adelaide, Australia
- Luhmuhlen, Germany
- Puhinui Reserve, Auckland, New Zealand
- Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire, England
- Boekelo, The Netherlands
- Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England
- Equestrian Park, Tokyo, Japan
- Kentucky Horse Park, Kentucky, USA
- Aachen, Germany
22. How many times has an American rider won the Kentucky CCI5*/4* this decade?
None. 2019 & 2018 Oliver Townend (GBR). 2015 - 2017 Michael Jung (GER). 2010, 2012 & 2014 William Fox-Pitt (GBR). 2013 Andrew Nicholson (NZL). 2011 Mary King (GBR)
23. Name the winning team and the riders at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon
Britain - Ros Canter won eventing individual gold and her team mates Piggy French, Gemma Tattersall and Tom McEwen joined her on the podium for team gold
24. What two records did Oliver Townend break at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in 2019 during the dressage phase?
Oliver Townend became the first person in the event’s history to hold both first and second places after the dressage phase. He also broke another record that year, setting the lowest leading dressage score of 19.7 riding Cillnabradden Evo
25. Brazil, the host team of the 2016 Olympic Games, qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games at which event?
Both the USA and Brazil booked their tickets to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by taking gold and silver respectively in Eventing at the Pan American Games 2019
26. Pippa Funnell won at Burghley in 2019 - how many years previously did she last win that title?
16 years – she also won in 2003 aboard Primmore’s Pride, which also secured her place in history as the first winner of the Rolex Grand Slam
27. New Zealand’s Tim Price originally proposed to his wife Jonelle in 2010 but what year did they marry?
Tim proposed in 2010 but, with the wedding having to be scheduled around the demands of an eventing calendar and London 2012, the ceremony finally took place on Friday 11th January 2013
28. Who is the only non-Australian rider to win the Australian International 3 Day Event in the past 10 years?
Clarke Johnstone and Balmoral Sensation in 2017
29. France’s Astier Nicolas won team Olympic gold and individual silver at Rio 2016. Who were his gold-winning team mates?
Karim Laghouag, Mathieu Lemoine, Thibaut Vallette joined Astier Nicolas on the podium
30. Which British pony won a European Pony Championships gold medal in both 2018 and 2019 and what was the link between the two different riders competing him?
Midnight Dancer was part of the British gold winning team at the 2018 FEI European Pony Championships at Bishop Burton ridden by Ellie Healy and he backed that up by winning individual and team gold at the 2019 FEI European Pony Championships in Strzegom, Poland with Ellie’s younger brother Finn
