A historic win for Hazel Shannon and Willingapark Clifford in Adelaide in 2019
How did you go? Check out the answers to our Christmas Eventing quiz to see who is the Mastermind of your eventing household ............
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Answers
1. 185 is Piggy’s hat number. When you become a member of a senior British team and are given the union flag for your hat, it has a unique number on it and Piggy's is 185
2. Stuart Buntine of Bede Events, on finding a suitable venue to replace Belton House for the important eventing fixture in 2020
3. Astier Nicolas at Blair Castle International
4. Camphire Horse Trials in Ireland after New Zealand won the Nations Cup
5. The cross country start time was moved to either 7.30 am or 8am to ensure completion by 11am as part of the heat countermeasures
6. Ziggy Grace
7. Top hat
8. Hazel Shannon made history at the 2019 Mitsubishi Motors Australian International 3 Day Event by winning the CCI5* in Adelaide for the third time on the same horse, Willingapark Clifford
9. Michael Jung and Fischerwild Wave
10. Harry Meade won the 4* at Strzegom, Poland on Superstition
Gold for Michael Jung (GER), silver for Ryuzo Kitajima (JPN), bronze for Yoshiaki Oiwa (JPN)
11. Belton International, Gatcombe Park and Lynton Horse Trials (Goulburn, Australia)
12. 77 - the bib number worn by Tilly, the character in the children’s books authored by Pippa
13. Thailand
14. Badminton 2019 was Piggy’s 25th attempt at winning an event at the highest (five or four star) level
15. Oliver Townend in the Press Conference after finishing third to Pippa Funnell and Piggy French at Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials
16. Carola Brighenti
17. Ben Hobday
18. Shane Rose at the Australian International 3 Day Event (his other horse had a small mouth injury!)
19. Tonimbuk International Horse Trials, VIC
20. Trick question – not the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in England! It is in fact a fence you will find at the New Zealand Horse of the Year show held in March, where they create some ‘mini-Burghley’ fences as part of the CCI4* course
Pippa Funnell's lucky number - 77
