2017 was a record-breaking year with the number of events and registered athletes and horses continuing to rise as well as new champions and new nations participating at major events and series.

(See more global trends per discipline and per nation here)

We have seven unique disciplines with very distinctive identities and in this section we give you the opportunity to delve into each one – for a brief moment – to see what made them tick in 2017 (major events and series) and what their key trends are.

You can read all about the key major events and series from 2017 listed below in the dedicated discipline pages:

• FEI Championships in all the disciplines – for senior athletes and for youth!
• FEI World Cup™ series in Jumping, Dressage, Driving & Vaulting
• FEI Nations Cup™ series in Jumping, Dressage & Eventing and NEW for Jumping Youth!
• FEI World Challenge series in Jumping & Dressage
• FEI Jumping Children’s Classic NEW
• FEI Jumping Ponies’ trophy NEW