Often described as an equestrian triathlon, Eventing is a unique challenge, demanding skill, courage and versatility!

2019 FEI Eventing facts and figures

Top 3 NFs with Events in Eventing:

Greatest increase since 2018: France +13 Events

Top 3 NFs with registered Athletes in Eventing:

Greatest increase since 2018: France +63 Athletes

Top 3 NFs with registered Horses in Eventing:

Greatest increase since 2018: France +93 Horses

Major Events 2019

It was another big year for Eventing with the Longines FEI European Championships in Luhmühlen (GER), the Pan American Games in Lima (PER), the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing series and the FEI WBFSH World Breeding Eventing Championship for Young Horses in Le Lion d’Angers (FRA).

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Pan American Games, Lima (PER)

USA and Brazil took home gold and silver in Eventing at the Pan American Games which took place at the Equitation School at La Molina in Lima, Peru. The Americans took the lead in the opening Dressage phase, but they were only 4.9 penalty points ahead of team Canada, while Carlos Parro and his Brazilian team-mates were less than four penalty points further adrift. Despite being shaken by a nasty fall from their most experienced team-member, Ruy Fonseca and Ballypatrick SRS, the Brazilians dug deep to produce brilliant performances and moved up to take silver ahead of the Canadians.

In the individual standings, Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg made it double gold and team mate Lynn Symansky, partnering RF Cool Play, took silver. The Americans clearly dominated the podium ahead of Carlos Parro (BRA) who bagged bronze with Quaikin Qurious. 

Team Podium 

Individual Podium

Longines FEI Eventing European Championships, Luhmühlen (GER)

The German team was on course for another rich medal haul on home turf at the Longines FEI Eventing European Championships at Luhmühlen (GER). Brilliant Cross Country performances by Michael Jung (GER) on new ride fischerChipmunk FRH and defending champion Ingrid Klimke (GER) with the evergreen SAP Hale Bob OLD, ensured the hosts retained their lead over defending champions Great Britain. Breathing down their neck were France, Italy and Sweden.

Team Germany remained unshakeable over the knockable fences and took the title of European Champions for the fourth time since the country’s dazzling run of success began at Luhmühlen in 2011. For Klimke, the win was even sweeter, as she also won individual gold and became the fifth athlete in the 66-year history of the Europeans to win back-to-back titles. The individual podium was completed by Klimke’s compatriot Michael Jung and Ireland’s Cathal Daniels and Rioghan Rua.

I definitely came here to win for sure. It was so close, but this year the luck was with me. – Ingrid Klimke (GER)

Great Britain just managed to hold onto team silver – by 0.3 of a penalty – ahead of Sweden, runner’s up in 2017, who were the beneficiaries of a titanic struggle with France for the team bronze.

Team Podium

Individual Podium

FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ series

The final event of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2019 series at Boekelo (NED) saw Team Germany post their fourth win of the season, but it was league leaders Sweden who sealed the deal to take the series title 435 points just ahead of Italy on 425 points and Great Britain (415).
For Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, the 2019 series was also an opportunity to secure the last Olympic team slot which, following the seven events, went to the Swiss.

Team Podium

FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships for Young Horses, Le Lion d’Angers (FRA)

The 2019 edition of the FEI WBFSH World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses, saw the Selle Français Studbook take the overall title, which is decided by the best three scores of each Studbook in both age divisions (six and seven-year-olds), in a narrow win over the Irish Sport Horse Studbook and the Dutch KWP Studbook.

In the six-year-old category, 42 horse/athlete combinations from 19 countries started in Dressage. A total of 38 completed Saturday’s cross-country phase, with 23 going clear within the optimum time of eight minutes 48 seconds. Third after the opening Dressage test, Piggy March (GBR) steered her champion Cooley Lancer to victory, ahead of Thomas Carlile (FRA) and his French stallion Dartagnan de Beliard and Norway’s Yasmin Nathalie Sanderson with the KWPN Inchello DHI.

Podium: 6-year-old

This seven-year-old category saw the biggest leap up the leaderboard in the history of the FEI WBFSH Young Horse Championships when New Zealand’s Tim Price rocketed up from 13^th position after Dressage, to seal the title with the Dutch-bred Happy Boy following the jumping phases which proved highly influential. It came down to only two jumping clears and silver medallist Liz Halliday-Sharp (USA), partnering the ISH Cooley Moonshine produced one of them. Great Britain’s Tom McEwen and the Irish-bred Brookfield Benjamin Bounce, overnight leaders, dropped to third after clipping a pole down the final line.

Podium: 7-year-old