Abstract
Eventing is a three phased equestrian sport involving the completion of dressage, speed and endurance phases (cross country course) and show jumping phase. Penalty points are accrued during each phase of competition;. Competitors are ranked within competition on the basis of overall penalty points accrued (lowest points – winning the competition). The relative influence of each phase of the competition is currently being debated by the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) and its membership. The reasons for this, amongst other factors, include concerns over equine welfare, financial commitment to infrastructure and accessibility of nations developing within the sport. The essence of eventing, a speed and endurance contest, has been based around the cross country phase; the FEI refers to the phase as ‘the major test’ (FEI 2003) and British Eventing (BE) state ‘‘the relative influence on the whole competition exerted by dressage should be slightly more than that exerted by the show jumping, but considerably less than that exerted by the cross country’’ (BE 2004).
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