How much attention were you paying in 2016?
Fill up your glass, be it by a roaring fire or by the pool, and check out your knowledge of what happened in 2016 around the eventing world
As usual there are some pretty tough ones and a couple of trick ones to keep you on your toes.
Most of the answers can be found on An Eventful Life and it isn’t cheating to use our search box or browse through past articles!
The answers will be published on Boxing Day along with a scorecard - we’d love to know how you went ...
- Giuseppe Della Chiesa stepped down as course designer for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in 2016 – who is taking his place?
- Two sets of siblings were part of teams at Rio 2016 – who were they and which countries did they represent?
- What award is Sam Griffiths accepting in the above photo?
- Who designed the 2016 CCI3* cross country course at Lakes & Craters International in 2016?
- Which visiting international riders won classes at a) the Australian International 3 Day Event in Adelaide and b) Eventing in the Park, Perth
- The winner and third place getter of the CCI4* at the Australian International 3 Day Event were both under 25 years old – how old were they?
- Which country won the 2016 FEI Nations Cup Series?
- Which top ten rider from the Rio Olympic Games broke his shoulder and ankle at his first competition start after Rio?
- Name the horse in the above photo
- Name the rider in the above photo
- Which famous ‘white horse’ died in September?
- Where will the 2017 FEI European Senior Eventing Championships be held?
- Which two venues are bidding for the FEI World Equestrian Games in 2022?
- A high profile British eventing rider is expecting a baby in Spring 2017 - who is it?
- Name the horse that won the 7 Year Old Championship at Le Lion d’Angers?
- Which new movement has been introduced into the new CCI4* dressage test?
- One of the few stallions to win at 4* level was retired to stud in 2016 - name the horse
- Christopher Burton won the 2016 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials – who was the last Australian rider to win this title and in which year?
- Under the new 2017 FEI rules, how many penalties will a rider incur for jumping outside the flags on cross country?
- How much prize money will the winner of the 2017 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials take home?
- Who serenaded Michael Jung at Badminton in 2016?
- Which father and daughter won two of the CCI classes at the Melbourne International 3 Day Event?
- At what level will the cross country course be designed for the 2018 World Equestrian Games?
- Who rides Billy Cuckoo, Billy Walk On, Billy The Biz and Billy The Red?
- Which international event (below) features a traditional victory gallop through the water complex?
