The questions and answers to our 2016 Christmas Quiz can be found below along with the scoring. The maximum number of points you could have gained is 44 - how did you go?
- Giuseppe Della Chiesa stepped down as course designer for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in 2016 – who is taking his place?
A: Eric Winter (1 point)
- Two sets of siblings were part of teams at Rio 2016 – who were they and which countries did they represent?
A: Sisters Sara Algotsson Ostholt and Linda Algotsson for Sweden and brothers Luca Roman and Pietro Roman for Italy (6 points)
- What award is Sam Griffiths accepting in the above photo?
A: His horse Happy Times was inaugurated into the ERA Hall of Fame (1 point)
- Who designed the 2016 CCI3* cross country course at Lakes & Craters International in 2016?
A: John Nicholson (1 point)
- Which visiting international riders won classes at a) the Australian International 3 Day Event in Adelaide and b) Eventing in the Park, Perth
A: Oliver Townend and Harry Meade (2 points)
- 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?
A: Hazel Shannon and Andrew Cooper are both 24 years old (1 point)
- Which country won the 2016 FEI Nations Cup Series?
A: Germany (1 point)
- Which top ten rider from the Rio Olympic Games broke his shoulder and ankle at his first competition start after Rio?
A: Clarke Johnstone (1 point)
- Name the horse in the above photo
A: Trick question – we don’t know the horse’s name but it isn’t La Biosthetique Sam. Michael Jung brought Sam in for the first few minutes then swopped horses for the victory lap at Badminton (10 points)
- Name the rider in the above photo
A: Mark Todd shows his yoga moves at Puhinui (1 point)
- Which famous ‘white horse’ died in September?
A: Avebury (1 point)
- Where will the 2017 FEI European Senior Eventing Championships be held?
A: Strzegom, Poland (1 point)
- Which two venues are bidding for the FEI World Equestrian Games in 2022?
A: Kentucky (USA) and Samorin (SVK) (2 points)
- A high profile British eventing rider is expecting a baby in Spring 2017 - who is it?
A: Zara Tindall (1 point)
- Name the horse that won the 7 Year Old Championship at Le Lion d’Angers?
A: Ingrid Klimke’s Weisse Duene (1 point)
- Which new movement has been introduced into the new CCI4* dressage test?
A: 20 meter circle in canter allowing the horse to stretch forward and down and then moving into collected canter while ‘retaking the reins without resistance’ (1 point)
- One of the few stallions to win at 4* level was retired to stud in 2016 - name the horse
A: Chilli Morning (1 point)
- Christopher Burton won the 2016 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials – who was the last Australian rider to win this title and in which year?
A: Lucinda Fredericks on Headley Britannia in 2006 (2 points)
- Under the new 2017 FEI rules, how many penalties will a rider incur for jumping outside the flags on cross country?
A: 50 penalties (1 point)
- How much prize money will the winner of the 2017 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials take home?
A: £100,000 (1 point)
- Who serenaded Michael Jung at Badminton in 2016?
A: Piggy French (1 point)
- Which father and daughter won two of the CCI classes at the Melbourne International 3 Day Event?
A: Stuart and Gemma Tinney (2 points)
- At what level will the cross country course be designed for the 2018 World Equestrian Games?
A: 3* (1 point)
- Who rides Billy Cuckoo, Billy Walk On, Billy The Biz and Billy The Red?
A: Pippa Funnell rides the first three but Tina Cook rides Billy The Red who is not related to the other horses (2 points)
- Which international event (below) features a traditional victory gallop through the water complex?
A: Puhinui International Horse Trials, New Zealand (1 point)
