Our Christmas quiz is the true test of your international eventing knowledge so just get some friends together (even if it is by Zoom!) or give it a go by yourself
Our quiz is renowned for being tough and this year it's even tougher as we're looking back over the past decade of eventing around the world
And the answers are now published HERE - how did you go?
1. Which rider won the 2020 USEA Rider of the Year and what was unusual about it?
2. The World Championship for Young Horses at Le Lion d’Angers was cancelled in 2012 – why?
3. In 2013 Jock Paget won at Badminton on his first attempt. Name the only other rider to have managed the same feat
4. Name the eventing competitions and countries where you would find these cross country questions
5. In 2013 at Les Etoiles de Pau, William Fox-Pitt made history by holding in first, second and third places after cross country. Which horses was he riding?
6. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of Badminton 2020. How many other times has it been completely cancelled, in which years and for what reasons?
7. In 2019 Piggy March (née French) won the CCI5* at Badminton riding Vanir Kamira. Can you name the two other mares that have won Badminton in this decade (2010 – 2020)
8. Who rode into the record books at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials this decade, becoming the first rider to win the prestigious title three times consecutively on the same horse
9. Who won the 2013 Test Event for the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy?
10. In 2014 Ingrid Klimke won her first CCI4* (now CCI5*) - where was it?
12. Only two countries have beaten Germany home soil at Aachen. Name the countries and years
13. Who was the first rider in history to hold Olympic, World and European eventing titles simultaneously?
14. Who presented the prizes at the 2015 European Championships at Blair Castle in Scotland?
15. In 2013 Chris Burton won the Aus3DE CCI4* in Adelaide on a catch ride called TS Jamaimo. Who normally rode the horse and why was the usual rider unable to ride TS Jamaimo at the last minute?
16. Which inaugural CCI5* event should have been held in 2020 and will now be added to the current six CCI5* events in 2021?
17. Which rider and horse won the only CCI5* to take place in 2020?
18. Which rider topped the British Eventing Rider Rankings each year from 2014 – 2018?
19. Two of New Zealand’s most celebrated eventing riders – Sir Mark Todd and Blyth Tait - have both retired twice from their eventing career. Which year/s did each of them decide to retire for a second name?
20. Which horse/rider combination have won the CCI5* at the Australian International 3 Day Event three times and in which years?
21. Eventing is renowned for taking places at some of the most spectacular settings around the world - can you name these iconic venues?
22. How many times has an American rider won the Kentucky CCI5*/4* this decade?
23. Name the winning team and their horses at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon
24. What two records did Oliver Townend break at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in 2019 during the dressage phase?
25. Brazil, the host team of the 2016 Olympic Games, qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games at which event?
26. Pippa Funnell won at Burghley in 2019 - how many years previously did she last win that title?
27. New Zealand’s Tim Price originally proposed to his wife Jonelle in 2010 but what year did they marry?
28. Who is the only non-Australian rider to win the Australian International 3 Day Event in the past 10 years?
29. France’s Astier Nicolas won team Olympic gold and individual silver at Rio 2016. Who were his gold-winning team mates?
30. Which British pony won a European Pony Championships gold medal in both 2018 and 2019 and what was the link between the two different riders competing him?
