Eventing is best described as an equestrian triathlon and tests a rider’s skill more completely than any other.
Findlay riders have access to 70 acres for conditioning as well as working on cross country skills. Students work on dressage two to three days per week and jump the other days. The eventing team competes as individuals and members of the intercollegiate team at recognized shows . We average three events in the fall and three in the spring. The program has brought in Off-the-Track Thoroughbred (OTTB) horses to learn how to train and compete young event horses.
Eventing is comprised of three phases:
Phase one: Dressage
Dressage shows the horse and rider’s ability to perform a series of prescribed classical movements on the flat in an enclosed arena.
Phase two: Cross-country
Cross-country involves the horse and rider galloping over natural terrain, jumping a variety of fixed obstacles along the way.
Phase three: Show Jumping
Show jumping has the horse and rider jump a series of stadium fences in an enclosed arena. The rider accumulates penalty points in each phase based on varying factors and the rider with the lowest amount of points at the end of the three phases takes home top honors.
Sue King
University of Findlay's Eventing Instructor and Team Coach
Join us for the 2019 Eventing Summer Camp!