There are three diffrent types of Equestrian Eventing,and they are called Dressage,Show Jumping,and Cross Country.In the Olympics it takes four days to do the competition.In Eventing you have to jump over these jumps.They can be on the ground or in the water.In Eventing you need to wear all of this gear some for the horses and some for the rider.
This is Beezie Madden on her horse Judgement jumping over the jumps.
Equestrian Eventing
My Athlete is Beezie Madden
She was born on November 20th,1963.Her birthplace is in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.Her height is 5.6, and her weight is 130 pounds.She competes for team USA.She has lots of horses and here are the names for some of them.DannyBoy,Authentic,Conquest,and Judgement, and these horses are in the Olympics with her.For Eventing this is the equipment. You need a bit,blinkers,breeches,bridle,cup,fence,gate,hunting-stock,obstacle,oxer,parallel oxer,rail,saddle,saftycup,spred,spur,vertical,vertical fence,water jump,and a whip.Beezie trains by working with each rider,and has to do a trotting figure eight with two 10 meter circles.Her country is the United States.Her pointsystem is by using a sentry blanket to keep the horses fit because in the competition the rider could be to hard on there backs,legs,and stifles. These are some of the rules of Eventing. You can't knock over the jump,and you can't let the horse go anywhere else besides the jumps.
This is Beezie Madden when she won one or two a Gold medals!
The best horses for Eventing are the Anglo Arabian,Trakeheners,Hanoverians,Selle Francias,Throughbred,Welsh,Slovak-warmblood,Paint,Morgan,Appaloosa,Dutch-warmblood,Belgian-warmblood.
She has a few horses that she competes on in the Olympics.
Authentic is a Dutch-Warmblood and his color is bay.
Danny-Boy is a Belgian-Warmblood and his color is bay.
Judgement is a Dutch-Warmblood and his color is dark bay.
Conquest is a Dutch-Warmblood and his color is liver chestnut.
This is the venue of Equestrian Eventing!
This is the arena it holds Dressage,Show Jumping,and Cross Country!
Its holds Dressage,Show Jumping,and Cross Country! Equestrian Eventing is sometimes easy and sometimes it can be hard!