Equestrian Eventing Rules

Equestrian Eventing Rules ...

International eventing rules, Governing bodies and the British Eventing and US rule books together with other rules and class details in British Eventing:

International eventing is governed by the Federation Equestrian International (FEI). In the U.K. the governing body is British Eventing (BE) and in the USA the governing body is the USEA.

There are seven levels of equestrian eventing and each level has its own degree of difficulty and qualifications required:

• Intro
• Pre-Novice
• Novice
• Intermediate Novice
• Intermediate
• Advanced Intermediate
• Advanced

In addition to this, there are two further types of ranking ...

• CIC - which denotes International One Day Events (ODE)
• CCI - which denotes international Three Day Events (3DE)

Both the CIC and CCI categories include separate levels, which run from 1 star to 4 star.

Age Limits and horse restrictions ...

In order to compete at a British Eventing competition, riders must be in the year of their 14th birthday, (ie; a 13 year old who will be 14 before the 31st December 2006 could compete during 2006), although only in intro and pre-novice classes on a day ticket.

The day ticket restricts you to 4 events per year, as only 4 day tickets can be purchased per rider, per year.

Riders under the age of 16 can only compete in Intro, PN, JRN and classes confined to Juniors following accreditation and registration with a Junior Regional Novice Co-ordinator.

Horses must be over 148cm (14.2hh) to compete in a british eventing competition, but horses between 142 and 148cm (14.0 & 14.2hh) can also compete on a day ticket, but only up to (and including) Pre-Novice events.

Horses may not compete until the calendar year in which they turn five.

The british eventing grading points system.

Event horses can gain points at novice level and above. One point is awarded for every double clear (ie; clear rounds in both the showjumping and cross country phases). Additional points are awarded for being placed and this depends on the number of starters.

Your horse is graded according to the number of points won and will be eligible for entry to different competition levels depending on the points they have accumulated.

LEVEL	POINTS	GRADE
Intro & Pre Novice Novice Intermediate Advanced	No points 1-20 points 21-60 points 61+ points	IV III II I