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William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt MBE [1] (born 2 January 1969) is an English equestrian who competes in eventing.His career highlights include winning three Olympic medals in the team event, with silver in 2004 and 2012, and bronze in 2008. [2]
British Eventing (BE) is the Great Britain governing body for the equestrian sport of eventing, [1] which combines a single rider and horse pairing competing in dressage, showjumping and cross country. The organisation both regulates the sport and organises nearly 200 affiliated events across the country. [2]
Eventing (also known as three-day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This event has its roots in a comprehensive cavalry test that
Sky Sports Racing (formerly At The Races) is a British pay television channel devoted primarily to horse racing. The channel is operated by ATTHERACES Limited, a joint venture between Sky Group , Arena Racing Company and various racecourses.
Richard John Hannay Meade, OBE (4 December 1938 – 8 January 2015) was Britain's most successful male equestrian at the Olympics.He was a triple Olympic gold medalist and the first British rider to win an individual Olympic title. [1]
World No 1 Trump defeated four-time world champion Higgins to reach the quarter-finals at the Barbican Centre in York
The team and individual eventing competitions used the same scores. Eventing consisted of a dressage test, a cross-country test, and a jumping test. The jumping test had two rounds. After the first jumping round, the teams results were determined. Both jumping rounds counted towards the individual results.
Excluding any championships by the foundation stallions themselves, the following sire-lines have produced champion sires (1721–2016): [2] [3] Darley Arabian – 88 stallions, 188 championships. all titles since 1964; Byerley Turk – 17 stallions, 59 championships, most recently Tetratema in 1929