Haddow Eventing

Success as a Team

Olivia Wilmot has been riding since she could walk. Eventing has been her passion since she was a child and she competed in her first pony club one day event when she was 8 years old. Since then, she has come up through the grades of Pony Club and British Eventing. She has represented Great Britain on several occasions at European championships at Pony, Junior and Young rider levels and other international competitions. Presently she is in her first year of ‘seniors' and is a member of the C squad for training. Although based in Glasgow , the Haddow team regularly travel throughout the U.K. and abroad for competitions and training.

3 Day Eventing Synopis

Eventing is the ultimate test of horse and rider and it combines the three disciplines of dressage, show jumping and cross-country to produce an overall winner. In each phase horse and rider incur penalty points, which are added together and the winner is the one with the lowest points. At one day events all three phases take place on the same day, at three-day events each discipline is held on a different day for a total of the three-days, thus its name.

Dressage 
The first phase is dressage, which is a set of compulsory movements in an arena judged by one or more judges. Each movement is marked out of ten, and the judges are looking for balance, rhythm, suppleness and obedience of the horse, and harmony with the rider.

Show Jumping 
The show jumping phase is one round of jumping with a maximum time allowed. Penalties are incurred for fences that are knocked down, refused, falls of horse or rider and exceeding the time allowed.

Cross Country
The cross-country phase is run over a course of natural obstacles. Penalties are incurred for refusals, falls and exceeding the time allowed.

For horses to move up through the grades from Novice to Advanced level they are awarded points for a top ten placing at each level.

The sport has an ideal, good clean image, where men and women compete on equal terms, while the genuine amateur can compete against World and Olympic champions.

Events take place in some of the most spectacular settings in the countryside and offer visitors a unique experience – outdoor activity, action at close quarters and something for all the family.