I was watching eventing on TV and that is amazing. They go over some large jumps and through building, and down steep hills. It looks like fun, but I don't think I could afford an eventing horse. The actually smear a white solution on the horse that is like grease. It goes for three days and they have different courses. Many riders fell off their horses. I might have to look into Eventing.

Eventing is loads of fun. Its more relaxing than show jumping in my opinion cause its usually outdoors and in a pretty location. You don't have to have a fancy horse to do low level Eventing either. If your horse is a decent jumper with good form (nice tucked knees) you could event for fun. Its only the fancy ones that make TV that require fancy horses that can jump 5ft or more blindfolded. The grease is used to help a horse "slide" over a fence on the course. I got into eventing because I really like the idea of a horse that can "do it all" to a degree. So many horses aren't usable out of their discipline.

I think I tend to agree, when I see an animal I like to see it for all its worth, not just a little here and a little here. Whats the fun in that? When you have a pet that big, don't you want to see what it can do, just like when you get a new car? :D

Believe it or not, I don't watch Eventing often. Then again, I don't watch TV often period.

I would much rather be reading or on the computer, or playing a game.

They have a special horse channel here and I have watched eventing on this special channel. It is really amazing to see the horses go through water, up and over hills. The jumps are amazing that they go over, and these jumps aren't just small poles, they are sometimes solid objects like a wall, or huge logs. I would think horses get hurt when eventing.

They have special channels just for horse riding? dang cable costing so much money...and yes horses get hurt eventing, but they get hurt doing all sort of things. Horses are athletes and athletes get injured from pushing their bodies. Many horses are outfitted with protective equipment above the grease to help keep them safe. As are their riders. Cross country is the first event that required safety vests and hard hats, not just recommended them.

Eventing is fun! Its the best thing i've ever done :)
I'm german and i don't know how the different levels are called
can someone explain it? in germany there are :
e (starter)
a (1,10m)
l or *(1,20m)
**
*** (this is what is onn tv)
and **** there are only a few eventings, like burghley and badminton

can u tell me, how its called in english? :confused:

I'd love to do eventing. It looks like a lot of fun. I've always enjoyed watching eventing and jumping more than racing. Anyone can go fast. It takes skill to do jumping and dressage.
Also, I will never be small enough to race. I could, however, do eventing.

It looks like fun, but it's a huge strain on the horse and at olympic level the vets have hardly any access to it.

The vet gets to look at the horse before day one of the event and advice a panel which gets to decide if the horse races or not. If the horse has a bit of a problem, but there's a political reason for itto compete, it will still be permitted to compete.

Day 1 is dressage, the vet doesn't see the horse. The vet gets to see the horse again for 10 minutes on day two after it has done 6km of roads & tracks, 3km of steeplechase and another 7km of roads & tracks. After this extremely short check the horse then runs 5km of cross country.
The horse gets checked after finishing crosscountry, and at teh start of day 3 (showjumping). There are other vets on to course to give first aid if the horse falls, but there aren't many checks to ensure that the horse is healthy and fit to continue.

If you compare that to an endurance ride, where there are checks before, during and after where the horse has to recover its resting heart rate within a time limit to ensure it's capable of safely competeing, then 3 day events are by far the more dangerous and potentially abusive.

I don't ride nearly well enough to do events but I do enjoy watching it on television. It's not just the prowess of the horse, either, but the talent of the rider. The teamwork of the horse and rider is what is so amazing to me. When done really well, it is almost like they are one entity.