Eventing in numbers: over 100 sections of action, dressage diva Duffort and 1,000 doggy treats

H&H’s eventing editor continues our series looking at the eventing season through the stats as we complete our eighth week of horse trials fun

Dates: 20-26 April 2015, eighth week of the 2015 season

The basics

Number of British Eventing (BE) fixtures: six (Hambleden, Kelsall Hill (1), Bicton Arena (1), Solihull (1), Northallerton, Burgie (1))
Number of BE sections run this week: 103 (biggest week of the season so far beating the previous chart-topper of 92)
Number of FEI sections run in Britain this week: two
Event with most sections: Kelsall Hill — 23 sections
Number of BE sections run so far this year: 587
Number of combined BE and FEI sections run so far this year: 598
Number of BE fixtures run so far this year: 37

Best dressage scores

Hambleden: 19.8, for Brook Staples and Glasker Sweet Clover, who took 13th in intermediate section R after 20 jumping penalties and 27.2 time-penalties across country
Kelsall Hill (1): 17.3, for Robyn Gray, winner of BE90 section H on Narita
Bicton Arena (1): 18.5, for Bonnie Bartlett and Diamond Cut II, who added just 1.6 time-faults to take open novice under-18 section V
Solihull (1): 18, for Abi Jacobs riding The Jays Ghost In Cavalier, who took BE100 section L with one showjump down
Northallerton: 21.5, for Caitlin Pitcher, who piloted Trooper Watson to top spot in BE100open section H on a clean sheet
Burgie (1): 20.8, for Tanya Taylor who landed 10th in BE80(T) section H

Speedy gonzales

1: number of pairs who beat the 5min 27 optimum time in the intermediate at Burgie — the winner, Wills Oakden on Alfi Brown
2: number of pairs who beat the 5min 47sec optimum time in the CIC2* at Bicton Arena — runner-up Sarah Holmes (Lowhill Clover) and eighth-placed Ryuzo Kitajima (Just Chocolate)
0: number of pairs inside the 6min intermediate optimum time at Hambleden. The fastest rider was Jo Chipperfield, who had 3.2 time-faults on On Your Marks

And also…

2: number of sub-20 dressage scores recorded by French rider Arthur Duffort at Kelsall Hill — both horses went on to finish second
11: number of starters in the intermediate at Burgie, and eight finishers
20: percentage of top-30 finishers in the CIC2* at Bicton Arena who were male
29: number of riders in the BE100/BE100open sections at Kelsall Hill who had “too-fast” time-penalties
7: nationalities represented in the top 10 of the two CIC* sections at Hambleden: Britain, Brazil, Hong Kong, Belgium, Italy, South Africa, New Zealand

21: age of Barry’s Best, Rosie Thomas’s prolific four-star campaigner, who is now competing at novice with Susannah Watts and who jumped a double clear at Solihull

Further afield

1: number of horses left on the wait-list at Badminton — Kings Temptress with Mary King
40: number of finishers at Rolex Kentucky four-star last week

1000: number of doggy treats given out to canines at Land Rover “Rover Lounges” in the Kentucky Horse Park over the weekend

Full reports from Kentucky, Bicton Arena, Kelsall Hill, Burgie and Hambelden in H&H this week, out Thursday, 30 April 2015

Pippa Roome

H&H magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.