The popular Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing made its much anticipated return to The College Equestrian Centre at Keysoe in Bedfordshire on 25-27 May for its successful third edition.
Download the 2019 results (PDF format)
The annual event has classes at 70cm, 80cm, 90cm and 1m, with no pre-qualification necessary. The event sees dressage taking place on Saturday, cross-country on Sunday, followed by a horse inspection and showjumping on Bank Holiday Monday. There are no roads and tracks or steeplechase phases.
The unaffiliated three-day event is perfect for riders looking to enjoy a great stay-away show experience with their horse, while having the chance to be crowned a Horse & Hound champion and win an armful of exciting prizes.
Entered riders can take advantage of the closed facebook group to plan their competition and share their highs and lows throughout the event.
The Horse & Hound team were on site throughout the event, reporting extensively for both the magazine and website and interviewing riders throughout.
It is almost time for the Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing to kick off, and today we meet the final rider in this series that is taking part, and find out her story...
With just over a week until the Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing we continue to meet the riders taking part and find out their stories…
Entries are filling up quickly for the Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing in association with KBIS, so it’s time to get to know some of the contenders and hear their stories so far
Top competition, top entertainment and top prizes are on offer at the H&H three-day event
The Horse and Hound Festival of Eventing offers a wonderful opportunity for grassroots riders to experience the challenge and camaraderie of a three-day event. Competitors will be confident at the level they have entered, but for many this will be their first three-day and perhaps even “stay away” competition. Ideally both rider and horse will have worked on fitness as three consecutive days competing can be both mentally and physically tiring.
Entries are filling up quickly for the Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing in association with KBIS, so it’s time to get to know some of the contenders and hear their stories so far
Entries are filling up quickly for the Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing in association with KBIS, so it’s time to get to know some of the contenders and hear their stories so far
Entries are filling up quickly for the Horse & Hound Festival of Eventing in association with KBIS, so now’s the time to get to know some of the contenders and hear their stories so far
This year’s three-day event is set to be bigger and better than before
The event was action-packed and full of wonderful stories — here's just a few things we learnt over the three days of competition...
Take a virtual walk around the cross-country course at the inaugural Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championships 100cm cross-country track
Take a virtual walk around the cross-country course at the inaugural Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championships 90cm cross-country track
Take a virtual walk around the cross-country course at the inaugural Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championships 80cm cross-country track
Take a virtual walk around the cross-country course at the inaugural Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championships 70cm cross-country track
“She is super brave, has super kind eyes and you can point her at any cross-country fence and she will jump it"
The smallest equine in the 100cm class produced the biggest threat to win under Daisy Cross at the inaugural Horse & Hound Grassroots Eventing Championships
Find out how the action unfolded in a very close 90cm competition
Meet the rider who was told she would never work again and is now hoping to complete a challenge
Find out how this competition unfolded on the final day, and how a catch ride came good for one contender
Meet the horse who lost 70kg and the rider who treated her competition as a holiday
