EVENTING
Eventing is the most complete combined race, requiring from the rider significant experience in all disciplines
of riding and precise knowledge of the abilities of his horse, along with the degree of preparation of the horse resulting from correct and rational training.
An athlete is ultimately responsible for knowing these rules and everything related to them. Ignorance of these rules by the stewards or officials, whether intended or not shall not discharge to the competitor.
Eventing consists of three separate tests, performed in separate days, during which an athlete participate with a horse in all tests, namely:
1.1 Dressage Test
1. The Dressage test is conducted in one or several days depending on the number of horses directly followed by the next day with:
2. The Cross-Country test / field trial, cross / Cross-Country is an event with obstacles is directly followed by the next day with:
3. The Show Jumping test


RANKING
In the Dressage test each athlete receives evaluations from judges who are converted into penalty points. They are recorded for inclusion in the final result and published through protocol.
In the Cross-Country test every athlete is sanctioned for errors resulting from obstacles that add to the mistakes of the delay time. They are recorded for inclusion in the final standings and published by protocol.
In the Jumping Test, each athlete is punished for mistakes from obstacles and are add to errors due to overlapping of the default time. They are recorded for inclusion in the final classification and published.
Individual final standings:
1. The individual winner is the competitor/horse, which have the fewest penalty points added all together from the three tests.
2. In all international competitions in the event of a tie between two or more competitors, ranking is determined by:
• The best achieved result in Cross-Country including the mistakes from the obstacles and mistakes from the time delay.
• If there is still equality, the classification is decided in favor of the competitor whose cross-country time is closest to the optimum time.
• If there is still equality, the athlete with the best results in the show jumping event (obstacle errors and errors from time delay).
• If there is still equality, the winner is the athlete with the best time (fastest) in the show jumping event.
• If there is still equality, the classification will be determined in favor of the athlete with the best percentage in the dressage test.
• If there is still equality the competitors will be classified in the same place in the final standings.