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The rare cases people argue about

Rare situations, and the ones people argue about.

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The three tests

  1. What is the "trot-up" in eventing, and when can a horse be withdrawn by the officials?Before the dressage and again before the jumping, each horse is shown to the ground jury and a vet, standing and trotting in hand on a firm surface.

Cross-country

  1. What is a frangible fence, and why is there a penalty for breaking one?A fence built so that a rail drops or the fence gives when a horse hits it hard, to stop the horse somersaulting over it.
  2. What happens if a rider or horse falls on the cross-country?Elimination, for a fall of either.
  3. What is "dangerous riding" in eventing, and what is the penalty?Riding that puts the rider, the horse or anyone else at more risk than the sport already carries, whether on purpose or through incompetence.
  4. How does a cross-country round start, and what happens if a rider is held up on the course?Riders set off one at a time from a start box, on the starter's signal.
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