The Old Tavern Horse Trials is an exciting new addition to the event season hosted at the Great Meadow Field Events Center in The Plains, Va. This year, the event takes place September 25-26, and will be run by Five Rings Eventing, the same organizer who puts on the Great Meadow International!
After last year’s limited opportunities for most eventers to compete, it’s not surprising that many equestrians are paying extra attention to their competition schedules this year. With riders aiming for an opportunity to reach the championship level, and the 2021 USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Nutrena Feeds coming up at the end of the summer, we've developed a rule refresher regarding attire and equipment at the horse trial vs championship levels.
The text has been taken directly from the USEF Rules For Eventing.
In an effort to encourage a continuous educational and competitive upbringing for young event horses in North America, the United States Eventing Association (USEA) introduced the 6- and 7-year-old national leaderboards in 2019. The addition of these two leaderboards ensured the pathway for young event horse development was complete from yearling to 7-year-olds through programs associated with the USEA Future Event Horse (FEH) and USEA Young Event Horse (YEH).