River Glen Equestrian Park - Combine Training Horse Shows

What Are Horse Trials?

Combined Training tests the versatility of the equine athlete both in and out of the arena. The sport could be termed an "equestrian triathlon." It involves working with the horse both on the flat and over jumps.

Over the centuries it has developed from the tests for the ideal military charger. Today, the sport is most known for its cross-country phase where horse and rider gallop over an outside course of solid obstacles which the horse has never seen before. At the uppermost level of competition, Olympic or World Championships, the endurance day consists of Phase A - Roads and Tracks, approximately three and a half miles of walk and trot as a warm-up; Phase B - Steeplechase approximately two one-eighth miles at a gallop over eight or so steeplechase fences; Phase C - more Roads and Tracks approximately seven miles of walk and trot as a cool down from steeplechase, and Phase D - the Cross-Country approximately five miles at a gallop over a maximum of fourty-five obstacles that can be up to four feet high and ten feet wide (at the base).

Check out the schedules for information on combined training competitions hosted by River Glen. For more in depth information on combined training visit the following Web sites.

Combined Training Links