What is Long Format Eventing?
Eventing is an equestrian competition which combines dressage, cross country, and show jumping. A traditional/classic/long format event cross country phase is an endurance test consisting of four phases:
- A - a roads and tracks phase ridden at a medium pace to warm up
- C - another roads and tracks phase ridden at a slow pace to cool down and recover
(the "10-minute box") - D - cross country jumping over solid obstacles with ditches, water, banks, and drops
Whether you call it a classic, full, or long format event,
it is a thrill like no other! The United States is the only country in the world that still offers and
sanctions Classic format competitions which incorporate roads and tracks, steeplechase, and cross-country
into four phases on speed and endurance day.
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- "It is Wednesday", Christine Lies
- "Read What Others Are Saying About the Training Three Day" from the Area III Training Level Three Day Event website (see below)
- "The SmartPak Equine Training Level Three-Day Event:
Part One - What is a Training 3-Day?",
By Training Level Three-Day Committee Chair Cindy DePorter, with help from Lynda Clary Burke, Holly Breaux, DVM, Amanda French and Anastasia Curwood, Eventing magazine March/April 2009 - "USEA Embarks on Bold New "T3D" Initiative: The Thrill of the 'Chase Lives!", Kevin Baumgardner, Eventing USA, Issue One, 2006
In July, 2009, the USEA announced that the 5 Preliminary Classic Three-Day Events would team up with the 12 Smartpak Training Classic Three-Day Events to form the USEA Classic Three-Day Event Series! These are currently the only two levels of eventing to offer the long format!
Classic 3-Day Event Resources
- Minimum Qualification Requirements (abridgment of USEF Rules for Eventing for easy reference)
- "What Do I Bring to a T3D?", from the Area III Training Level Three Day Event website
- "The 10-Minute Box", Bronwen Batey & Kevin Keane, DVM (Part 2-Everyday Mangement of the Event Horse)
- "How To Condition", Gretchen Butts .
- "T3DE Conditioning", Stephen Bradley, Eventing magazine May/June 2009
- "The A B Cs of Cross Country Day at a Classic Event", Max Corcoran with Anastasia Curwood, Eventing magazine July/August 2009
- Waredaca
- USEA Area III Training Level Three Day Event
- Briar Fox Farm Training Level Three Day Event Manual
Other Resources:
- USEA Area II - Training Three Day
- USEA Area II Adult Riders Training Level Three Day Event (at Waredaca H.T.) (2005-2008 Info)
The Numbers:
- "The Classic Long Format 3-Day Event: Breaking it down: A-B-C-D", Cherie Chauvin, Golightly Sport Horses
- "Why is the Classic Long Format Three Day Event so special? Distance & Time (just to name a few…)", Cherie Chauvin, Golightly Sport Horses
From EventingUSA, the official blog of the USEA:
- Part 1: ‘Chasing’ the Dream… SmartPak Equine/USEA Preliminary Three-Day at Virginia Horse Center, Courtney Sendak, Apr 12, 2010
- Journey to FENCE Training Three-Day – Part 5, Cassidy Sitton, Apr, 09, 2010
- Journey to FENCE Training Three-Day – Part 4, Cassidy Sitton, Mar 25, 2010
- Journey to FENCE Training Three-Day – Part 3, Cassidy Sitton, Mar 18, 2010
- Journey to FENCE Training Three-Day – Part 2, Cassidy Sitton, Mar 15, 2010
- Journey to FENCE Training Three-Day – Part 1, Cassidy Sitton, Mar 08, 2010
- Melissa McMaster Masters the Training Three-Day Event, Aug 25, 2009
- Planning for Success on Endurance Day: A Lecture by Chris Newton, DVM, Aug 14, 2009
- So What is a CCI* and What’s the ‘Big Deal'?, Kyle & Jackie Smith, Dec, 04, 2008
