5. Equestrian Events

Equestrian events were held for the first time in 1900. In the past, only military officers could take part. Today there are three disciplines: Jumping, dressage and eventing.


Equestrian sports at the 2012 Olympics
Image: Ian Patterson, CC BY 2.0,
via Wikimedia Commons



Words

  • dressage = a horse rider performs many complicated movements with their horse
  • equestrian = everything that is about horse-riding
  • eventing = a sport in which horses do three things on three different days