2011 Smartpak Equine Preliminary
3-Day Event Series Calendar
Follow the links below to each event's USEA Omnibus page.
- May 20-22 - Virginia Horse Trials & 3-Day Event, Lexington, VA (Area II)
- Oct 19-23 - Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & H.T., Lexington, KY (Area VIII)
- Nov 3-6 - Galway Downs Three-Day Event & H.T., Temecula, CA (Area VI)
Effective April 1, 2010, the Federation approved national rules specifically for the Preliminary Three-Day Classic format, for inclusion in the 2010 USEF Rules for Eventing (See specifically EV155-156 and Appendices 3 and 8). The P3D, as a USEF Recognized Division, is a qualifier for the Intermediate horse trials level and CCI1*.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Preliminary Three-Day Event (P3D): Open to competitors beginning the
calendar year of their 14th birthday, on horses five years of age or older. Both the competitor and the horse,
though not necessarily as a combination, must have obtained an NQR at four horse trials at the Preliminary Level
or higher.
National Qualifying Result (NQR):
A NQR is achieved by completing the entire horse trials and scoring:
Not more than 50 penalty points in the dressage test; no jumping penalties at obstacles on the cross-country test,
and not more than 90 seconds (36 penalty points) exceeding optimum time; and not more than 16 penalties at obstacles
in the jumping test.
2010 USEF Dressage Test for Preliminary Three-Day Events
Minimum Qualification Requirements (abridgment of USEF Rules for Eventing for easy reference)
2010 Smartpak Equine Preliminary
3-Day Event Series Calendar
Follow the links below to each event's USEA Omnibus page.
- May 21-23 - Virginia Horse Trials & 3-Day Event, Lexington, VA (Area II) Results
- Jul 22-25 - Event at Rebecca Farm , Kalispell, MT (Area VII) Results
- Oct 20-24 - Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & H.T., Lexington, KY (Area VIII) Results
- Nov 5-7 - Galway Downs Three-Day Event & H.T., Temecula, CA (Area VI) Results
2009 Preliminary Three-Day Event Series
Follow the links below to each event's USEA Omnibus page and results.
- May 20-24 - Virginia Horse Trials & 3-Day Event, Lexington, VA (Area II) Results
- Jul 23-26 - Event at Rebecca Farm, Kalispell, MT (Area VII) Results
- Oct 15-18 - Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & H.T., Lexington, KY (Area VIII) Results
- Oct 29-Nov 1 - Galway Downs Three-Day Event & H.T., Temecula, CA (Area VI) Results