International Student Riding Competitions

This special kind of competition is open to University Student Riders from around the world. Each rider will compete in both Dressage and Show Jumping. The hosting country is responsible for the riders from the beginning of the competition until the end. This includes housing, feeding and transportation as well as providing horses for the competition.

There are normally between 12 and 18 teams from different countries with three riders per team.

Competitions are designed in a tournament style with each round increasing the level of difficulty. The organizers of the competition supply the horses which are drawn at random by the competitors to determine who will ride which horse. A five minute warm-up and two practice jumps in the show jumping are permitted prior to each ride. Each horse in every round has three riders, the best of whom advances to the next round. Therefore, the "luck-of-the-draw" is diminished since each rider is only competing directly against the other two riders on his or her horse.

Categories of competitions:

C.H.I.U. (International University Equestrian Competition)

S.R.N.C. (Student Riding Nations Cup)

W.U.E.C. (World University Equestrian Championship)

All competitions are held under the auspices of the
International University Equestrian Federation (A.I.E.C.)