{"id":5425,"date":"2026-05-22T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/a-prospective-study-on-a-cohort-of-horses-and-ponies-selected-for-participation-in-the-european-eventing-championship-reasons-for-withdrawal-and-predictive-value-of-fitness-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:18:11","slug":"a-prospective-study-on-a-cohort-of-horses-and-ponies-selected-for-participation-in-the-european-eventing-championship-reasons-for-withdrawal-and-predictive-value-of-fitness-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/nl\/a-prospective-study-on-a-cohort-of-horses-and-ponies-selected-for-participation-in-the-european-eventing-championship-reasons-for-withdrawal-and-predictive-value-of-fitness-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"A prospective study on a cohort of horses and ponies selected for participation in the European Eventing Championship: reasons for withdrawal and predictive value of fitness tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5425\" class=\"elementor elementor-5425 elementor-3257\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d735f80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d735f80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3ae6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af3ae6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carolien C B M Munsters, Jan van den Broek, Emile Welling, Rene\u0301 van Weeren &#038; Marianne M Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan (2013). <em>BMC Veterinary Research 9<\/em>(182). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/1746-6148-9-182\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/1746-6148-9-182<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-139098f elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"139098f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e0de45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e0de45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545622e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"545622e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaf8eb5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"eaf8eb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b8af5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b8af5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Eventing is a challenging equestrian sport combining dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. Horses and ponies competing at high levels, like the European Championships, face significant physical challenges, leading to relatively high rates of injury and withdrawal. To improve animal welfare, it is important to understand the causes of these issues. This study monitored fitness and training in eventing horses and ponies preparing for the European Championships to explore the link between fitness levels and injury risks, aiming to reduce equine injuries and improve performance.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba5f50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ba5f50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cdd10d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cdd10d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Methodology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd59437 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cd59437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e85f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e85f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This study tracked the fitness and injury rates of 20 international event horses (4* and 5* level) and 9 ponies (CCIP2**) from the Dutch national team during preparations for the European Championships in 2010\u20132011. During standardized exercise tests at the beginning and at the end of the competition season, heart rate, speed, and plasma lactate levels were measured. All injuries and withdrawals during the season were recorded. In addition, all conditional training sessions between standardized exercise test I and II in a sub population of ten horses were monitored with heart rate and speed.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4f80d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c4f80d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a22b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42a22b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-theotherkev-5655497-1024x669.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3746\" alt=\"Eventing rider is jumping her brown eventing warmblood horse over a fence in a cross country course\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-theotherkev-5655497-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-theotherkev-5655497-800x522.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-theotherkev-5655497-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-theotherkev-5655497-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-theotherkev-5655497-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.equineintegration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/pexels-theotherkev-5655497.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a777c60 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a777c60\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0de6036 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0de6036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Results<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62460ea elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"62460ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62b6f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62b6f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This study found that 45% of the national team squad of eventing horses and ponies had to withdraw from the European Championships due to injuries, primarily locomotor issues. Horses with higher fitness levels had no injuries compared to horses with lower levels of fitness, 50% of these horses got injured during the competition season, highlighting the importance of proper training and balance with competition performance. Monitoring training sessions helped predict future injuries. In addition, horses that later got injured showed higher peak heart rates during conditioning than those that stayed sound. This rise in heart rate often occurred before any visible lameness appeared.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-907b634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"907b634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To prevent injuries, eventing horses and ponies need to be fit enough to handle the demands of high-level competition. 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