Statistics, eventing safety, and interviews..
Being a true fan of most things that improves eventing safety I had to gasp for air when reading up on the new [yet another] rule which is being introduced for the eventing season of 2025.
Sometime back in 2013 I started to write a blog dedicated to eventing and eventing only. Some people believed I was very rough on the edges when writing. Others hated me, and did not shy away to tell either me, and or others they did.
To others, which turned out to be a larger group of people, I later realised I had turned into almost a myth, and a legend!
Looking back, maybe I was a bit too unpolished and rough around the edges. But all I did was to write articles based on team selections, combined with individual as well as team performances as listed in the database of the FEI.
Guess what..
In my predictions in regards to form I was spot on like a Swiss wrist watch. Yes, you read it correctly I was hardly ever wrong. So why was that?
- I studied the sport up close - as in actually attending the events.
- I set up a formula which I used to turn results into statistical data.
- I worked those two systems of information side by side and came up to conclusions on where horses and riders were heading.
