page_title: Combined driving
section_title: Phase C: Obstacle Cone Driving
hierarchical_section_title: Combined driving / Competition Phases / Phase C: Obstacle Cone Driving
caption_attribution_description: English: A ball is dislodged from the top of a cone at high speed by British driver Pippa Bassett at the Lowther National Horse Driving Trials (GBR) in 2007.
context_page_description: Combined driving is an equestrian sport involving carriage driving. In this discipline, the driver sits on a vehicle drawn by a single horse, a pair or a team of four. The sport has three phases: dressage, cross-country marathon and obstacle cone driving, and is most similar to the mounted equestrian sport of eventing. It is one of the ten international equestrian sport horse disciplines recognized by the Fédération Équestre Internationale; combined driving became an FEI discipline in 1970.
context_section_description: The obstacle cone driving phase is a test of accuracy, speed and obedience, equivalent to the show jumping phase of eventing. Competitors walk the cones course before they drive it. The driver negotiates a course of up to 20 pairs of cones, each cone having a ball balanced on top. The cones are only a few centimeters wider than the wheels of the carriage, depending on the level of the class and the type of turnout (from 50 cm at the lower levels, to only 22 cm at the advanced singles level). Knocking over one or both of a pair of cones adds three penalties to the driver's score. The course may also include obstacles made of raised rails in a U or right angle, and a wooden bridge. The cones section is timed and going over the time set for the driver's class leads to penalties. Circling before an obstacle and refusals are also awarded penalty points.
caption: A ball is dislodged from the top of a cone.
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