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Heather DuBois
Advanced-Level Event Rider
Welcome
Chevaux DuBois Farms and DuBois Eventing is an equine training facility located about one hour south of
Denver Colorado and 30 minutes from Colorado Springs. Heather DuBois has worked at many equestrian
training facilities, both public and private, and has been the manager of Chevaux DuBois Farms since 2004.

Heather is an advanced-level eventing competitor who has trained and cliniced with some of the best
equestrian athletes in the world including Eric Horgan, Karen O’Connor, Janet Foy, Jim Wofford and Nina
Fout. In addition, she has been recognized for her quiet and effective training methods, and is pleased
that all of her horses have competed all phases of the three-day competitions with snaffle bits.

History of Eventing
First called the "Militaire," the Three Day Event has its roots as a test for horses used as cavalry mounts.
The predecessor to eventing originally began as a form of endurance riding, without jumping or
galloping. Such competitions included a ride in 1892, travelling a 360 mile distance from Berlin to Vienna
(the winner completed the ride in 71 hours and 26 minutes). However, these competitions did little to
prepare horses and riders for actual combat, and so around the end of the 1800s, the French began raids
militaires, which was the true forerunner to the three-day event.

Eventing competition that resembles the current three-day were first held in 1902, but were not
introduced into the Olympic Games until 1912. Dressage originally demonstrated the horse's ability to
perform on the parade ground, where elegance and obedience were key. Cross-country began as a test of
stamina, courage, and bravery over difficult terrain, important for a charger on long marches or if the
horse was asked to carry a dispatch across country. The stadium jumping phase sought to prove the
horse's continuing soundness and fitness after the difficult cross-country day.

The Olympic eventing competition was originally open only to male military officers in active duty,
mounted only on military charges. In 1924, the event was open to male civilians, although non-
commissioned Army officers could not participate in the Olympics until 1956. Women were first allowed to
take part in 1964, and equestrian sports are one of the only Olympic sports in which men and women
compete against one another.
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