Cambridge University Equestrian Team is made up of three teams of four riders, plus a team of reserves. The first and second teams compete in the Championship and Trophy BUCS leagues respectively with the third team also competing in the Trophy league. There is also an annual Varsity Match against Oxford, for which CUET have a good winning record!

The competitions consist of dressage and show jumping on horses provided by the host team. In each BUCS competition, a rider has 7 minutes to warm up for the dressage test, and only 4 practice fences before the show jumping, both times on unknown horses. In progressing from the BUCS Pools, to the Regional rounds and Nationals, the dressage tests become more complicated and the show jumping becomes more technical with bigger fences. One person from each of the three universities rides the same horse, and this is decided by a draw. Scores are compared to the best rider on each horse in each discipline.

Pool rounds for all teams are at Prelim/Novice Dressage and 70-90cm show jumping, whilst Championship Nationals have a final round at Advanced Medium dressage and 1m25 show jumping.

Team training is organised each week and squad members are expected to attend four sessions per term. This will be in addition to the 3 BUCS matches, Varsity and, upon qualification, Regionals/Nationals. The first team will be expected to help run the second team home BUCS match and vice versa. Team socials are organised regularly.

 To find out more about CUET contact the Captain (cuet.captain@gmail.com)