The Étoiles de Pau or Stars of Pau is an annual three-day event held in Pau, in the South of France, near the Pyrénées mountains. It is one of only seven annual Concours Complet International (CCI) five-star events in the world (the highest level of competition) as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) and the only one held in France. It takes place every year in October in the Domaine de Sers in Pau.
The six others CCI Five Stars are the Burghley Horse Trials and Badminton Horse Trials, held in Great Britain, the Kentucky Three-Day Event and the Maryland 5 Star held in the United States, the Australian International Three Day Event, held in Australia, and the Luhmühlen Horse Trials, held in Germany.
Winners +YearRiderHorseNotes2007Nicolas Touzaint (FRA)Hildago de l'Île2008Bettina Hoy (GER)Ringwood Cockatoo2009Dirk Schrade (GER)King Artus2010Andreas Dibowski (GER)FRH Fantasia2011William Fox-Pitt (GBR)Oslo2012Andrew Nicholson (NZL)Nereo2013William Fox-Pitt (GBR)Seacookie2014Ingrid Klimke (GER)Horseware Hale Bob2015Astier Nicolas (FRA)Piaf De B Neville2016Maxime Livio (FRA)Qalao Des Mers2017Gwendolen Fer (FRA)Romantic Love2018Thibault Fournier (FRA)Siniani de Lathus2019Tom McEwen (GBR)Toledo de Kerser2020Laura Collett (GBR)London 522021Tim Price (NZL)Falco2022Jonelle Price (NZL)Grappa Nera2023Ros Canter (GBR)Izilot DHI
Casualties and incidents
2008 Tsunami II was euthanized after suffering a broken cervical vertebrae after falling at a fence during cross country. Her rider, Zara Phillips (GBR) broke her collarbone in the accident.
2017
Crackerjack, ridden by Boyd Martin (USA) was euthanized after suffering multiple fractures to his right front pastern bone which incurred during the cross-country portion of the event.
References
External links Les étoiles de Pau website