Étoiles de Pau

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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.

Year	Rider	Horse	Notes
2007	Nicolas Touzaint (FRA)	Hildago de l'Île
2008	Bettina Hoy (GER)	Ringwood Cockatoo
2009	Dirk Schrade (GER)	King Artus
2010	Andreas Dibowski (GER)	FRH Fantasia
2011	William Fox-Pitt (GBR)	Oslo
2012	Andrew Nicholson (NZL)	Nereo
2013	William Fox-Pitt (GBR)	Seacookie
2014	Ingrid Klimke (GER)	Horseware Hale Bob
2015	Astier Nicolas (FRA)	Piaf De B Neville
2016	Maxime Livio (FRA)	Qalao Des Mers
2017	Gwendolen Fer (FRA)	Romantic Love
2018	Thibault Fournier (FRA)	Siniani de Lathus
2019	Tom McEwen (GBR)	Toledo de Kerser
2020	Laura Collett (GBR)	London 52
2021	Tim Price (NZL)	Falco
2022	Jonelle Price (NZL)	Grappa Nera
2023	Ros Canter (GBR)	Izilot DHI

• 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.^[1]
• 2017: Crackerjack, ridden by Boyd Martin (USA) was euthanized after suffering multiple fractures to the right front pastern bone during the cross-country portion of the event.^[2]

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