Adelaide Equestrian Festival

A CCI5* event, the top rating by the Fédération Équestre Internationale, it comprises dressage, cross-country, and show-jumping and is usually staged in late April.

[1][citation needed] In its period as the Gawler Trials, it was a successful competition and was selected to host the Eventing World Championship in 1986.

From 2011 the Australian International became part of the FEI (Fédération Équestre Internationale) Classics series of events, for three years sponsored by HSBC.

[3] The dressage phase is held on Friday on the arena in front of the heritage-listed Victoria Park Grandstand.

[citation needed] As of 2024[update], the event is used to select the Australian team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.