Working Equitation became an organised competitive sport in 1996, when the first European championship was held in Italy.
[citation needed] Competition events may be individual or for teams, and are in three or four parts, in this order: The Team event at the 2010 European Working Equitation Championships was won by riders from Portugal.
[4] In the second Working Equitation World Championship in Lisbon from 26 to 29 October 2006, there were teams from France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
[6] The third World Championship was held five years later, from 26–30 October 2011, in Lyon, France.
[7][8] At the fourth World Championship, held at Ebreichsdorf in Austria from 5–8 June 2014, there were 28 individual entries from 10 countries, but only four national teams.