Confusion About 2018 WEG Qualification Minimum Elegibility Score

Tue, 03/20/2018 - 10:29
FEI

With the qualification period for the 2018 World Equestrian Games in full swing, riders have uttered confusion about the actual definition of the Minimum Elegibility Score of two times 66% for WEG qualification.

The FEI rule reads:  Athletes and Horses must have attained (as a combination) a result of at least 66% attributed by the Ground Jury and by any two different FEI 5* Dressage Judges, of a nationality other than that of the Athlete, in a Grand Prix at two different CDI3*/4*/5*/CDI-W or CDIO events during the qualification period.

Some riders have interpreted this as following: the end total has to be 66% and two 5* judges have to have given 66% or more in that ride in their individual score, but this is not correct.

In order to clarify the matter, Eurodressage contacted the FEI:

In each of the two GP results (obtained at two different CDI3*/4*/5*/CDI-W or CDIO events during the qualification period) the end result has to be 66% and in addition one 5* judge has to have given 66% in their individual score that led to the total 66% score in a Grand Prix.

The 5* judges must be different in the two different CDI3*/4*/5*/CDI-W or CDIO. If, in a GP, a Riders scores 66%, but the only 5* Judge on the panel scored 65%, this GP result will not count.

Related Link
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2018 World Equestrian Games