2026 Asian Games Dressage to be Held in Mixed Format

Dressage

Japan

The 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Tokyo, will be taking place in a mixed format for the first time.

The Asian Games in dressage used to be held at small tour level but as of 2026 mixed team with Grand Prix and small tour combinations will be made.

There will be three rounds at each level: Prix St Georges, Inter I, Inter I kur and Grand Prix, GP Special, and GP Kur.

The teams must be composed of at least 1 Small Tour combination and up to 2 Big Tour combinations.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MER)

All participants must achieve the qualifying result (MER) between 1 Jan 2025 and the deadline for submission of Nomination Entries, which is 22 June 2026. At that time, Certificates of Capability must also be submitted along with the Entries:

For Big tour level: In order to qualify for participation at the 2026 Asian Games, Athletes and Horses must have attained (as a combination) a result of at least 62% attributed by the Ground Jury in a Grand Prix at two different CDI3* / CDI4* /CDI5* / CDI-W or CDIO3* / CDIO4* / CDIO5* events, from 1st January 2025 until the date of nominated entries (deadline is 22 June 2026).
Athlete-Horse combinations that have participated at the World Cup Finals, or the Olympic Games may participate at the 2026 Asian Games at the Big tour level, provided they achieve the MERs as set out above.
For Small tour level: In order to qualify for participation at the 2026 Asian Games, Athletes and Horses must have attained (as a combination) a result of at least 62% attributed by the Ground Jury in a Prix St. Georges and/or Intermediate I at two diÿerent CDI1* or CDIO1* events, from 1st January 2025 until the date of nominated entries (deadline is 22 June 2026)
Athlete-Horse combinations that have participated at the World Cup Finals, or the Olympic Games are not eligible to participate in the the 2026 Asian Games at the Small tour level.

Mixed Format

The team competition will be decided by the combined results of the small and big tour combinations in the Prix St Georges and Grand Prix. The best three results per team will be added up. If there is a tie in the aggregated results of the top 3 combinations, the higher-ranked team will be the one whose lowest-ranked team member has the best score. If it remains a tie, the comparison will move to the second lowest-ranked member, and so on. If all 3 members remain tied, a tied competition will be declared.

Riders eligible for the individual final (Kur to Music) are decided by the combined results of round 1 (team competition) and round 2 (Inter I / GP Special). The top 15 of both rounds combined are eligible to ride the kur, but with a maximum of 2 athletes from the same team). Combinations must achieve 60% at least in the 2nd Individual Qualifier Competition to be elgible to ride the Kur.

The individual classification is based on the total percentage achieved by each Athlete. The Athlete with the highest total percentage is ranked first, the second highest is placed second and so on. If there is a tie for the top three (3) places, it will be decided based on the artistic mark. If the tie remains, the higher mark for harmony will decide the ranking, followed by the choreography mark, if necessary.