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DR135 (329-08) 12/1/10 Dressage Committee
DR135 Dressage Competition Performance Standards. [Chapter DR. Dressage Division] Add new
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The purpose of Competition Performance Standards is to ensure that
riders are properly prepared to successfully move up the levels.
The qualification system is based on the rider, not the horse.
Multiple horses may be used by a rider to earn qualification. Rider
qualification is permanent and there is no time limit for earning
qualification.
1. Three levels exist:
a. Bronze Level: (Training-Third Level). All riders may compete
at this level without earning qualification scores or points.
b. Silver Level: Required to compete at Fourth Level - Prix St.
Georges (including USEF Developing Horse Test). Qualification at
this level may be achieved as follows:
(1) Earning the USDF Bronze Medal
(2) Earning a minimum of ten (10) qualification points (as defined
under DR135.3, below) in USEF Third Level tests ridden in
USEF licensed/USDF recognized competitions. Scores must come from
at least three different USEF or FEI judges. A panel of
two or more judges will count as one distinct judge.
(3) Earning a minimum of 65% (6.5) in the USEF Riders’ Test.
The USEF Third Level Test 3 will be ridden using a separate
“USEF Riders’ Test” score sheet. Only one riders’
test qualifying score is required with a panel of two eligible judges. Judges
will officiate separately and both judges’ scores must be
a minimum of 65% (6.5) in order to achieve qualification at this level.
If only one eligible judge officiates, two separate rides earning
scores of at least 65% (6.5) will be required for qualification.
Scores may be obtained at the same competition.
c. Gold Level: Required to compete at Intermediaire I - Grand Prix
(including Brentina Cup). Qualification at this level may be
achieved as follows:
(1) Earning either the USDF Silver or USDF Gold Medal
(2) Earning a minimum of eight (8) qualification points (as defined
under DR135.3, below) in the FEI Prix St. Georges test.
Scores must come from at least two different USEF or FEI judges.
A panel of two or more judges will count as one distinct
judge.
2. Qualification may be earned only at USEF licensed/USDF recognized
or FEI recognized competitions. At all levels, freestyle
scores and FEI Young Horse tests/rides do not earn points. FEI
Junior, Young Rider, and Pony Tests and the USEF Developing
Horse and USEF “Brentina Cup” tests may be used to
earn points at the equivalent national or FEI level, as listed under DR119.2.
3. Qualification System.
a. Qualifying points will be awarded for tests/rides with the following
scores. A score from a panel of two or more judges will be
considered one test/ride.
58-59.99% One (1) Point
60-62.99% Two (2) Points
63-64.99% Three (3) Points
65% and Above Four (4) Points
b. In order for qualifying points to be recorded after December
1, 2010, the rider must be a USDF Group, Participating or Life
Member and a USEF Active Member at the time points are earned.
c. Scores/points earned between 1974 and December 1, 2010 at USEF
licensed/USDF recognized or FEI recognized competitions
(including foreign CDI’s) may be used towards the number
of points required for rider qualification as follows:
(1) Scores earned in any Third Level test (except Freestyle) or
equivalent may be used toward the ten (10) points needed for
Silver Level qualification;
(2) Scores earned in any test at or above the Prix St. Georges
level or the equivalent level may be used toward the eight (8) points
needed for Gold Level qualification.
(3) All scores earned before December 1, 2010 must be verified
by USDF before rider qualification is granted, unless the rider is
“grandfathered" as described under DR135.7 below.
d. Qualification at any level is not required to compete in the
following tests: FEI Pony, USEF Four-Year-Old, FEI Five-Year-Old
and FEI Six-Year-Old tests. However, riders competing in the USEF
Young Adult “Brentina Cup” and USEF Developing Horse
tests are not exempt from qualifying.
e. Qualification is not required for Juniors and Young Riders who
are declared as candidates for the USEF National
Championships or NAJYRC and who enter designated NAJYRC/USEF qualifying
classes. However, those riders must obtain the
appropriate qualification in order to compete in any other class
at any competition.
f. United States Eventing Association (USEA) members are exempt
from qualification requirements as follows: Horse/Rider
combinations who have achieved one or more qualifying scores as
defined within the applicable (USEF or FEI) rules for Eventing
at the Advanced, CIC***, CCI*** or CCI**** levels may compete at
the Silver Level without any qualifying points in Dressage.
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4. Compliance with DR135 (Dressage Competition Performance Standards)
is mandatory at USEF-Licensed/ USDF Recognized
Dressage Competitions and "Open" Dressage divisions or sections
of USEF-Licensed Regular and Local Competitions. Compliance
with Performance Standards is optional for USEF-Licensed Regular
and Local Competitions with breed-restricted divisions or
sections. Dressage test scores from all USEF-Licensed/USDF Recognized
Dressage Competitions and "Open" Dressage divisions or
sections of USEF-Licensed Regular and Local Competitions will be
counted towards meeting Performance Standards eligibility
levels. Scores from "breed restricted" Dressage divisions or sections
of Regular and Local Competitions will only be counted for
eligibility from those breeds that require Performance Standards
qualification to compete in their breed-restricted dressage
sections/divisions.
5. Foreign riders may qualify under this rule, as long as USEF
and USDF membership requirements are met. Alternatively, they may
prove competition eligibility with a letter to USEF from their
National Federation verifying the level at which they are eligible to
compete.
6. Riders may earn a higher qualification level once their scores
are verified by USDF. However, a qualification level cannot be
changed during a competition.
7. Prior to November 30, 2010, riders will be “grandfathered”
into the qualification system as follows:
a. Riders on a USET/USEF Long List from 1999 to November 30, 2010
will receive qualification at the Gold Level.
b. Riders who have competed at the USEF or USET Festival of Champions
from 1985 to 2010, will receive qualification at the
Gold Level.
c. USDF Bronze Medal winners from 1974 to November 30, 2010 will
receive qualification at the Silver Level.
d. USDF Silver Medal and Gold Medal winners from 1974 to November
30, 2010 will receive qualification at the Gold Level.
e. USEF Dressage judges will be grandfathered as follows:
(1) ‘r’ judges will receive qualification at the Silver
Level.
(2) ‘R’ judges will receive qualification at the Gold
Level.
(3) ‘S’ judges will receive qualification at the Gold
Level.
f. USDF Certified Instructors certified through Second Level will
receive qualification at the Silver Level and those certified
through Fourth Level will receive qualification at the Gold Level.
8. Eligibility and qualification disputes will be addressed by
an appeals committee which will include three members of the USEF
Technical Dressage Committee and two members of the USEF High Performance
Dressage Committee and one alternate from each
committee
9. Qualification levels will be printed on USEF/USDF membership
cards and will be available on both the USDF and USEF web
sites.
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