Jumping – Invitation System for CSI 5* Events

Jumping is FEI’s premier discipline: …. Of the 1951 international events organised in 2007 world-wide were in Jumping. The FEI is proud of the healthy state of the discipline. However, it is its duty to ensure the highest degree of integrity following strict criteria of quality. The FEI Bureau therefore approved the introduction of an invitation system for CSI 5* events world-wide coming into effect on 1 May 2007.

The following is the summary of the invitation system, which was presented to the participants in today’s session on Jumping.

Compulsory Invitations
- 70% of the total number of competitors invited must be from the top 150 on the FEI World Jumping Riders Rankings List established by the FEI two months prior to the event. Some further conditions must be respected and a consequence this percentage may need to be reduced.
- If an NF is invited to send participants but decides not to participate, another NF is selected by the Organising Committee in accordance with certain conditions.
- a maximum of 30% of the total number of competitors can be invited as wild cards by the Organising Committee through their NFs. These competitors can be taken from any position on the FEI World Jumping Riders Rankings List.

The FEI has the right to nominate one competitor. The level of the nominated rider must be of the required standard for a CSI-5* event. The maximum number of times a competitor can be nominated during the same season for this section is three.

National events
Organising Committees that wish to organize a national event must comply with the FEI rules for national events. These include the restrictions on the number of foreign competitors and the number of NFs represented by competitors.

Sanctions and consequences
If prior to a CSI-5* event it is known that the event will not follow the FEI technical conditions and the FEI rules for invitation of competitors, the event may be removed from the FEI calendar at the discretion of the FEI. If sufficient proof can be established after the event that the FEI technical conditions and the FEI rules for invitation of competitors have not been respected FEI World Jumping Riders Ranking List, points may be withdrawn at the discretion of the FEI and CSI status may be refused for the following season. If the event is a FEI World Cup™ or Samsung Super League with FEI it may lose it status for the coming season. If the event is organized outside the jurisdiction of the host NF, participating competitors will not be allowed to participate at other FEI Events.