LeMieux/US Dressage Finals Regions Cup

2023 Regions Cup Teams

2023 Regions Cup Results

REGIONAL TEAMS:

I.) One Regional Team per USDF Region.

II.) Regional Teams will be based on the results (scores earned) from the Regional Championships.

III.) Each Regional Team will consist of four competitors (athlete/horse combinations) per team.

DETERMINATION OF TEAMS:

IV.) Regional Teams will be made up of one competitor (athlete/horse combination) each from the following four categories:

1.) Training/First Level
2.) Second through Fourth Level (Adult Amateur)
3.) Training through Fourth Level (Junior/Young Rider)
4.) FEI Level

V.) Adult Amateurs may be named to the Regional Team in each of the three categories. However, the Second through Fourth Level Category competitor must be an Adult Amateur. A Junior/Young Rider will also be named to the Regional Team in the Training through Fourth Level Category. Open riders may be named to the Regional Team only at the Training/First Level and FEI Level categories.

VI.) To be eligible athlete/horse combinations must be entered in the US Dressage Finals by the closing date of the US Dressage Finals.

VII.) The Regional Teams are to be made up of the highest scoring eligible athlete/horse combinations in the Training/First Regional Championship classes and in the FEI Level Regional Championship classes at each of the nine Regional Championships. The highest scoring eligible Adult Amateur (athlete/horse combination) in the Second through Fourth Level Regional Championship classes and the highest scoring eligible junior/young rider athlete/horse combination from Training-Fourth Level regional championship classes will be named to the Regional Team.

VIII.) In the case of competitors having the same score in one of the four categories (Training-First, Second-Fourth, Training-Fourth, FEI), the competitor with the score from the highest level (i.e. Grand Prix vs. Prix St. Georges) will be given first option of accepting. If competitors have the same score at the same level, the placing at the regional championship will be used to determine who will be given first option of accepting. If both levels and placings are the same, a coin toss will decide which rider would have the first option of accepting.

IX.) Regional Teams will be named after the US Dressage Finals closing date.

X.) Opting Out: Competitors will be asked to either accept or decline being on a team. In the event a competitor declines, the next highest scoring eligible competitor in the respective category will be named to the Regional Team.

XI.) Naming of Reserve athlete/horse combinations: Reserve athlete/horse combinations will be named to the Regional Teams in each of the four categories. In naming the reserve athlete/horse combinations, the same procedure as described in numbers VI, VII, VIII and IX above will be used for the second highest scoring athlete/horse combination in each of the four categories. Reserve athlete/horse combinations will be substituted only once the athlete/horse combination they would be replacing has withdrawn from the Finals class(es). Reserve athlete/horse combinations may be substituted up to the start of the first US Dressage Finals class of each category.

REGIONS CUP COMPETITION (at US Dressage Finals):

XII.) The highest final score achieved by each athlete/horse combination in a non-Freestyle US Dressage Finals class at the required level will be used in calculating a Regional Team's results.

XIII.) When an eligible athlete/horse competes in two Finals championships (i.e. Second and Third) in the category that they represent, the higher score will be used in calculating their team results.

XIV.) If a Regional Team has the scores from three athlete/horse combinations, but does not have a fourth score due to the fourth athlete/horse combination not being able to compete then the average of the three scores earned will be used as the fourth score in calculating the final team score. Athlete/horse combinations who compete, but are eliminated will receive a 0 (zero) as a score for the class from which they were eliminated.

PLACING OF TEAMS:
XV.) Placing of teams will be determined by averaging the four scores as described above.