The following World Cup courses will be built to the meet the Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MER) for both Tokyo Olympics 2021 and FEI Jumping World Champs in Aug 2022. 

  • Central & Sthn Hawkes Bay Showjumping Champs at Dannevirke, 10th January
  • Show Jumping Waitemata at Woodhill Sands, 17th January

These criteria are:

Counting for Tokyo Olympic Games 2021

This competition will count as a competition where athletes and horses can achieve the Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MER) providing the course meets the following specifications: consist of at least 12 obstacles which may vary in height between 1.40m and 1.60m. The spread obstacles must have spreads of between 1.50m to 2.00m (2.20m for the triple bar). At least two vertical obstacles must be provided with a minimum height of 1.60m.

 Counting for FEI Jumping World Champs in August 2022 (CH-M-S 2022)

This competition will count as a competition where athletes and horses can achieve the Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MER) providing the course meets the following specifications: consist of at least 12 obstacles which may vary in height between 1.40m and 1.60m. The spread obstacles must have spreads of between 1.50m to 2.00m (2.20m for the triple bar). At least two vertical obstacles must be provided with a minimum height of 1.60m. In addition to these requirements the competition must comply with the following mandatory requirements to count for the CH- M-S 2022:

 The first obstacle may be a vertical minimum height 1m45 or an oxer minimum height 1m40 for the front pole and 1m45 for the back pole;

  • One set of planks on flat cups;
  • Triple bar minimum 1m80 spread and 1m50 height;
  • One wall or gate;
  • One narrow vertical or spread obstacle with frontal width between 2m50 to 3m00;
  • Minimum one triple and one double combination (three doubles are not allowed);
  • The triple combination must have at least one oxer minimum 1m50 height and 1m50 spread, and at least one one-stride distance either from A to B or from B to C;
  • Approximately 50% of the efforts must be vertical obstacles and 50% must be spread obstacles (e.g. oxer, triple bar, Swedish oxer, narrow oxer etc.). Nevertheless, no more than 55% of the efforts may be vertical and no more than 60% of the efforts may be spread obstacles, including the water jump if there is one;
  • Two verticals (other than the wall) must have a height of 1m60;
  • At least two spread obstacles with minimum height of 1m50 and minimum spread of 1m60;
  • Two liverpool obstacles, one vertical and one spread. If the course includes a water jump, a minimum of one liverpool will be allowed;
  • Bend or straight line of up to six strides between two single obstacles;
  • Depth of cups: minimum 50% of cups must have a depth of 18mm; depth of cups maximum 20mm if poles are 350-400cm long;
  • Minimum length of course 400 meters with a minimum speed of 375m/min;
  • The course will include minimum 12 and maximum 14 obstacles.