There will be five wild cards. These wild cards can be used at the discretion of the World Cup Committee. If these wild cards were used, the maximum amount of riders in the World Cup would be 50. A wild card can be used in addition to the quota of nations listed in the different groups mentioned above or given to a rider whose nation is not on the list.

CIC WORLD CUP CYCLE

The cycle of the 2002 – 2003 CIC World Cup qualifiers will be held from 31 July 2002 to 1 August 2003. The 1^st CIC World Cup Final will take place in October 2003.

REGULATIONS FOR THE WORLD CUP CIC THREE STAR

Rules for Eventing 2002 - 2003 will apply unless otherwise stated.

1. Participation of Competitors and Horses.

The World Cup is an annual, individual CIC competition at the Three Star level, open to seniors only. A rider can compete from the beginning of the calendar year in which he reaches the age of eighteen.

2. Horses.

Horses may compete in the World Cup qualifiers and the World Cup Final from the beginning of the calendar year in which they reach the age of seven.

3. Number of Horses per Competitor.

In the final of the World Cup, a competitor may only ride one horse. In the World Cup qualifying competitions, there is no limitation to the number of horses a competitor may ride with the following exceptions.

A The Organizing Committee may impose a limitation at its absolute discretion, whether from the timetable or any other reason.

B. Priority should be given to rider-horse combination that has not had a chance to compete in a World Cup Qualifier.

C. Where any event has more entries than it can accommodate, no competitor may ride more than two horses (or one horse if decided by the Organising Committee).

D. A qualifier for the World Cup cannot be divided in several sections; all competitors should be in the same division.

4. Qualification of Competitors and Horses

Three Star CIC qualifiers are open only to competitors and horses that, not necessarily as a combination, have qualified under the Rules for Eventing Article 507 starting January 1^st, 2002 (see qualification for CIC 3-Star). As of 1^st January 2003, - Art 506 of the 2003 Rules for Eventing will apply.

5. CIC World Cup Final.

To qualify for the World Cup Final, and in addition to CIC 3-Star qualifying results, the rider-horse, as a combination, must have completed a World Cup Qualifier with a maximum of 20 points penalties on the Cross-Country test.

A rider may ride several horses in World Cup qualifiers, but is only allowed to compete in three (3) qualifiers with the same horse. Only his best score with each horse will count towards the World Cup Ranking.

6. World Cup Individual Ranking.

The World Cup ranking will be worldwide and will be based on a horse-rider combination according to the point system written below.

In case of equal points, the best Cross-Country score will prevail. The points are not cumulative.

7. Qualifying Competitions.

Every active Eventing country will be allowed to organize one Three Star Qualifier. Countries geographically large (United States, Australia) may be granted permission to organize more than one qualifier. The World Cup committee will grant authorization for these qualifiers.

It is possible that less developed regions of the world may want to organize qualifiers among several Counties.

It is envisioned that in the very near future a league structure will be created, and published as soon as it is ready to be implemented.

8. Officials.

The Ground Jury for the qualifiers will be composed on 2 Judges. The President must be an FEI International Judge, and preferably from another nationality than the hosting Country. The second Judge at E or B can be a National Judge.

For the World Cup final there will be three Judges. The President at C will be an official FEI Judge, one of the Judges at E or B should be an International Judge, the other one could be an FEI candidate.

The Technical Delegate must be an FEI International TD for both qualifiers and the World Cup final, and preferably not of the same nationality as the nation hosting the competition.

All officials will be approved by the FEI.

9. Dressage.

For the qualifiers, the CIC short test 2002 Three Star Dressage test should be used. For the World Cup final, there will be the option of using the CIC 2002 Three Star Dressage test or one of the Three Star CCI 2002 Dressage tests.

Note: in the future a free-style Dressage test may be considered.

10. Cross-Country.

This test will be run according to the Rules for Eventing for One-Day Event Three Star Cross-Country. It is recommended that the distance should be the higher end of the permitted length for the Cross-Country.

11. Show Jumping.

This test will be run according to the updated rules for One-Day Three Star Show Jumping Events. There is an exception concerning the height of the obstacles. The obstacles can be 5cm more in height (not taking in account the 5cm tolerance by the rules), i.e. obstacles can be set at 1 meter 25, and in some circumstances could go to 1 meter 30 with the 5cm tolerance rule.

12. Veterinary Requirements.

These rules will be the same as for the 2003 Rules for CIC inspections Art 518.2. For the World Cup final, there will be a formal Horse Inspection before Dressage and before the Show Jumping as in a standard Three-day Event.

13. Order of the Tests

For the qualifiers, it is recommended that the order of the different tests be run in the traditional order (Dressage, cross-Country and Show Jumping) This order will be compulsory for the World Final.

FINANCIAL CONDITIONS

Organizer of CIC World Cup Qualifier for the 2002-2003 season:

· Prize money = total of US$30’000 recommended

· Franchise fee = US$3’000 to FEI – CIC for World Cup

Organizer of the CIC World Cup Final of the 2002-2003 season:

· Prize-money = US$60’000 – 100,000

· Travel and accommodation expenses of riders, horses, grooms and team officials as for Senior Eventing Championship (Art. 132 – GR)

The CIC Regulations, Conditions, distribution of nations in groups, cyle deadlines will be reviewed annually by the Eventing Committee, upon recommendation of the CIC World Cup Committee.

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