Badminton : No riders on wait list

[SusieT]

Just noticed - I think this is the first time I've ever seen this- that there are no riders on Badmintons wait list. A bit odd!
Only two Germans and not a massive spread of other nationalities.
Odd!

 

[teapot]

Just noticed - I think this is the first time I've ever seen this- that there are no riders on Badmintons wait list. A bit odd!
Only two Germans and not a massive spread of other nationalities.
Odd!

There is no wait list thanks to new FEI rules which has effectively reduced entry numbers

 

[Bobthecob15]

We know someone who has entered but she seems to think she may not end up running even though shes on the current entries...so we shall see!

 

[ycbm]

There is no wait list thanks to new FEI rules which has effectively reduced entry numbers

I tried to look this up but can't see anything in the changes announced by BE which should have caused this. What are the changes you think are responsible?
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[teapot]

I tried to look this up but can't see anything in the changes announced by BE which should have caused this. What are the changes you think are responsible?
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As quoted in H&H:

'Unusually, the reveal of the Badminton Horse Trials entries comes without an accompanying wait list this year. A maximum of 85 entries are accepted, with other entries wait-listed in order of FEI points. These horses replace withdrawals up to the Monday before the event. However, with 83 entries, there is no need for a wait list for the 2023 event.

The reduction in entries is likely to be at least partly due to a tightening of athlete categorisations (a way of banding riders based on results and experience), which have a bearing on how many minimum eligibility results a rider has to achieve as a combination with their horse to compete at each level. The timeframe for results counting towards categorisation has been halved from a rolling eight years to a rolling four years, and the number of competitions on which a categorisation is given has been reduced by around 30%.

Horses who have not competed in an FEI event for 13 months – likely to be those who have been off injured – also now have to complete a four-star before returning to five-star.'

Full article is here:

Defending champions and three other previous winners head up Badminton Horse Trials entries

Last year‘s winners Laura Collett and London 52 head up the Badminton Horse Trials entries, plus find out what’s unusual about this year’s entry

www.horseandhound.co.uk

 

[SusieT]

Ah , thanks for that. That's interesting.