Equestrian Canada (EC) has announced the launch of a national ranking system for equestrian sport, which shows where athletes and equines fall on a national competition results leaderboard.
“We are very excited to be able to offer athletes and horse owners the opportunity to see where they rank vis-à-vis their equestrian peers across the country. Until now, they had only been able to see results on an event-by-event basis,” said Meg Krueger, EC CEO. “The national rankings are part of EC’s commitment to offer increased value to our community and we look forward to how it will continue to grow in the years to come. It also represents the successful meeting of a key goal for competition development as set out in our 2018-2022 Strategic Initiatives Plan, as well as alignment with the hard work operational committees are doing regarding athlete development pathways and the EC Rules.”
The rankings currently include results for EC Gold sanctioned competitions in the hunter/jumper and dressage disciplines. Formulas for point calculation are outlined in the EC Rules, Section A: General Regulations and discipline-specific sections. Miscellaneous classes and riders/equines competing on Temporary EC Sport Licences will not be counted. Rankings will be continuously updated as the results are submitted by competition organizers. [Ed. note: which divisions will be included within each discipline is still being finalized in consultation with EC’s discipline committee experts.]