Summer Regionals: 2026 qualification ratios

With the Summer Regionals getting underway this weekend, we’re releasing the qualification ratios for each level to progress to the LeMieux National Championships at Somerford Park in Cheshire, 10 – 13 September.

No late entries will be accepted for the LeMieux National Dressage Championships.

Please take note of the following: 

• Combinations scoring below 65% will not be eligible for qualification for the LeMieux National Dressage Championships as stated in the British Dressage Members Handbook, unless it is by a wild card.
• The number qualifying from each Summer Regional class will depend on the number of starters in that particular class according to the conversion charts. The number of qualifications per level varies according to the total number of horses qualified for the Regionals and the number of spaces available at the LeMieux National Dressage Championships.
• A ‘starter’ is a horse that enters the competition arena and goes down the centre line, even if it withdraws before finishing.
• The number of starters will not be known until the class is finished after which the organiser will calculate how many have qualified. The number of direct qualifications will be announced at the prize giving.
• The last Summer Regional finishes on Sunday 9 August. The BD Office will calculate how many unfilled spaces there are for each class at the LeMieux National Dressage Championships. These spaces will be filled by the highest scoring unqualified combinations from all the regionals.
• The names of the combinations awarded wild cards will be put on the BD website. Please do not telephone the BD Office regarding wild card allocation before they are added to the website.

Numbers to qualify

All scores must be over 65%   

Absolute Equestrian Collective Preliminary Silver: 1 in 12 qualify 
1 – 12 = 1 qualifies 
13 – 24 = 2 qualify 
25 – 36 = 3 qualify 
37 – 48 = 4 qualify

Absolute Equestrian Collective Preliminary Gold: 1 in 14 qualify 
1 – 14 = 1 qualifies 
15 – 28 = 2 qualify 
29 – 42 =3 qualify 

BettaLife Novice Silver: 1 in 18 qualify
1 – 18 = 1 qualifies 
19 – 36 = 2 qualify 
37 – 54 = 3 qualify 

BettaLife Novice Gold: 1 in 7 qualify
1 – 7 = 1 qualifies 
8 – 14 = 2 qualify 
15 – 21 = 3 qualify 
22 – 28 = 4 qualify 
29 – 35 = 5 qualify 
36 – 42 = 6 qualify

HorseQuest Elementary Silver: 1 in 10 qualify
1 – 10 = 1 qualifies
11– 20 = 2 qualify
21– 30 = 3 qualify
31– 40 = 4 qualify

HorseQuest Elementary Gold: 1 in 5 qualify
1 –  5 = 1 qualifies
6 – 10 = 2 qualify
11 –15 = 3 qualify
16 –20 = 4 qualify
21 - 25 = 5 qualify
26 – 30 = 6 qualify

TopSpec Medium Silver: 1 in 11 qualify
1 – 11 = 1 qualifies
12 – 22 = 2 qualify
23 – 33 = 3 qualify
34 – 44 = 4 qualify

TopSpec Medium Gold: 1 in 7 qualify
1 – 7 = 1 qualifies
8 – 14 = 2 qualify
15 – 21 = 3 qualify
22 – 28 = 4 qualify
29 - 35 = 5 qualify
36 – 42 = 6 qualify

British Dressage Advanced Medium Silver: 1 in 9 qualify
1 – 9 = 1 qualifies
10– 18 = 2 qualify
19– 27 = 3 qualify
28– 36 = 4 qualify

British Dressage Advanced Medium Gold: 1 in 9 qualify
1 – 9 = 1 qualifies
10– 18 = 2 qualify
19– 27 = 3 qualify
28– 36 = 4 qualify

Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges Silver: 1 in 9 qualifies
1 – 9 = 1 qualifies
10– 18 = 2 qualify
19– 27 = 3 qualify
28– 36 = 4 qualify

Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges Gold
Winner qualifies providing score over 65%

D&H Intermediate I Silver: 1 in 6 qualifies
1 –  6 = 1 qualifies
7 – 12 = 2 qualify
13 - 18 = 3 qualify
19 - 24 = 4 qualify
25 - 30 = 5 qualify

D&H Intermediate I Gold
Winner qualifies providing score over 65%