Qualification for the 2025 NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships

We are kicking off the Winter Regionals next week at Onley Grounds Equestrian in Warwickshire, and can now share the qualification ratios for competitors who qualify for the NAF Five Star Winter Championships held at Addington Equestrian, 16 - 20 April 2025. 

Some improtant points to be aware of:

1. Combinations scoring below 65% will not be eligible for qualification for the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships as stated in the British Dressage Members Handbook unless it is by a wild card.
    
2. The number qualifying from each Winter 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 NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships.
    
3. A ‘starter’ is a horse that actually enters the competition arena and goes down the centre line, even if it retires before finishing.
    
4. The number of starters will not be known until the class is finished after which the organiser will calculate how many have qualified and mark them on the scoreboard. The number of direct qualifications will be announced at the prize giving.
    
5. The last Winter Regional finishes on Sunday 2 March and in the following week the BD Office will calculate how many unfilled spaces there are in each class at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships. These spaces will be filled by the highest scoring unqualified combinations from all the regionals, if you will not be taking up your place, please notify charlene.bryant@britishdressage.co.uk.
    
6. The names of the combinations awarded wild cards will be put on the BD website Tuesday 11 March. Please do not telephone the BD Office regarding wild card allocation before 2pm on this day.

Close of entries for the NAF Five Star Winter Championships is Wednesday 26 March, please note that no late entries will be accepted.

Numbers to Qualify 

You must achieve a score of at least 65% to qualify for the Championships from a Regional and the numbers who qualify from each regional in each class and section are based on the number of starters as below:

HorseHage Preliminary Silver 

1 in 16 qualify

1 - 16   = 1 qualifies

17 - 32 = 2 qualify

33 - 48 = 3 qualify

HorseHage Preliminary Gold 

1 in 12 qualify

1 - 12 = 1 qualifies

13 - 24 = 2 qualify

25 - 36 = 3 qualify

37+ = 4 qualify

Prestige Novice Silver 

1 in 6 qualify

1 - 6 = 1 qualifies

7 - 12 = 2 qualify

13 - 18 = 3 qualify

19 - 24 = 4 qualify

25 - 30 = 5 qualify

31 - 36 = 6 qualify

Prestige Novice Gold

1 in 8 qualify

1 – 8 = 1 qualifies

9 – 16 = 2 qualify

17 – 24 = 3 qualify

25 – 32 = 4 qualify

33 – 40 = 5 qualify

Equi-Trek Elmentary Silver

1 in 8 qualify

1 – 8 = 1 qualifies

9 – 16 = 2 qualify

17 – 24 = 3 qualify

25 – 32 = 4 qualify

33 – 40 = 5 qualify

Equi-Trek Elementary Gold 

1 in 6 qualify

1 – 6 = 1 qualifies

7 – 12 = 2 qualify

13 – 18 = 3 qualify

19 – 24 = 4 qualify

25 – 30 = 5 qualify

31 – 36 = 6 qualify

HorseLight Medium Silver 

1 in 8 qualify

1 – 8 = 1 qualifies

9 – 16 = 2 qualify

17 – 24 = 3 qualify

25 – 32 = 4 qualify

33 – 40 = 5 qualify

HorseLight Medium Gold

1 in 6 qualify

1 – 6 = 1 qualifies

7 – 12 = 2 qualify

13 – 18 = 3 qualify

19 – 24 = 4 qualify

25 – 30 = 5 qualify

31 – 36 = 6 qualify

Black Country Saddles Advanced Medium Silver 

1 in 6 qualify

1 – 6 = 1 qualifies

7 – 12 = 2 qualify

13 – 18 = 3 qualify

19 – 24 = 4 qualify

Black Country Saddles Advanced Medium 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

Magic Prix St Georges Silver 

1 in 11 qualify

1 – 11 = 1 qualifies

12 –22  = 2 qualify

23 – 33 = 3 qualify

34+ = 4 qualify

Magic Prix St Georges Gold 

1 in 8 qualify

1 – 8 = 1 qualifies

9 – 16 = 2 qualify

17 – 24 = 3 qualify

25 – 32 = 4 qualify

33 – 40 = 5 qualify

Superflex Intermediate I Silver 

1 in 8 qualify

1 – 8 = 1 qualifies

9 – 16 = 2 qualify

17 – 24 = 3 qualify

Superflex Intermediate I Gold 

1 in 5 qualify

1 – 5 = 1 qualifies

6 – 10 = 2 qualify

11 – 15 = 3 qualify

Freestyle numbers to qualify

Baileys Horse Feeds Freestyle Novice Silver 

1 in 8 qualify

1 – 8 = 1 qualifies

9 – 16 = 2 qualify

17 – 24 = 3 qualify

25 – 32 = 4 qualify

33 – 40 = 5 qualify

Baileys Horse Feeds Freestyle Novice Gold 

1 in 6 qualify

1 – 6 = 1 qualifies

7 – 12 = 2 qualify

13 – 18 = 3 qualify

19 – 24 = 4 qualify

25 – 30 = 5 qualify

31 – 36 = 6 qualify

PDS Freestyle Elementary Silver

1 in 10 qualify

1 – 10 = 1 qualifies

11 –20 = 2 qualify

21 – 30 = 3 qualify

PDS Freestyle 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

Spillers Freestyle Medium Silver 

1 in 8 qualify

1 – 8 = 1 qualifies

9 – 16 = 2 qualify

17 – 24 = 3 qualify

25 – 32 = 4 qualify

33 – 40 = 5 qualify

Spillers Freestyle Medium Gold 

1 in 4 qualify

1 – 4 = 1 qualifies

5 – 8 = 2 qualify

9 – 12 = 3 qualify

13 – 16 = 4 qualify

Nupafeed Freestyle Advanced Medium Silver 

1 in 6 qualify

1 – 6 = 1 qualifies

7 – 12 = 2 qualify

13 – 18 = 3 qualify

19 – 24 = 4 qualify

Nupafeed Freestyle Medium Gold 

1 in 3 qualify

1 – 3 = 1 qualifies

4 – 6 = 2 qualify

7 – 9 = 3 qualify

10 – 12 = 4 qualify

Good luck everyone - don't forget to collect your plaque if you're competing!