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The dressage circuit distributes significant prize money at CDI level worldwide. The breeders who produce the horses that earn it receive nothing. We are working to change that.
🔬 Feasibility research in progressThe Global Breeder Premium Initiative was designed from the outset as an interdisciplinary system. Our proof of concept has been built on show jumping — the discipline with the most transparent and accessible prize money data and the largest prize money volume in equestrian sport.
The show jumping model is now in its seventh feasibility version, grounded in actual FEI data from 683 events, generating a fund of €3.72 million per year. We are now extending that research to dressage. The same mechanism — adjusted for the specific prize money structures, class formats and participation data of this discipline — is being adapted and verified.
Collecting dressage prize money data from FEI records. Mapping class structures, prize money distributions and participation patterns. Identifying analogies with and differences from the show jumping model.
Developing a progressive levy scale calibrated specifically to dressage prize money volumes and class structures.
Publication of the full dressage feasibility study. Stakeholder outreach to KWPN, Hanoverian, Oldenburg, KWPN-dressage and other dressage-focused studbooks, as well as the FEI Dressage Committee. Alignment with the show jumping fund structure.
Once the show jumping fund is operational, dressage breeders are integrated into the same fund — one fund, three disciplines.
A top Grand Prix dressage horse takes ten years to develop from birth to elite competition. The breeder who selected the dam, chose the stallion and sold the foal as a youngster has no formal link to the prize money that horse later earns at CDI-W or Global Champions level.
The CDI circuit ranges from CDI1* to CDI-W and CDI-G, with prize money structures that differ significantly from show jumping. Our research maps those structures to identify the appropriate entry points for a fair and progressive levy.
The principle is the same across all disciplines: the breeder takes the risk, makes the investment and provides the horse — without which there is no competition. A structural share of the prize money is a matter of fairness, not charity.
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