EVENT RIDER MASTERS 2019 : QUICK FACTS
- FEI approved CCI4*S competition series
- Every minute of every ERM competition live streamed online, TV Highlights shows produced from every ERM leg – broadcast globally
- 2019 - six leg series, season championship points awarded at each leg. Final championship result taken from top 5 out of 6 legs of riders’ results.
- 2018 ERM Season Championship:
- 1. ERM Champion Christopher Burton (AUS)
- 2. Runner up Laura Collett (GBR)
- 3. Tim Price (NZL)
- Up to 30 riders compete in each leg. Eligible competitors accepted into each leg are announced on ERM Social Media platforms in “The ERM Cut”. Riders are selected based on their FEI World Rider Ranking at the time of entry to each leg.
- Event Rider Masters has innovated the live online broadcast of the dressage starting order draw, in line with the unique seeding of the ERM Dressage phase according to the competitors’ horse's average Dressage score.
- Riders perform their Dressage routines to their own choice of music to enhance the spectator experience. Live movement by movement Dressage scoring is available for spectators both on-line and on site.
- SAP provide a Spectator Judging App for the Dressage phase to allow spectators to act as a dressage judge and compare their virtually awarded scores to that of the official Dressage judges.
- The Show Jumping is run in reverse order of merit from the Dressage results.
- The top 20 riders after the first two phases of Dressage and Show Jumping, start the Cross Country in reverse order of merit – ensuring that the tension builds till the very last rider is on course.
- SAP Sports Technology provides live virtual tracking of riders on the Cross Country course, including speed, position and time on course.
- Unique rolling ERM Podium at the Cross Country finish, with live big screen TV and ERM Fan Zone creating an exciting atmosphere that builds towards the final result of each leg.
