Today, the 46th edition of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final kicks off at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth (USA) with the first horse inspection.

A total of 36 riders and 39 horses from 18 countries are among the definite entries for this week’s competition, staged at the 14,000-seat Dickies Arena, where an overall prize money of €1,300,000.00 is on offer. The tracks will be set by FEI level 4 course designer Anderson de Moura Lima (MEX), while Bernando Costa Cabral (POR) is the Foreign Technical Delegate, and Carsten Andre Soerlie (NOR) the Ground Jury President.

At this year’s final, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat can become the first rider ever to take the FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final-title for a fourth time, having already won in 2015, 2016 and 2019. 

The action will be livestreamed on ClipMyHorse.

Tuesday – the first horse inspection

Wednesday – draw for the starting order of the first competition and a training session

Thursday – Competition I (at 13.30 local time) 

Friday – Competition II (at 18.20 local time)

Sunday – the second horse inspection and competition III (at 11.30 local time) 

Total prize money in three competitions 550,000.00 EUR

Prize money for the FEI World Cup™ Final overall classification 750,000.00 EUR

Overall prize money 1,300,000.00 EUR

Competition I on Thursday is a 1.60m course judged as a Table C over a Table A, where 3 seconds are added for every fence down.

This competition is open to all the qualified riders present at the event, and the starting order is decided by a draw on Wednesday.

Competition II on Friday is a 1.60m judged as a Table A against the clock, with one round against the clock and one jump-off. Those who have been eliminated or who have retired in the first final competition cannot take part on Friday. The starting order is the reverse order from the FEI Jumping World Cup™ points earned in the first competition on Thursday.

Competition III on Sunday includes two rounds over a 1.60m course judged as a Table A, not against the clock.

The 30 best-placed horse-and-rider combinations from the provisional classification following the second competition are qualified to take part in the first round of the third final competition, and those who are unable to start will not be replaced.

After the first round, the 20 best-placed pairs continue to the second round. Those who jump clear in the first round, are allowed to start in the second round, even if their total score would not put them within the top 20. However, they can only compete for the classification and prize money of the competition itself, not the overall placing in the FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final.

After the second competition on Friday, the FEI Jumping World Cup™ points are transformed into penalties, which are then used to determine the starting order on Sunday, as well as the final overall classification after Sunday’s two rounds.

The points are transformed as follows: “The Athlete with the highest number of FEI Jumping World Cup™ points after two Competitions will have 0 penalties. For all other Athletes the number of penalties will be calculated by multiplying with the coefficient of 0.50 the difference between their number of FEI Jumping World Cup points and the FEI Jumping World Cup™ points of the leading Athlete after two Competitions.”

In the end, the rider with the smallest number of penalties after Sunday’s third and final competition will be crowned the winner of the 2026 FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final.