HSBC FEI Classics™

 Season 2012: standings after three events can be viewed here (pdf) -30.04.2012

The HSBC FEI Classics™ is a series uniting the top end of the international Eventing circuit, namely the five  four-star Eventing competitions currently on the calendar.

HSBC has supported the FEI Classics™ series since 2008 and will be contributing US$ 1 million over the next three years, making this the biggest prize pot on offer in the sport of Eventing on an annual basis.

Prize Money
The HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012 will once again run on a points-based system, whereby the top ten placed riders at each event receive points. At the end of the season, the five riders at the top of the leaderboard claim the lion's share of the prize money: 

1st     US$ 150,000 (Series Champion)
2nd    US$ 75,000
3rd     US$ 50,000
4th     US$ 33,000
5th     US$ 25,000 

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Online Photo Catalogue
Photographs of the winning riders in high and low resolution can be downloaded from the online FEI Photo Catalogue. There is no reproduction fee, but please credit photographer (full name) & FEI (credit will appear under each photo). Usage is strictly for editorial purposes. Click here

Reference documents 

• Riders will earn points with their best single performance at each event (rider must have achieved a Minimum Eligibility Result at the event).
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• In case of equality of points, points accumulated over fewer events will determine a better placing than points gained over more events.
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• If there is still equality of placing from points awarded at a single event, the best placed rider is the competitor whose placing is achieved in the event with the most starters.
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• If there is still equality of placing in the case of riders awarded points in several events, the rider whose points have been accumulated from the events with the highest collective number of starters will be the best placed rider.

 
* If there is still a tie, the best placed rider is the competitor with the lowest total of penalty points at the specific event (=differentiating score); if a rider is awarded points in several events, the best score will count as differential.