2012 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)
The 2012 FEI World Cup Finals in 's-Hertogenbosch was held from April 19 to April 22, 2012. It was the final of the Show jumping and Dressage World Cup series. This finals was held in the Brabanthallen.
Horse sport in 's-Hertogenbosch
Each year the horse show Indoor Brabant is held in the Brabanthallen in 's-Hertogenbosch. A World cup competition in dressage and also one in show juming are held here. Several times World Cup Finals are held as part of Indoor Brabant: 1994 in show jumping; 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008 and 2010 in dressage.
The horse show are held regularly end of March. In 2012 the event is postponed to April because of the World Cup Finals.
Dressage
Qualified riders
World Cup League | Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final | Qualified riders |
---|---|---|
Central European League | 2 | Katarzyna Milczarek Michał Rapcewicz |
North American League | 2 | Jan Ebeling Shawna Harding |
Pacific League | 1 | Rachael Sanna |
Western European League | 9 | Patrik Kittel Helen Langehanenberg Valentina Truppa Isabell Werth Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén Hans Peter Minderhoud Richard Davison Nadine Capellmann Lone Jörgensen |
Competitors from Asia or South America | 1 | not awarded, so one more wild card |
Wild cards of the FEI | 2 | Mikaela Lindh Siril Helhesen Jenny Schreven (move up in the World Cup Final) |
defending champion | 1 | Adelinde Cornelissen |
Because of the early dated 2012 Summer Olympics Jeroen Devroe from Belgium did not start. So Jenny Schreven is moved up to the final, her horse Krawall is with an age of 20 years the oldest horse of the participating horses.
Agenda and results
Grand Prix
At April 20, 2012 (12:00 noon) the Grand Prix de Dressage was held. It was the first competition of the Dressage World Cup final, but is did not count for the final ranking.
Result:[1]
Rider | Horse | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adelinde Cornelissen | Parzival | 78.024 % |
2 | Helen Langehanenberg | Damon Hill NRW | 76.125 % |
3 | Valentina Truppa | Eremo del Castegno | 75.106 % |
4 | Hans Peter Minderhoud | Tango | 73.404 % |
5 | Richard Davison | Hiscox Artemis | 73.374 % |
(Top 5 of 18 Competitors)
Grand Prix Freestyle (Final)
The second competition of the Dressage World Cup final was the Grand Prix Freestyle, held at the afternoon of Saturday, April 21. Started as favourite, Adelinde Cornelissen won with her gelding Parzival this competition with 86.250% She defended her title, so she is again the World Cup Champion.
Result:[2]
Rider | Horse | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adelinde Cornelissen | Parzival | 86.250 % |
2 | Helen Langehanenberg | Damon Hill NRW | 85.143 % |
3 | Valentina Truppa | Eremo del Castegno | 81.232 % |
4 | Isabell Werth | El Santo NRW | 79.964 % |
5 | Richard Davison | Hiscox Artemis | 78.571 % |
6 | Hans Peter Minderhoud | Tango | 76.143 % |
7 | Nadine Capellmann | Girasol | 75.625 % |
8 | Patrik Kittel | Toy Story | 75.482 % |
9 | Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén | Don Auriello | 74.393 % |
10 | Lone Jörgensen | FBW De Vito | 73.589 % |
11 | Jenny Schreven | Krawall | 73.464 % |
12 | Siril Helljesen | Dorina | 73.250 % |
13 | Mikaela Lindh | Más Guapo | 71.696 % |
14 | Rachael Sanna | Jaybee Alabaster | 71.339 % |
15 | Jan Ebeling | Rafalca | 69.875 % |
16 | Shawna Harding | Come on III | 68.821 % |
17 | Michał Rapcewicz | Randon | 65.804 % |
18 | Katarzyna Milczarek | Ekwador | eliminated |
Show jumping
Qualified riders (World Cup Final)
As in dressage, also in show jumping riders rid not start at the World Cup Final because of the date of the Summer Olympics. From the United Kingdom no one of the qualified riders start at the final.
World Cup League | Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final | competitors who take part in this World Cup Final |
---|---|---|
Arab League | 2 | Ali bin Khalid Al Thani (move up in the World Cup Final) Sameh El Dahan (move up in the World Cup Final) |
Caucasian League | 1 | |
Central Asian League | 1 | |
Chinese League | 1 | |
Central European League | 3 | Benas Gutkauskas Tiit Kivisild (move up in the World Cup Final) |
Japan League | 1 | Yuya Ninomiya |
North American League | 2 Canadian competitors | Eric Lamaze |
2 Mexican competitors | | |
10 US-American competitors | Margie Goldstein-Engle Michelle Spadone Kent Farrington Kirsten Coe Beezie Madden Charlie Jayne Richard Spooner Rich Fellers Francie Steinwedell-Carvin | |
Ljubov Kochetova ° | ||
Pacific League | 2 competitors from Australian sub-league | |
1 competitor from New Zealand sub-league | | |
South African League | 1 | |
South American League | 3 | Pedro Jungueira Muylaert Luiz Francisco de Azevedo |
South East Asia League | 1 | |
Western European League | 18 | Kevin Staut Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Denis Lynch Marco Kutscher Patrice Delaveau Pius Schwizer Steve Guerdat Ludger Beerbaum Edwina Tops-Alexander ° Luciana Diniz Marcus Ehning Philipp Weishaupt Ludo Philippaerts Harrie Smolders Emilie Martinsen Maikel van der Vleuten (move up in the World Cup Final) Dermott Lennon (move up in the World Cup Final) Rik Hemeryk (move up in the World Cup Final) |
participant at invitation of the host country | 1 | not applicable because Dutch riders have qualified for the World Cup Final |
defending champion | 1 | Christian Ahlmann |
° extra competitor (Extra competitors are riders, who live in a country, which is not part of the World Cup League of the country of this riders nationality. These riders are at first part of the World Cup League of the country in which they live. At the end of the season this riders deducted from the final score of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the last qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final.)
Agenda and results
World Cup
Final I
The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Thursday afternoon (April 19, 2012). The result of this competition was converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.
Result:[3]
Rider | Horse | Time | World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rich Fellers | Flexible | 60.26 s + 0 penalty s = 60.26 | 38 |
2 | Steve Guerdat | Sabrina | 61.94 s + 0 penalty s. = 61.94 | 36 |
3 | Rik Hemeryck | Quarco de Kerambars | 62.66 s + 0 penalty s. = 62.66 | 35 |
4 | Pius Schwizer | Ulysse | 62.83 s + 0 penalty s. = 62.83 | 34 |
5 | Kevin Staut | Silvana | 63.07 s + 0 penalty s. = 63.07 | 33 |
6 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Casall | 63.60 s + 0 penalty s. = 63.60 | 32 |
7 | Harrie Smolders | Regina Z | 63.67 s + 0 penalty s. = 63.67 | 31 |
8 | Kirsten Coe | Baronez | 65.76 s + 0 penalty s. = 65.76 | 30 |
9 | Marcus Ehning | Sabrina | 61.87 s + 4 penalty s. = 65.87 | 29 |
10 | Eric Lamaze | Coriana van Klapscheut | 57.97 s + 8 penalty s. = 65.97 | 28 |
(Top Ten of 37 competitors)
Last year final winner Christian Ahlmann had three obstacle faults in the speed and handiness competition, so he had result of 76.09 seconds. Because of this result he had no chance to defend his title, so he did not start in the further final competitions.
Final II
At April 20 afternoon the second competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a show jumping competition with one jump-off, was held. After the second round, the World Cup Points were converted in Penalties for the Final III.
Result:[4]
Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Jump-off | World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalties | Time (s) | Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
1 | Philipp Weishaupt | Monte Bellini | 0 | - | 0 | 33.04 | 38 |
2 | Pius Schwizer | Carlina | 0 | - | 0 | 33.56 | 36 |
3 | Marco Kutscher | Cornet Obolensky | 0 | - | 0 | 35.03 | 35 |
4 | Eric Lamaze | Coriana van Klapscheut | 1 | 72.05 | - | - | 34 |
5 | Beezie Madden | Cortes C | 4 | 66.77 | - | - | 33 |
6 | Steve Guerdat | Nino des Buissonnets | 4 | 67.33 | - | - | 32 |
7 | Kevin Staut | Silvana | 0 | 68.40 | - | - | 31 |
8 | Rich Fellers | Flexible | 4 | 68.69 | - | - | 30 |
9 | Margie Goldstein-Engle | Indigo | 4 | 69.72 | - | - | 29 |
10 | Patrice Delaveau | Ornella Mail | 4 | 69.85 | - | - | 28 |
(Top Ten of 33 competitors)
Final III
The third competition of this final will be held at April 22, 2012 at 2:00 pm. It will be a competition over two different rounds, both not against the clock. Here only the 25 best placed riders have the chance to start in this competition, in the second round of the Final III only 19 riders start wuth their horses.
Result:[5]
Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | |||
1 | Steve Guerdat | Nino des Buissonnets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Fellers | Flexible | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Denis Lynch | Abbervail van het Dingeshof | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Casall | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Maikel van der Vleuten | Verdi | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
6 | Pius Schwizer | Carlina | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Marcus Ehning | Copin van de Broy | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
8 | Philipp Weishaupt | Monte Bellini | 5 | 1 | 6 |
(Top 8 of 24 competitors)
Final standings
The decision about the title "World Cup Champion 2011-2012" took place in a jump-off. Two riders, Steve Guerdat from Switzerland and Rich Fellers from the US had only one point after four rounds in three competitions in this World Cup Final. First rider in the jump-off was Guerdat with his gelding Nino des Buissonnets. He ride very fast and had a time of 26.61 seconds. After him Fellers start with his Flexible: His time was nearly equal to Guerdats time most time of the jump-off. But one turn Rich Fellers ride much faster than Guerdat, so he was 64 hundredths of a second faster than the time of Steve Guerdat.
With this victory Rich Fellers is the first rider from the United States, who win the Show jumping World Cup since 25 years (in 1987 won Katharine Burdsall from the US).
Crucial jump-off:[6]
Rider | Horse | Jump-off | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Penalties | Time (s) | |||
1 | Rich Fellers | Flexible | 0 | 25.97 |
2 | Steve Guerdat | Nino des Buissonnets | 0 | 26.61 |
Total result before the crucial jump-off:
Rider | Horse/ Horses |
Final I | Final II | World Cup Points (only from Final I and Final II) TOTAL | World Cup Points, converted in Penalties | Final III | Penalties (Total) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World Cup Points | World Cup Points | Penalties | Penalties | ||||||
1 | Steve Guerdat | Nino des Buissonnets | 36 | 32 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rich Fellers | Flexible | 38 | 30 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Pius Schwizer | Ulysse und Carlina | 34 | 36 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4 | Philipp Weishaupt | Souvenir und Monte Bellini | 24 | 38 | 62 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
5 | Kevin Staut | Silvana | 33 | 31 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
6 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Casall | 32 | 21 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
7 | Marcus Ehning | Sabrina und Copin van de Broy | 29 | 20 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
Maikel van der Vleuten | Verdi | 20 | 27 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
9 | Rik Hemeryck | Quarco de Kerambars | 35 | 26 | 61 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
10 | Harrie Smolders | Regina Z | 31 | 22 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
11 | Denis Lynch | Abbervail van het Dingeshof | 17 | 18 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
12 | Eric Lamaze | Coriana van Klapscheut | 28 | 34 | 62 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
13 | Germany Marco Kutscher | Satisfaction FRH und Cornet Obolensky | 15 | 35 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
14 | Patrice Delaveau | Ornella Mail | 25 | 28 | 53 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
15 | Luciana Diniz | Lennox | 26 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
16 | Richard Spooner | Cristallo | 24 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
17 | Beezie Madden | Cortes C | 22 | 33 | 55 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
18 | Kent Farrington | Uceko | 16 | 16 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 31 |
19 | Edwina Tops-Alexander | Titus | 27 | 12 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
20 | Ludger Beerbaum | Chaman | 10 | 23 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 30 | |
Margie Goldstein-Engle | Indigo | 13 | 29 | 42 | 14 | 16 | 30 | ||
22 | Sameh El Dahan | Wkd Pepperpot | 11 | 25 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
23 | Ali bin Khaled Al Thani | Cantaro | 19 | 13 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
24 | Kirsten Coe | Baronez und Combina | 30 | 10 | 40 | 15 | 29 | 44 | |
25 | Charlie Jayne | Uraya | 18 | 14 | 32 | 19 | DNS | ||
26 | Ljubov Kochetova | Aslan | 2 | 24 | 26 | 22 | |||
27 | Francie Steinwedell-Carvin | Taunus | 9 | 15 | 24 | 23 | |||
28 | Benas Gutkauskas | Lascar | 8 | 11 | 19 | 25 | |||
29 | Emilie Martinsen | Carisma | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | |||
30 | Luiz Francisco de Azevedo | Special | 21 | RET | |||||
Ludo Philippaerts | Kassini Jac | 14 | RET | ||||||
Pedro Junqueira Muylaert | Ducati | 7 | RET | ||||||
Dermott Lennon | Hallmark Elite | 4 | RET | ||||||
34 | Christian Ahlmann | Taloubet Z | 12 | DNS | |||||
Michelle Spadone | Uwwalon | 6 | DNS | ||||||
Tiit Kivisild | Cinnamon | 3 | DNS | ||||||
37 | Yuya Ninomiya | Willem | ELI |
ELI = eliminated
DNS = did not start
RET = retired
Further competitions
Grand Prix (CSI 3*)
Also a CSI 3* is held at the “Indoor Brabant“ 2012. The Grand Prix of this show jumping horse show was held at Saturday, April 21, 2012 (9:30 pm). It was a show jumping competition with one jump-off, the fences will be up to 1.55 meters. The competition was endowed with € 100.000, the sponsor was the Rabobank.
Result:[7]
Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Jump-off | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalties | Time (s) | Penalties | Time (s) | |||
1 | Marc Houtzager | Opium | 0 | - | 0 | 29.18 |
2 | Ali bin Khaled Al Thani | Casanova | 0 | - | 0 | 29.30 |
3 | Richard Spooner | Apache | 0 | - | 0 | 30.03 |
4 | Ludger Beerbaum | Chiara | 0 | - | 0 | 30.16 |
5 | Marco Kutscher | Satisfaction FRH | 0 | - | 0 | 30.36 |
(Top 5 of 29 Competitors)
Besides the sport
Unexpected of everyone the German dressage team coach Holger Schmezer died at April 19 afternoon in his hotel room. The German dressage riders wore a black armband on their tailcoat as a sign of mourning in the Grand Prix de Dressage. After the Grand Prix de Dressage a minute's silence in memory of Holger Schmezer was held.[8]
The loss of Holger Schmezer is a terrible blow to the German Dressage team and to lose such an inspirational coach in an Olympic year is tragic.
External links
- Website of Indoor Brabant (Dutch / English)
- Results
References
- ↑ Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix de Dressage
- ↑ Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix Freestyle
- ↑ Show jumping World Cup Final,result Final I
- ↑ Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final II
- ↑ Show jumping World Cup Final,result Final III
- ↑ 2012 FEI World Cup Jumping Final: final result
- ↑ Show jumping: result Rabobank Grote Prijs
- ↑ In memoriam: Holger Schmezer (GER), FEI, April 20, 2012