2011 FEI World Cup Finals

The 2011 FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, Germany were the Final of four World Cups in different Equestrian sports. They were held in the exhibition halls 1 and 3 at the new Leipzig Trade Fair from April 27 to May 1, 2011.

First time ever four horse sport World Cup Finals was held at the same place.

Horse sport in Leipzig

Since 1998 the new Leipzig Trade Fair is the location of “Partner Pferd“, a trade fair around the horse and a horse show with show jumping and dressage competitions.^[1]

First time in 2008 Vaulting competitions are part of the “Partner Pferd“. From 2001 to 2007 also Reining horse show, called “ L.E. Grand Open”, are part of the “Partner Pferd“ Leipzig.^[2]

Trade fair and horse show held usually each year in January. In 2011 these events were moved to the end of April.

Disciplines at the World Cup Finals

Competitions in four equestrian disciplines are part of the FEI World Cup Finals 2011. The finals of the following international series are part of this horse show:

• Dressage:
  • Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage 2010/2011
• Show jumping:
  • Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2010/2011
  • European Youngster Cup, series for show jumpers up to the age of 25
• Four-in-hand driving:
  • FEI World Cup Driving 2010/2011
• Vaulting:
  • FEI World Cup Vaulting 2010/2011

At the same time held an international show jumping horse show (CSI 3*) and finals of national series at the “Partner Pferd“ 2011.^[3]

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 Robert Acs
North American League	2	Jan Ebeling Shawna Harding
Pacific League	1	Chantal Wigan (will not start)
Western European League	9	Adelinde Cornelissen Ulla Salzgeber Isabell Werth Hans Peter Minderhoud Catherine Haddad ° Patrik Kittel Richard Davison Helen Langehanenberg Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén (will not start) Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Jeroen Devroe (move up in the World Cup Final)
Competitors from Asia or South America	1	not awarded, so one more wild card
Wild cards of the FEI	2	Mikaela Lindh Nina Hoffmann Sergey Puzko
defending champion	1	Edward Gal

° 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

Grand Prix

At the evening of April 28, 2011 the Grand Prix de Dressage was held. It was the first competition of the Dressage World Cup final.

Result:^[4]

	Rider	Horse	Percentage
1	Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	80.957 %
2	Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	Digby	76.884 %
3	Ulla Salzgeber	Herzruf´s Erbe	76.216 %
4	Isabell Werth	Satchmo	74.818 %
5	Helen Langehanenberg	Damon Hill NRW	73.480 %

(Top 5 of 17 Competitors)

Grand Prix Freestyle (Final)

The second competition of the Dressage World Cup final is the Grand Prix Freestyle, held at the evening of Saturday, April 30. The winner of the Grand Prix Freestyle will be the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.^[5]

Result:^[6]

	Rider	Horse	Percentage
1	Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	84,804 %
2	Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	Digby	80,036 %
3	Ulla Salzgeber	Herzruf´s Erbe	78,821 %
4	Edward Gal	Sisther de Jeu	77,393 %
5	Isabell Werth	Satchmo	77,143 %
6	Patrik Kittel	Scandic	76,375 %
7	Helen Langehanenberg	Damon Hill NRW	74,946 %
8	Hans Peter Minderhoud	Nadine	74,321 %
9	Jeroen Devroe	Apollo van het Vijverhof	73,768 %
10	Davison	Artemis	73,143 %
11	Jan Ebeling	Rafalca	72,589 %
12	Catherine Haddad-Staller	Winyamaro	70,161 %
13	Katarzyna Milczarek	Ekwador	69,786 %
14	Shawna Harding	Come on III	67,625 %
15	Robert Acs	Weinzauber	65,429 %

Show jumping

Qualified riders (World Cup 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	Abdullah Waleed Al-Sharbatly Ahmad Saber Hamcho
Caucasian League	1	Hikmet Musayev (will not start)
Central Asian League	1	Andrei Shalohin (will not start)
Central European League	3	Mściwoj Kiecoń (will not start) Tiit Kivisild Vladimir Beletsky Gunnar Klettenberg (move up in the World Cup Final)
Japan League	1	Daisuke Kawaguchi
North American League	2 Canadian competitors	Eric Lamaze
	2 Mexican competitors	Jose Alberto Martinez Vazquez
	10 US-American competitors	Ashlee Bond Kirsten Coe Margie Engle Rich Fellers Brianne Goutal Charlie Jayne Beezie Madden Michelle Spadone Richard Spooner McLain Ward
		Eduardo Menezes ° John Perez ° Pablo Barrios °
Pacific League	2 competitors from Australian sub-league	Brook Dobbin (will not start) Billy Raymont (will not start)
	1 competitor from New Zealand sub-league	Katie McVean
South African League	1	Dominey Alexander (will not start)
South American League	3	Yuri Mansur Guerios Rodrigo Sarmento (will not start) Ricardo Dircie (will not start)
South East Asia League	1	Helena Gabrielsson ° (will not start) Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil (will not start)
Western European League	18	Kevin Staut Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Rodrigo Pessoa ° (will not start) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Billy Twomey Ludger Beerbaum Sergio Alvarez Moya Jeroen Dubbeldam Malin Baryard-Johnsson Simon Delestre Philipp Weishaupt Edwina Alexander ° Christian Ahlmann Luciana Diniz Denis Lynch Lars Nieberg Harrie Smolders Pius Schwizer Marco Kutscher Michael Whitaker (will not start) Gerco Schröder (move up in the World Cup Final)
participant at invitation of the host country	1	not applicable because German riders have qualified for the World Cup Final
defending champion	1	Marcus Ehning

° 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

Last time in 2002 the Show jumping World Cup Final was held in Leipzig.^[7]

Final I

The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Thursday afternoon (April 28, 2011). The result of this competition was converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.

Result:^[8]

	Rider	Horse	Time	World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
1	Marco Kutscher	Cash	63.55 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.55	44
2	Marcus Ehning	Sabrina	63.79 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.79	42
3	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	64.03 s + 0 Penalty s. = 64.03	41
4	Gerco Schröder	New Orleans	65.12 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.12	40
5	Margie Engle	Indigo	65.62 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.62	39
6	Katie McVean	Delphi	65.67 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.67	38
7	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Simon	66.34 s + 0 Penalty s. = 66.34	37
8	Ashlee Bond	Cadett	66.44 s + 0 Penalty s. = 66.44	36
9	Kevin Staut	Silvana	67.01 s + 0 Penalty s. = 67.01	35
10	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Tornesch	67.53 s + 0 Penalty s. = 67.53	34

(Top Ten of 43 competitors)

Final II

At April 29 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:^[9]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Jump-off		World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	0	-	0	40.68	44
2	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	0	-	0	40.86	42
3	Gerco Schröder	New Orleans	0	-	0	44.77	41
4	Sergio Alvarez Moya	Action-Breaker	0	-	0	48.79	40
5	McLain Ward	Antares F	0	-	4	39.37	39
6	Marco Kutscher	Cash	0	-	4	40.89	38
7	Pablo Barrios	Quick Star	0	-	8	42.02	37
8	Katie McVean	Delphi	1	76.72	-	-	36
9	Simon Delestre	Couletto	1	76.78	-	-	35
10	Pius Schwizer	Carlina	4	71.87	-	-	34

(Top Ten of 41 competitors)

Final III

The third competition of this final was held at May 1, 2011 afternoon. It was a competition over two different rounds, both not against the clock. Here only the 30 best placed riders have the chance to start in this competition.

Result:^[10]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1	Round 2	Total
			Penalties	Penalties	Penalties
1	Beezie Madden	Coral Reef Via Volo	0	0	0
	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Simon	0	0	0
3	Margie Engle	Indigo	0	4	4
	McLain Ward	Antares F	0	4	4
	Pius Schwizer	Carlina	4	0	4
	Kevin Staut	Silvana	4	0	4
	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	0	4	4
	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	4	0	4

(Top 8 of 27 competitors)

Final standings

The competitor with the smallest number of faults in the World Cup Final standings will be the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.^[11]

^[12]

	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	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	41	42	83	0	4	0	4
2	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	27	44	71	6	0	4	10
3	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Simon	37	24	61	11	0	0	11
4	Marco Kutscher	Cash	44	38	82	0	0	12	12
	Beezie Madden	Danny Boy and Coral Reef Via Volo	26	32	58	12	0	0	12
6	Gerco Schröder	New Orleans	40	41	81	1	8	4	13
	Katie McVean	Delphi	38	36	74	4	4	5	13
	Kevin Staut	Silvana	35	29	64	9	4	0	13
	Pius Schwizer	Ulysse and Carlina	30	34	64	9	4	0	13
10	McLain Ward	Rothchild and Antares F	23	39	62	10	0	4	14
11	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Tornesch	34	33	67	8	4	4	16
12	Margie Engle	Indigo	39	16	55	14	0	4	18
13	Sergio Alvarez Moya	Wisconsin and Action-Breaker	21	40	61	11	8	0	19
	Richard Spooner	Cristallo	32	28	60	11	4	4	19
15	Philipp Weishaupt	Souvenir and Catoki	33	21	54	14	1	5	20
16	Simon Delestre	Napoli du Ry and Couletto	24	35	59	12	1	13	26
17	Pablo Barrios	Quick Star	18	37	55	14	16	4	34
	Lars Nieberg	Lucie and Lord Luis	14	27	41	21	8	5	34
19	Harrie Smolders	Regina Z	16	22	38	22	8	15	45
20	Marcus Ehning	Sabrina	42	23	65	9	8	DNS
21	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Quintero and Casall	31	30	61	11	8	DNS
22	Luciana Diniz	Winningmood	25	22	37	23	8	DNS
	Ludger Beerbaum	Coupe de Coeur and Gotha	14	31	45	19	12	DNS
24	Rich Fellers	Flexible	22	24	36	23	12	DNS
25	Vladimir Beletsky	Rocketman	19	13	32	25	12	DNS
26	Michelle Spadone	Uwwalon and Melisimo	20	27	47	18	20	DNS
27	Ashlee Bond	Cadett	36	15	51	16	RET
28	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly and Checkmate	29	25	54	14	DNS
29	Billy Twomey	Tinka´s Serenade	28	20	48	17	DNS
30	Yuri Mansur Guerios	Chico Z and Vip van den Keersod	11	18	29	27	DNS
31	Eduardo Menezes	Tomba	17	10	27	28
	Ahamad Saber Hamcho	Wonderboy III	8	19	27	28
33	Kirsten Coe	Tristan	7	17	24	29
34	John Perez	Utopia	12	8	20	31
35	Brianne Goutal	Ballade van het Indihof	10	9	19	32
36	Charlie Jayne	Athena	6	11	17	33
37	Jose Alberto Martinez Vazquez	Leonard	4	7	11	36
	Gunnar Klettenberg	Ulrike R	5	6	11	36
39	Daisuke Kawaguchi	Snowyriver II	3	5	8	37
40	Tiit Kivisild	Cinnamon	9	RET
41	Abdullah Al Sharbatly	Seldana di Campalto	13	DNS
42	Denis Lynch	Abbervail van het Dingeshof	ELI
	Edwina Alexander	Socrates	ELI

ELI = eliminated
DNS = did not start
RET = retired

A jump-off was not necessary.

Further competitions

European Youngster Cup-Super Final

At Friday morning (April 29, 2011) the “Super Final“ of the European Youngster Cup (EY-Cup) season 2010 was held. It was a show jumping competition with one jump-off for riders up to the age of 26.

The chance to start in this final had:

• the best riders of the regular Final of the European Youngster Cup 2010 at the CSI 4* Frankfurt^[13]
• the four most successful riders of qualifying competitions in the United States^[14]
• the Winner of the Grand Prix of the “Salut-Festival” Aachen (one of the most important show jumping event for young riders in Germany)^[15]

result:^[16]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Jump-off
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Marie Lütgenau	Strolchi	0	-	0	39.30
2	Tim Brüggemann	Corio Star	0	-	0	40.19
3	Charlotte Bettendorf	Kiwi du Gibet	0	-	0	41.47
4	Hendrik Sosath	Chalacorada	0	-	4	39.09
5	Reed Kessler	Ligist	0	-	4	39.34

(Top 5 of 29 Competitors)

Grand Prix (CSI 3*)

Also a CSI 3* are held at the “Partner Pferd“ 2011. The Grand Prix of this show jumping horse show was held at the afternoon of Saturday, April 30, 2011. It was a show jumping competition with one jump-off. The fences was up to 1.55 meters.

Result:^[17]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Jump-off
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Denis Lynch	All Inclusive NRW	0	-	0	38.10
2	Billy Twomey	Romanov	0	-	0	38.24
3	McLain Ward	Rothchild	0	-	0	38.37
4	Kevin Staut	Zeta	0	-	0	38.57
5	Philippe Rozier	Randgraaf	0	-	0	39.72

(Top 5 of 48 Competitors)

Four-in-hand driving

Qualified driver

After several World Cup competitions the following drivers have the chance to start in the World Cup Final:^[18]

Boyd Exell Koos de Ronde József Dobrovitz Christian Plücker (Wild card, can not start)[19]

Werner Ulrich IJsbrand Chardon Tomas Eriksson Georg von Stein (Wild card)[20]

Agenda and results

Last time in 2008 the Driving World Cup Final was held in Leipzig.^[21]

First competition

At the eventing of April 29, 2011, the first competition of the Driving World Cup final was held. It was a time obstacle driving competition.

Result:^[22]

	Driver	Time (s)
1	Boyd Exell	125.63
2	Tomas Eriksson	129.53
3	Koos de Ronde	140.08
4	Werner Ulrich	143.41
5	Georg von Stein	148.31
6	IJsbrand Chardon	155.51
7	József Dobrovitz	167.66

Second competition

The second competition of the Four-in-hand Driving World Cup final was held at May 1, 2011 noon. This competition was a time obstacle driving with two rounds. The winner of this second competition, Boyd Exell, is the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.^[23]

Result:^[24]

	Driver	Time (s) round 1	Time (s) total
	Boyd Exell	-	242.12
	József Dobrovitz	-	247.52
	IJsbrand Chardon	-	254.88
	Tomas Eriksson	133.10
	Werner Ulrich	139.07
	Georg von Stein	140.76
	Koos de Ronde	151.32

Vaulting

Qualified Vaulters

After four World Cup competitions (Munich, Dresden, Salzburg, Paris) the following vaulters have the chance to start in the World Cup Final:^[25]
Women:

Pia Engelberty Antje Hill Simone Wiegele Ines Jückstock (Wild card)

Simone Jäiser Stefanie Kowald Anna Cavallaro

Men:

Patric Looser Yvan Nousse Lukas Klouda Daniel Kaiser (Wild card)

Nicolas Andréani Viktor Brusewitz Nikolaus Luschin

Agenda and results

The 2010/2011 Vaulting World Cup season was a test season, the first World Cup season ever in Vaulting history.^[26][27]

The World Cup Final consists of two freestyle competitions. Both competitions was held separated by gender. The first competition was held at Friday midday (April 29, 2011), the second competition at Saturday midday (April 30, 2011). The vaulter with the best average of both competition results is the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.^[28]

Women: final result

	Vaulter Longeur	Horse	Percentage round 1	Percentage round 2	Total percentage[29]
1	Simone Wiegele Agnes Werhahn	Arkansas	8.320	8.613	8.467
2	Antje Hill Agnes Werhahn	Arkansas	8.246	8.233	8.240
3	Anna Cavallaro Nelson Vidoni	Harley	7.533		7.623
4	Pia Engelberty Kai Vorberg	Sir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle	7.160		7.453
5	Simone Jaiser Margit Blieske	Luk	7.226		7.360
6	Stefanie Kowald Hannelore Leiser	Alando	7.200		7.337
7	Ines Jückstock Ruth Jückstock	Lamenticus	7.313		6.980

Men: final result

	Vaulter Longeur	Horse	Percentage round 1	Percentage round 2	Total percentage[29]
1	Patric Looser Alexandra Knauf	Record RS von der Wintermühle	8.626	8.793	8.710
2	Nicolas Andréani Maina Jooten Dupont	Idefix de Braize	8.780	8.246	8.513
3	Viktor Brüsewitz Irina Lenkert	Airbus	8,080		8.017
4	Lukas Klouda Kai Vorberg	Sir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle	6,673		7.527
5	Yvan Nousse Elke Schelp-Lensing	Carlos	7.046		7.510
6	Daniel Kaiser Katja Rutzke	Down Under	5.720		6.817

External links

• Website of the FEI World Cup Finals (EN Garde Marketing) (German / English)
• Website of the “Partner Pferd” (German)

References

1. Ergebnisse Reitturnier: PARTNER PFERD Leipzig vom Sonntag, 18. Januar 2009 (german)
2. Partner Pferd in Leipzig lockt mit interessantem Westernreitsport (german)
3. Timetable of the FEI World Cup Finals / Partner Pferd 2011
4. Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix de Dressage
5. FEI Rules for the World Cup™ Dressage 2010-2011
6. Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix Freestyle
7. Reiten: Weltcup-Finale in Leipzig, Sport1.de, April 2, 2009 (german)
8. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final I
9. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final II
10. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final III
11. FEI World Cup™ Jumping rules, season 2010-2011
12. 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping Final: intermediate result after two of three competitions
13. EY-Cup-Champion 2010: Julius Losch (german)
14. HITS Desert Circuit to host three qualifying events for European Youngster Cups new Super Final
15. Vorschau: Via Salut-Festival zum Weltcup nach Leipzig, Martina Brüske / springreiten-und-zucht.de, December 8, 2010 (german)
16. Show jumping: European Youngster Cup-Super Final
17. Show jumping: result Grand Prix of Leipzig
18. Standing of the FEI World Cup Driving 2010/2011 before the Final
19. Christian Plücker startet beim Weltcup-Finale Fahren: Vierspännerfahrer erkämpft sich Wildcard bei Sichtung in Warendorf, Eva Willermann / German Equestrian Federation, February 21, 2011 (german)
20. News: Für Christian Plücker aus Waldeck... (german)
21. Weltcupfinale Vierspänner Leipzig: Christoph Sandmann ist Weltcupchampion 2007/2008, Dennis Peiler / German Equestrian Federation, January 20, 2008 (german)
22. result World Cup Final Four-in-hand driving: first competition
23. FEI Rules for the World Cup Driving 2010/2011 season
24. result World Cup Final Four-in-hand driving: second competition
25. Zwei Wildcards für deutsche Voltigierer – World Cup-Premiere in Leipzig (german)
26. Ganz neu 2010: Der erste Weltcup im Voltigieren (german)
27. 2010-2011 FEI World Cup Vaulting
28. Rules Season 2010-2011
29. results