2011 European Dressage Championships

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2011 European Dressage Championship
Dressage pictogram.svg
Host city Rotterdam, Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Date(s)21–25 August
LevelSenior, Under 25
Events3
Team, GP Special, GP Freestyle
Records set1
2009
2013

The 2011 European Dressage Championship was held from August 17 and August 21, 2011 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Contents

It was the 25 edition of the European Dressage Championships, in the 24th time team medals were awarded.

Organization

Before the event

At the 2008 FEI-General Assembly in Buenos Aires, the Netherlands was selected as the host country for the 2011 European Dressage Championship. Rotterdam, location of the annual Nations Cup horse show in Show Jumping and Dressage, was chosen as the location for the event. [1]

It was the second time in European Dressage Championship history - after 1999 in Arnhem - that the Netherlands was chosen to hold this sports event.

Event and location

The European Dressage Championship was opened in late afternoon on Wednesday, August 17. The sport at the Championship had started on Wednesday morning. Parallel to the European Championships, a Youth Horse Show for riders up to 25 years of age and national dressage competitions was held.

At the end of the event there was a short final ceremony on Sunday (August 21, 2011 at 4:45 pm). Three days after the end of the European Dressage Championship the 2011 CHIO Rotterdam was held - this year without dressage. [2]

The event was held in Kralingen, a district of Rotterdam, on the CHIO area between the Kralingseweg and the park Kralingse Bos.

Competitions

General

As in years 1991, 1993, 2007 and 2009, in 2011 nine medals are awarded at the European Dressage Championship (three for the team competition, three in Grand Prix Spécial (individual) and also three in the Grand Prix Freestyle (individual).

At this European Championship a record number of participants started the Championship competitions. In the Grand Prix de Dressage 64 riders and 16 teams start. Each nation can start with a team of three or four riders, each rider with one horse.

Timetable

The first competition was the Team Grand Prix de Dressage. It was held on two days, on Wednesday and on Friday (August 17 and 19). All riders who participate at this Championship had to start in this competition. The results of three riders per team counts for the team result. After the Grand Prix de Dressage the team medals were awarded.

The Friday was a rest day for the horses which compete at the European Championship. The best 30 competitors of the Grand Prix de Dressage start in the Grand Prix Spécial, which was held on the Saturday.

The best 15 riders of the Grand Prix Spécial were allowed to participate in the Grand Prix Freestyle on Sunday. If more than three riders of a team are placed in the top 15 of the Grand Prix Spécial, only the three best-placed riders of this team are allowed to start in the Freestyle competition. In the event this happens the best-placed rider from a team with less than three riders in the top 15 will be moved up to the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Judges

The European Dressage Championships was assessed by seven judges. [3]

Results

Team result

The Team Gold Medal was awarded for the first time at European Dressage Championships by the British team. Great Britain, who was not credited with the 1963 Championships because of an FEI rule (see: European Dressage Championship), was in the lead after the end of the first day.

26-year-old British rider Charlotte Dujardin laid the foundation for the victory of the British team. Dujardin rode together with her horse Valegro in 2011, her first season on Grand Prix level. [4] With a result of 78.830% the student of Carl Hester was in the lead in the individual ranking after day one.

On the second day Laura Bechtolsheimer and particularly Carl Hester, who led with his horse Uthopia in individual ranking after the Grand Prix de Dressage, can extend their lead in the team result.

On the second rank, with around 12 percent distance, the German team win the silver medal in the team ranking. The bronze medal was won by the Dutch team.

Final result [5]

placingteamriders and horsespercent
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Emile Faurie
Elmegardens Marquis
Charlotte Dujardin
Valegro
Carl Hester
Uthopia
Laura Bechtolsheimer
Mistral Hojris
238.678 %
(70.426 %)

78.830 %

82.568 %

77.280 %
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Helen Langehanenberg
Damon Hill NRW
Christoph Koschel
Donnperignon
Isabell Werth
El Santo NRW
Matthias Alexander Rath
Totilas
226.110 %
(71.079 %)

71.444 %

75.213 %

79.453 %
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Sander Marijnissen
Moedwill
Hans Peter Minderhoud
Nadine
Edward Gal
Sisther de Jeu
Adelinde Cornelissen
Parzival
222.645 %
70.578 %

70.912 %

(70.517 %)

81.155 %
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Rose Mathisen
Bocelli
Cecilia Dorselius
Lennox
Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén
Favourit
Patrik Kittel
Scandic
214.437 %
68.024 &

(66.763 %)

69.939 %

76.474 %
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
Faberge
Claudio Castilla Ruiz
Jade de MV
Juan Manuel Muñoz Díaz
Fuego de Cardenas
Jordi Domingo Coll
Prestige
211.580 %
67.842 %

(66.900 %)

73.404 %

70.334 %

Individual result (Grand Prix Spécial)

Individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships

Final result [6]

placingriderhorsepercent
1  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Adelinde Cornelissen Parzival82.113 %
2  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Hester Uthopia81.682%
3  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laura Bechtolsheimer Mistral Hojris79.256%
4  Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Alexander Rath Totilas 77.039%
5  Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Kittel Scandic76.771%
6  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charlotte Dujardin Valegro76.548%
7  Flag of Germany.svg Isabell Werth El Santo NRW76.533%
8  Flag of Germany.svg Helen Langehanenberg Damon Hill NRW75.283%

Individual result (Grand Prix Freestyle)

Individual dressage at the 2011 European Dressage Championships

Final result [7]

placingriderhorsepercent
1  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Adelinde Cornelissen Parzival88.839%
2  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Hester Uthopia84.179%
3  Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Kittel Scandic83.429%
4  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laura Bechtolsheimer Mistral Hojris83.018%
5  Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Alexander Rath Totilas 81.696%
6  Flag of Spain.svg Juan Manuel Muñoz Díaz Fuego80.982%
7  Flag of Germany.svg Isabell Werth El Santo NRW80.536%
8  Flag of Germany.svg Helen Langehanenberg Damon Hill NRW80.446%

Side competitions

During the European Championships, there was also an international show class for Grand Prix riders under the age of 25. They were both won by Kristina Bröring-Sprehe. [8] [9]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Under 25
Intermediate II Kristina Bröring-Sprehe Flag of Germany.svg
riding Desperados FRH
75.421 Morgan Barbancon Flag of Spain.svg
riding Painted Black
74.868 Diederik van Silfhout Flag of the Netherlands.svg
riding Luxform's Popeye
71.553
Grand Prix 16-25 Kristina Bröring-Sprehe Flag of Germany.svg
riding Desperados FRH
75.628 Morgan Barbancon Flag of Spain.svg
riding Painted Black
73.349 Stella-Charlott Roth Flag of Germany.svg
riding Diva Royal
72.558

More informations

The collection and data communication of the result is performed, as already at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, by Dutch company Sport Computer Graphics (SCG).

Before the Grand Prix de Dressage and the Grand Prix Spécial a test rider ("guinea pig") rides to test the systems. This task is performed by Canadian dressage rider Ashley Holzer with her horse Popart. [10]

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References

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  2. "Programme 2011 CHIO Rotterdam". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  3. "Judging Panel for 2011 European Dressage Championships Announced".
  4. CDI4* Fritzens/Tirol (AUT): Britischer Doppelsieg im Grand Prix (German)
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  6. result individual ranking, Grand Prix Spécial [ permanent dead link ]
  7. result individual ranking, Grand Prix Spécial [ permanent dead link ]
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