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.
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.
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:
At the same time held an international show jumping horse show (CSI 3*) and finals of national series at the “Partner Pferd“ 2011. [3]
World Cup League | Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final | Qualified riders |
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Central European League | 2 | Katarzyna Milczarek Robert Acs |
North American League | 2 | Jan Ebeling Shawna Harding |
Pacific League | 1 | |
Western European League | 9 | Adelinde Cornelissen Ulla Salzgeber Isabell Werth Hans Peter Minderhoud Catherine Haddad ° Patrik Kittel Richard Davison Helen Langehanenberg 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.)
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 | |
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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)
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 | |
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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 % |
° 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.)
Last time in 2002 the Show jumping World Cup Final was held in Leipzig. [7]
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) | |
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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)
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) | |||
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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)
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 | |
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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)
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]
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) | ||
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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.
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:
result: [16]
Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Jump-off | |||
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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)
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 | |||
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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)
After several World Cup competitions the following drivers have the chance to start in the World Cup Final: [18]
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Last time in 2008 the Driving World Cup Final was held in Leipzig. [21]
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) | |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 |
After four World Cup competitions (Munich, Dresden, Salzburg, Paris) the following vaulters have the chance to start in the World Cup Final: [25]
Women:
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Men:
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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]
Vaulter Longeur | Horse | Percentage round 1 | Percentage round 2 | Total percentage [29] | |
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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 |
Vaulter Longeur | Horse | Percentage round 1 | Percentage round 2 | Total percentage [29] | |
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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 |
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