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:

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

Winners

Dressage 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.

Placings [4] Rider Horse Percentage
1 Adelinde CornelissenParzival80.957 %
2 Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-BerleburgDigby76.884 %
3 Ulla SalzgeberHerzruf´s Erbe76.216 %

Dressage 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]

Placings [6] Rider Horse Percentage
1 Adelinde CornelissenParzival84,804 %
2 Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-BerleburgDigby80,036 %
3 Ulla SalzgeberHerzruf´s Erbe78,821 %

Show jumping 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.

Placings [7] Rider Horse Time World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
1 Marco KutscherCash63.55 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.5544
2 Marcus EhningSabrina63.79 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.7942
3 Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z64.03 s + 0 Penalty s. = 64.0341

Show jumping 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.

Placings [8] Rider Horse Round 1 Jump-off World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
PenaltiesTime
(s)		PenaltiesTime
(s)
1 Eric LamazeHickstead0-040.6844
2 Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z0-040.8642
3 Gerco SchröderNew Orleans0-044.7741

Show jumping 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.

Placings [9] Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Total
PenaltiesPenaltiesPenalties
1 Beezie MaddenCoral Reef Via Volo000
Jeroen DubbeldamSimon000
3 Margie EngleIndigo044
McLain WardAntares F044
Pius SchwizerCarlina404
Kevin StautSilvana404
Eric LamazeHickstead044
Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z404

Show jumping 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.[10]

Placings [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)
World Cup PointsWorld Cup PointsPenaltiesPenalties
1 Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z4142830404
2 Eric LamazeHickstead27447160410
3 Jeroen DubbeldamSimon372461110011

European Youngster Cup-Super Final (show jumping)

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[12]
  • the four most successful riders of qualifying competitions in the United States[13]
  • the Winner of the Grand Prix of the “Salut-Festival” Aachen (one of the most important show jumping event for young riders in Germany)[14]
Placings [15] Rider Horse Round 1 Jump-off
PenaltiesTime
(s)		PenaltiesTime
(s)
1 Marie LütgenauStrolchi0-039.30
2 Tim BrüggemannCorio Star0-040.19
3 Charlotte BettendorfKiwi du Gibet0-041.47

Show jumping 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.

Placings [16] Rider Horse Round 1 Jump-off
PenaltiesTime
(s)		PenaltiesTime
(s)
1 Denis LynchAll Inclusive NRW0-038.10
2 Billy TwomeyRomanov0-038.24
3 McLain WardRothchild0-038.37

Driving

After several World Cup competitions several drivers had the chance to start in the World Cup Final:[17] The last time the Driving World Cup Final was held in Leipzig was in 2008.[18]

First competition

The first competition of the Driving World Cup final was held on April 29, 2011 and was a timed obstacle driving competition.

Placings [19] Driver Time (s)
1 Boyd Exell125.63
2 Tomas Eriksson129.53
3 Koos de Ronde140.08
Second competition

The second competition of the Four-in-hand Driving World Cup final was held on May 1, 2011 and was a timed obstacle driving with two rounds. The winner of this second competition, Boyd Exell, was the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[20]

Placings [21] Driver Time (s)
round 1		 Time (s)
total
1 Boyd Exell-242.12
2 József Dobrovitz-247.52
3 IJsbrand Chardon-254.88

Vaulting

The 2010/2011 Vaulting World Cup season was a test season, the first World Cup season ever in Vaulting history.[22][23]

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.[24]

Women's vaulting results
Vaulter
Longeur		 Horse Percentage
round 1		 Percentage
round 2		 Total
percentage[25]
1 Simone Wiegele
Agnes Werhahn		Arkansas8.3208.6138.467
2 Antje Hill
Agnes Werhahn		Arkansas8.2468.2338.240
3 Anna Cavallaro
Nelson Vidoni		Harley7.5337.623
Men's vaulting results
Vaulter
Longeur		 Horse Percentage
round 1		 Percentage
round 2		 Total
percentage[25]
1 Patric Looser
Alexandra Knauf		Record RS von der Wintermühle8.6268.7938.710
2 Nicolas Andréani
Maina Jooten Dupont		Idefix de Braize8.7808.2468.513
3 Viktor Brüsewitz
Irina Lenkert		Airbus8,0808.017

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 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix Freestyle
  7. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final I
  8. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final II
  9. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final III
  10. FEI World Cup Jumping rules, season 2010-2011
  11. 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping Final: intermediate result after two of three competitions
  12. EY-Cup-Champion 2010: Julius Losch Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (german)
  13. "HITS Desert Circuit to host three qualifying events for European Youngster Cups new Super Final". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  14. Vorschau: Via Salut-Festival zum Weltcup nach Leipzig Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, Martina Brüske / springreiten-und-zucht.de, December 8, 2010 (german)
  15. Show jumping: European Youngster Cup-Super Final
  16. Show jumping: result Grand Prix of Leipzig
  17. Standing of the FEI World Cup Driving 2010/2011 before the Final
  18. Weltcupfinale Vierspänner Leipzig: Christoph Sandmann ist Weltcupchampion 2007/2008 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Dennis Peiler / German Equestrian Federation, January 20, 2008 (german)
  19. result World Cup Final Four-in-hand driving: first competition
  20. FEI Rules for the World Cup Driving 2010/2011 season
  21. result World Cup Final Four-in-hand driving: second competition
  22. Ganz neu 2010: Der erste Weltcup im Voltigieren Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (german)
  23. "2010-2011 FEI World Cup Vaulting". Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  24. "Rules Season 2010-2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  25. results
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