FEI Nations Cup 2015 (dressage riding)

The FEI Nations Cup 2015 in dressage (2015 FEI Nations Cup ™ Dressage) was the third season of Nations Cup Dressage .

Course of the tournament series

The program of the tournament series also changed in the third season: the Norwegian stage in Norway disappeared from the program after only one year. In return, the Falsterbo Horse Show was added, which waived the Swedish Nations Cup from 2010 to 2014 in favor of the World Dressage Masters . The German dressage nation award changed its venue once in 2015 and was carried out as part of the CDIO Hagen .

The tournaments were again advertised as CDIO 3 * or CDIO 5 *. Since the third season was still a pilot season, the mode of the stages differed. At the European stations, the Grand Prix de Dressage alone or in combination with the Grand Prix Spécial and / or Grand Prix Freestyle counted as a special test . A completely different mode was used at the North American Nations Cup tournament.

The tournaments took place from March 4th to July 19th, 2015. Points were awarded on the basis of placement; more evaluation points were awarded in CDIO 5 * tournaments than in 3 * tournaments.

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The exams

1st test: France

The 2015 season kicked off in Vidauban in the south of France . The French stage, a CDIO 3 *, was held at the facility of the dressage and former show jumper Bernadette Brune. The tournament took place at the same place from March 4th to 8th, again one week before the World Dressage Masters tournament.

Five teams competed in the Nations Cup, although the majority of the nations did not send their strongest riders. For the Nations Cup, adding up the results from the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Spécial counts. The German team won, for which the landlady and her stallion Spirit of the Age OLD were also at the start.

	team	equestrian	Horses	percent			scoring points
				Grand Prix	GP Special	total
1	Germany	Victoria Michalke	Dance On OLD	69.460	69.765
		Thomas Wagner	Amoricello	(68,460)	72.667
		Sanneke Rothenberger	Cloud seven	68,520	(69,490)
		Bernadette Brune	Spirit of the Age OLD	69.340	70,804
				207.320	213.236	420.556	10
2	France	Sarah Casanova	Ulan	(66,440)	(66,078)
		Bertrand Liegard	Starwars	69.040	71,333
		Alexandre Ayache	Lights of Londonderry	69.080	69.393
		Stephanie Brieussel	Amorak	66.680	68,451
				204,800	209.177	413.977	8th
3	Netherlands	Lynne Maas	Zamora	67,100	67.608
		Dominique Filion	Wenicienta	70.020	72.235
		Laurens van Lieren	Ulysses La Haya	68,600	67.137
				205.720	206.980	412,700	7th
4th	Italy	Micol Rustignoli	Corallo Nero	66,920	66,000
		Ester Soldi	Harmonia	64,540	64.176
		Leonardo Tiozzo	Randon	67.960	68.020
				199,420	198.196	397.616	6th
5	Russia	Larissa Buschina	Ju Ju	65.960	63,922
		Tatiana Dorofeewa	Upperville	67,360	67.510
		Tatiana Milozerdova	Awakening	67,420	65.294
				200.740	196.726	397,466	5

(Excluded percentage points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

2nd exam: United States

The second stage of the Nations Cup 2015 is the only non-European special stage of the tournament series. As in the previous year, a Wellington in Florida used a special set of rules. The riders did not only start at Grand Prix level to determine the winner of the Nations Cup. Instead, could the riders in the Grand Prix de Dressage either and in the Grand Prix Spécial or in the Prix St. Georges and the Intermediaire I go to the start. In order to take into account the difference in difficulty, the results of the Grand Prix Tour were increased by a factor of 1.5 percent per rider.

The CDIO 3 * tournament in Wellington took place from March 24th to 28th, 2015.

	team	equestrian	Horses	percent							scoring points
				Prix ​​St. Georges	Grand Prix	1st day (Grand Prix: + 1.5%)	Inter- mediaire I	GP Special	2nd day (GPS: + 1.5%)	Bottom line
1	United States  I.	Olivia LaGoy-Weltz	Rassing's Lonoir	71,605	-	(71,605)	71.368	-	(71,368)
		Kimberly Herslow	rosemary	73.684	-	73.684	76.158	-	76.158
		Allison Brock	Rosevelt	-	72,200	73,700	-	74.255	75.755
		Laura Graves	Verdades	-	74,420	75.920	-	75.882	77.382
						223,304			229.295	452.599	10
2	Canada  I.	Diane Creech	Robbie W	71.868	-	71.868	72,474	-	(72,474)
		Chris from Martels	Zilverstar	73.316	-	73.316	74.895	-	74.895
		Megan Lane	Caravella	-	69.940	(71,440)	-	71,588	73.088
		Belinda Trussell	Anton	-	69.980	71.480	-	73.433	74.933
						216.664			222.916	439,580	8th
3	Canada  II	Tina Irwin	Fancy That	68.211	-	68.211	70.368	-	(70,368)
		Christilot Boylen	Donatella	71.132	-	71.132	73,579	-	73,579
		Shannon Dueck	Cantaris	69.921	-	69.921	71,000	-	71,000
		Jill Irving	Degas	-	66.620	(68,120)	-	69.431	70.931
						209.264			215.510	424.774	-
4th	United States  II	Christopher Hickey	Ronaldo	69.184	-	69.184	72.289	-	72.289
		Kasey Perry	Doublet	73.816	-	73.816	71.079	-	71.079
		Catherine Haddad-Staller	Hotmail	-	65,480	66,980	-	69.373	70.873
						209,980			214.241	424.221	-
5	Germany	Neve Myburgh	Bon chance	67.895	-	67.895	70.395	-	70.395
		Michael Klimke	Djamba Djokiba	70.895	-	70.895	69.763	-	69.763
		Patricia Koschel	beacon	(67,816)	-	67.816	69.316	-	(69,316)
		Christoph Koschel	Tiesto	-	68.620	70.120	-	69.941	71.441
						208.910			211,599	420.509	7th

(Excluded percentage points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

3rd test: Netherlands

The Dutch Nations Cup of Dressage is traditionally held at the CHIO Rotterdam . The tournament, in which the show jumpers also host their Dutch Nations Cup, took place from June 17 to 21, 2015. The dressage tests were advertised as CDIO 5 *.

A new mode for the Nations Cup was tested in Rotterdam. The first test for all participants was the Grand Prix de Dressage. The riders of the five best teams in the Grand Prix also had to compete in the Grand Prix Spécial or in the Grand Prix Freestyle, with a maximum of two riders per team being allowed to compete in each test. An average team result was then determined from the results of the ridden tests.

In the Nations Cup, the Dutch team clearly won ahead of Sweden. The German team came in fifth after the Grand Prix. Since the team only consisted of three horse-rider pairs and Bernadette Brune gave up in the Grand Prix Freestyle, the team burst. In the overall standings she is still in fifth place.

	team	equestrian	Horses	percent			scoring points
				Grand Prix	GP Special	GP freestyle
1	Netherlands	Patrick van der Meer	Uzzo	74.240	(74,529)	-
		Diederik van Silfhout	Arlando	(74,180)	77.098	-
		Hans Peter Minderhoud	Johnson	76.720	-	81.050
		Edward Gal	Undercover	76.160	-	77,900
				ø 77.195			15th
2	Sweden	Kristian from Krusenstierna	Biggles	(68,420)	71.098	-
		Rose Mathiesen	Zuidenwind	70,900	(70,608)	-
		Paulinda Frieberg	Di Lapponia T	71.260	-	76.325
		Patrik Kittel	Scandic	77.260	-	81.875
				ø 74.786			13
3	United States	Charlotte Jorst	Nintendo	69.540	71,333	-
		Arlène Page	Woodstock	71,360	-	73.825
		Shelly Francis	doctor	(68,660)	70.078	-
		Kathleen Raine	Breanna	69.980	-	(70.075)
				ø 71.019			11
4th	Belgium	Mario van Orshaegen	Wilco V	(67,080)	(69,039)	-
		Claudia Fassaert	Thunder fairy	69.780	-	74,000
		Jorinde ver Wimp	Tiamo	68.920	69.059	-
		Laurence Vanommeslaghe	Avec Plaisir	71.080	-	72,300
				ø 70.857			9
5	Germany	Kathleen Keller	Daintree	68.980	-	70,450
		Stefan Frahm	Damsey FRH	67,800	63,922	-
		Bernadette Brune	Spirit of the Age OLD	70,600	-	UP
				AUSG (Grand Prix: ø 69.980)			7th
6th	Great Britain	Alice Ruth Oppenheimer	Headmore Delegate	68,080
		Hannah Biggs	World interest	69.360
		Spencer Wilton	Numberto	69.460
		Hayley Watson-Greaves	Rubin's Nite	(64,440)
				ø 68.967			6th
7th	France	Pierre Bolla	Badinda Altena	68,000
		Stephanie Brieussel	Amorak	(67,000)
		Ludovic Henry	After you	69.280
		Arnaud Serre	Robinson de Lafont	69.520
				ø 68.933			5

(Excluded percentage points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

4th exam: Germany

In 2015, the German Dressage Nations Prize was not held as part of the (not held) CHIO Aachen . Instead, the CDIO Hagen was held in Hagen am Teutoburg Forest . The CDIO 5 * tournament will take place from June 8th to 12th, 2015.

The traditional mode was chosen for the Nations Cup, in which only the Grand Prix de Dressage on July 9th is included in the evaluation. The German team won by a clear margin ahead of the teams from Denmark and Spain. The Netherlands and Great Britain, which have been among the strongest nations in dressage in recent years, were at the start without their strongest pairs and came in behind.

	team	equestrian	Horses	percent	scoring points
1	Germany	Hubertus Schmidt	Imperio	(72,500)
		Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee	76.680
		Isabell Werth	Don Johnson FRH	77,440
		Kristina Bröring-Sprehe	Desperados FRH	81.160
				235.280	15th
2	Denmark	Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	JoJo	(67,660)
		Daniel Bachmann Andersen	Loxana	71,900
		Mikala Münter Gundersen	My lady	71.720
		Anna Kasprzak	Donnperignon	76,000
				219.620	13
3	Spain	Jordi Domingo Coll	Wonder	(68,780)
		Claudio Castilla Ruiz	Alcaide	68.980
		José Daniel Martin Dockx	Grandioso	71.620
		Beatriz Ferrer Salad	Delgado	75.180
				215.780	11
4th	Russia	Polina Afanasieva	Laetare	(63,860)
		Tatiana Dorofeewa	Upperville	67.840
		Marina Aframeewa	Vosk	70.320
		Inessa Merkulova	Mister X	75,340
				213,500	9
5	Switzerland	Antonella Joannou	Dandy de la Roche CH	(67,620)
		Birgit Wientzek Pläge	For compliment	69.680
		Anna-Mengia Aerne	Raffaello especially Bene	69,600
		Marcela Krinke Susmelj	Molberg	71.760
				211.040	7th
6th	Netherlands	Marjan van der Jagt	Radetzky	68.240
		Kirsten Beckers	Westpoint	70.220
		Diederick van Silfhout	Bonzanjo	71,900
				210.360	6th
7th	United States	Arlène Page	Woodstock	69,700
		Charlotte Jorst	Nintendo	70.840
		Shelly Francis	doctor	69.460
		Kathleen Raine	Breanna	66,320
				210,000	5
8th	Great Britain	Emily Kate cousins	Solo Bachelorette	(64,180)
		Hannah Biggs	World interest	68,320
		Lara Griffith	Rubin al Asad	68,320
		Anna Louise Ross	The callas	69.200
				205.840	4th

(Excluded percentage points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

5th test: Sweden

For the first time since 2009, as part of the Falsterbo Horse Show, the Nations Cup of Dressage was held again alongside the Show Jumping Nations. From 2010 to 2014, a CDI 5 * tournament with a World Dressage Masters rating was held here instead . The Falsterbo Horse Show in Skanör med Falsterbo took place from June 9th to 12th, 2015.

The mode of three special stages already used in Rotterdam was also used in Falsterbo: All riders had to start in the Grand Prix de Dressage and optionally in the Grand Prix Spécial or in the Grand Prix Freestyle. From the averages of Grand Prix and Grand Prix Spécial / Grand Prix Freestyle, the overall average was formed, which formed the team result.

Sweden, which had not sent a team to Hagen, dominated the domestic Nations Cup, the gap to the second-placed team in the Netherlands is around 16 percentage points. The Netherlands started with two strong pairs, but without a fourth pair of participants as a cancellation result. Nevertheless, they were able to position themselves in front of Germany, whose team came in third.

	team	equestrian	Horses	percent				scoring points
				Grand Prix	GP Special	GP freestyle	total
1	Sweden	Emilie Nyreröd	Miata	71.460	72.314	-
		Minna Telde	Santana	(66,300)	(70,627)	-
		Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	Don Auriello	77.680	-	82,200
		Patrik Kittel	Deja	77,500	-	81,250
				ø 75.547	ø 78.588		ø 77.068	15th
2	Netherlands	Mirelle Kemenade-Willox	Decor Vivaldo	64.720	66.235	-
		Katja Gevers	thriller	72.260	-	74.275
		Patrick van der Meer	Uzzo	73.720	-	77.825
				ø 70.233	ø 72.788		ø 71.511	13
3	Germany	Nadine Husenbeth	Florida	(69,480)	(69,176)	-
		Matthias Bouten	Gold of honor	69.820	69.824	-
		Christoph Koschel	Tiesto	69.660	-	72.575
		Thomas Wagner	Amoricello	70,700	-	75.025
				ø 70.060	ø 72.475		ø 71.268	11
4th	Denmark	Helene Melsen	Aston Martin	66,960	67.216	-
		Lena Leschly Aamann	Fanero	(64,700)	(65,569)	-
		Lisbet Seierskilde	Raneur	68.220	-	70.025
		Andreas Helgstrand	Stamina	71.040	-	71,800
				ø 68.740	ø 69.714		ø 69.227	9
5	Spain	Severo Jesús Jurado López	Daijoubo	68.380	-	71.775
		Alexandra Barbançon Mestre	Don Lorean	67.720	63,431	-
		Morgan Barbançon Mestre	Vitana V	67.780	71.216	-
				ø 67.960	ø 68.807		ø 68.384	6th
6th	United States	Susan Dutta	Currency	66.680	68.275	-
		Devon Kane	Destiny	(65,200)	65,490	-
		Brian Hafner	Lombardy	67.760	-	(59,300)
		Catherine Haddad Staller	Hotmail	69.920	-	71.175
				ø 68.120	ø 68.313		ø 68.217	6th

(Excluded percentage points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

6. Examination: United Kingdom

Unlike in previous years, the British dressage Nations Cup tournament Dressage at Hickstead did not take place at the same time as the Royal International Horse Show (the Nations Cup tournament for show jumpers), as it will be held only 10 days before the dressage competitions at the 2015 European Championships . Instead, the CDIO 3 * tournament Dressage at Hickstead took place from July 15 to 19, 2015.

In Hickstead there were only four teams at the start. For the third time in the 2015 season, all three tests at Grand Prix level were included in the team result. All riders had to start in the Grand Prix de Dressage and optionally in the Grand Prix Spécial or in the Grand Prix Freestyle. The results of each rider were added up and the average of the team was then determined, taking into account a possible strike result.

The Danish team won, Great Britain unfortunately only came second. The victory in the individual classification of the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Freestyle of the CDIO went clearly to Carl Hester and Wanadoo , who were not part of the British team, as it was the horse's first ever Grand Prix.

	team	equestrian	Horses	percent				scoring points
				Grand Prix	GP Special	GP freestyle	total
1	Denmark	Dahl is different	Like-Atlantico	70,700	-	74,850	145.550
		Sune Hansen	charmer	65.780	-	70.650	136.430
		Sidsel Johansen	Alibi D	69.540	70.529	-	140.069
							ø 140.683	10
2	Great Britain	Henriette Andersen	Warlock's charm	68.380	-	71.475	139.855
		Alice Ruth Oppenheimer	Headmore Delegate	68.660	70.235	-	138.895
		Hayley Watson-Greaves	Rubin's Nite	68.140	-	71,800	139.940
		Spencer Wilton	Numberto	61.980	64.216	-	(126,196)
							ø 139.563	8th
3	Sweden	Johanne Due Buoy	Don Corleone	62.120	66.118	-	(128,238)
		Malin Hamilton	Fleetwood	68,200	-	73.075	141.275
		Ebba van Essen	Yantuge	68,440	-	71.625	140.065
		Maria of Essen	Ferdi	66.260	69.196	-	135.456
							ø 138.932	7th
4th	South Africa	Katherine Berning	Brisbane	64.760	65.098	-	129.858
		Cherie Burger	Adelprag different	63,100	-	66,600	(129,700)
		Denise Hallion	Who Vel Wind	66.020	64.686	-	130.706
		Tanya Seymour	Ramoneur	65.640	-	69,700	135,340
							ø 131.968	6th

(Excluded percentage points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

Overall rating

After the Netherlands had dominated in the two previous years, the 2015 season developed into a three-way battle between three teams: Germany won with 39 points. The Netherlands and the United States both got 35 points.

As the two Nations Cups in Hagen and Falsterbo took place on the same weekend, the teams could only collect points in one of these two tournaments. As far as a nation was at the start in both stages, the better points evaluation went into the overall standings.

		FRA	United States	NED	GER	SWE	GBR	scoring points
1	Germany	10	7th	7th	15th	(11)	-	39
2	Netherlands	7th	-	15th	(6)	13	-	35
3	Sweden	-	-	13	-	15th	7th	35
4th	United States	-	10	11	(5)	6th	-	27
5	Denmark	-	-	-	13	(9)	10	23
6th	Great Britain	-	-	6th	4th	-	8th	18th
7th	Russia	5	-	-	9	-	-	14th
8th	France	8th	-	4th	-	-	-	12
9	Spain	-	-	-	11	(6)	-	11
10	Belgium	-	-	9	-	-	-	9
11	Canada	-	8th	-	-	-	-	8th
12	Switzerland	-	-	-	7th	-	-	7th
13	Italy	6th	-	-	-	-	-	6th
	South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	6th	6th

Web links

• FEI Nations Cup Dressage (English)
• FEI tournament calendar
• Individual stages:
  • CDIO 3 * Wellington
  • CDIO 3 * Vidauban
  • CDIO 5 * Rotterdam
  • CDIO 5 * Hagen
  • CDIO 5 * Falsterbo
  • CDIO 3 * Hickstead

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} see FEI tournament calendar
2. ↑ Result of team classification CDIO 3 * Vidaudan
3. ↑ FEI Nations Cup ™ Dressage; USA 1 win in Wellington , FEI press release, March 27, 2015
4. ↑ Team USA 1 Wins 2015 CDIO Wellington Nations' Cup , eurodressage.com, March 27, 2015 (English)
5. ^ Result Prix St. Georges CDIO 3 * Wellington
6. ↑ Result Grand Prix de Dressage CDIO 3 * Wellington
7. ^ Result Intermediaire I CDIO 3 * Wellington
8. ^ Result Grand Prix Spécial CDIO 3 * Wellington
9. ↑ FEI Nations Cup ™ Dressage: Dutch deliver again on home turf in Rotterdam , FEI press release, June 21, 2015 (English)
10. ↑ Result of team evaluation CDIO 5 * Rotterdam ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Result of team classification CDIO 5 * Hagen
12. ↑ Schedule Falsterbo Horse Show (Swedish)
13. ↑ Result Grand Prix CDIO 5 * Falsterbo
14. ^ Result Grand Prix Spécial CDIO 5 * Falsterbo
15. ^ Result Grand Prix Freestyle CDIO 5 * Falsterbo
16. ↑ Result of team classification CDIO 3 * Hickstead
17. ↑ FEI Nations Cup ™ Dressage: Danes do the double at Hickstead , Louise Parkes / FEI, July 19, 2015 (English)
18. ↑ Result Grand Prix CDIO 3 * Hickstead
19. ^ Result Grand Prix Spécial CDIO 3 * Hickstead
20. ^ Result Grand Prix Freestyle CDIO 3 * Hickstead
21. ↑ Result of team classification CDIO 3 * Hickstead
22. ↑ Final standings overall ranking FEI Nations Cup 2015 (PDF)