World Cup Finals 2011 (equestrian sport)

The 2011 World Cup final in Leipzig was the final of the World Cup series in four equestrian disciplines : dressage and show jumping as well as four-in-hand driving and vaulting . It took place from April 27 to May 1, 2011 in exhibition halls 1 and 3 of the Leipzig Exhibition Center.

For the first time ever, a World Cup final in four equestrian disciplines was held in one place.

The patron of the event was the German Federal Minister of the Interior, Hans-Peter Friedrich . Originally, his predecessor, Thomas de Maizière, assumed the patronage.

Equestrian sport in Leipzig

The Leipziger Messe has been the venue for the equestrian trade fair " Partner Pferd " since 1998 , which is part of an international show jumping and dressage tournament. Vaulting competitions have also been part of the tournament since 2008 , from 2001 to 2007 reining competitions (under the name LE Grand Open) were also part of the tournament.

The fair and tournament usually take place at the end of January; in 2011 the event for the World Cup final was postponed to the end of April.

Disciplines

As part of the 2011 World Cup final, the following international tournament series took place:

• Dressage riding:
  • FEI World Cup dressage , international tournament series organized by the FEI
• Show jumping:
  • FEI World Cup Show Jumping , international tournament series organized by the FEI
  • European Youngster Cup , European tournament series for U25 show jumpers
• Driving four in hand :
  • FEI World Cup driving four in hand , international tournament series organized by the FEI
• Vaulting:
  • FEI World Cup Vaulting , international tournament series organized by the FEI

In addition, the finals of other national tournament series and a CSI 3 * took place here.

Dressage riding

Qualified participants

World Cup	Number of riders who qualify for the World Cup finals from this league	qualified participants
Central European League	2	Katarzyna Milczarek Robert Acs
North American League	2	Jan Ebeling Shawna Harding
Pacific League	1	Chantal Wigan (cancellation)
Western European League	9	Adelinde Cornelissen Ulla Salzgeber Isabell Werth Hans Peter Minderhoud Catherine Haddad ° Patrik Kittel Richard Davison Helen Langehanenberg Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén (rejection) Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Jeroen Devroe (replacement)
Participants from Asia / South America	1	not awarded so another wildcard
FEI wildcards	2	Mikaela Lindh Nina Hoffmann Sergey Puzko
World Cup winner 2009/2010	1	Edward Gal

° Additional rider: If a rider has his place of residence in a country other than his home country, he can participate in the league of this country and is initially also rated for this league. If he qualifies for the World Cup finals based on the regulations of this league, he does not count as an additional participant for the (limited) number of starting places in this league.

Procedure and results

Grand Prix

The Grand Prix took place on the evening of April 28th (Thursday, second day of the tournament) . This was the warm-up test, but this is mandatory for all participants in the World Cup dressage.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	rating
1	Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	80,957%
2	Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	Digby	76.884%
3	Ulla Salzgeber	Herzruf's legacy	76.216%
4th	Isabell Werth	Satchmo	74.818%
5	Helen Langehanenberg	Damon Hill NRW	73.480%

(best 5 of 17 participants)

Grand Prix Freestyle (Final)

The final test of the FEI World Cup Dressage took place on the evening of April 30th (Saturday). This is a Grand Prix Freestyle . The winner of this test is the World Cup winner.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	rating
1	Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	84.804%
2	Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	Digby	80.036%
3	Ulla Salzgeber	Herzruf's legacy	78.821%
4th	Edward Gal	Sisther de Jeu	77.393%
5	Isabell Werth	Satchmo	77.143%
6th	Patrik Kittel	Scandic	76.375%
7th	Helen Langehanenberg	Damon Hill NRW	74.946%
8th	Hans Peter Minderhoud	Nadine	74.321%
9	Jeroen Devroe	Apollo van het Vijverhof	73.768%
10	Richard Davison	Artemis	73.143%
11	Jan Ebeling	Rafalca	72.589%
12	Catherine Haddad-Staller	Winyamaro	70.161%
13	Katarzyna Milczarek	Ekwador	69.786%
14th	Shawna Harding	Come on III	67.625%
15th	Robert Acs	Wine magic	65.429%

Show jumping

Qualified participants (World Cup)

World Cup	Number of riders who qualify for the World Cup finals from this league	qualified participants
Arab League	2	Abdullah Waleed Al-Sharbatly Ahmad Saber Hamcho
Caucasus League	1	Hikmet Musayev (cancellation)
Central Asian League	1	Andrei Shalohin (cancellation)
Central European League	3	Mściwoj Kiecoń (rejection) Tiit Kivisild Wladimir Beletski Gunnar Klettenberg (successor)
Japan League	1	Daisuke Kawaguchi
North American League	2 Canadians	Eric Lamaze
	2 Mexicans	Jose Alberto Martinez Vazquez
	10 Americans	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 Australians	Brook Dobbin (cancellation) Billy Raymont (cancellation)
	1 New Zealander	Katie McVean
South African League	1	Dominey Alexander (cancellation)
South American League	3	Yuri Mansur Guerios Rodrigo Sarmento (cancellation) Ricardo Dircie (cancellation)
Southeast Asian League	1	Helena Gabrielsson ° (rejection) Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil (rejection)
Western European League	18th	Kevin Staut Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum , Rodrigo Pessoa ° (cancellation) Rolf-Goran 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 (rejection) Gerco Schröder (replacement)
Special starting place for participants from the host country	1	not applicable, as German riders are qualified for the World Cup finals
World Cup winner 2009/2010	1	Marcus Ehning

° Additional rider: If a rider has his place of residence in a country other than his home country, he can participate in the league of this country and is initially also rated for this league. If he qualifies for the World Cup finals based on the regulations of this league, he does not count as an additional participant for the (limited) number of starting places in this league.

Procedure and results

World cup

The last time the World Cup final for show jumpers was held in Leipzig was in 2002.

1st partial examination

The first partial test of the show jumping World Cup final took place on Thursday, April 28th, in the afternoon. Here the participants competed in a time jumping test . As explained in the article FEI World Cup Show Jumping , the result was converted into penalty points.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	time	Points (overall rating)
1	Marco Kutscher	Cash	63.55 s + 0 penalty seconds = 63.55	44
2	Marcus Ehning	Sabrina	63.79 s + 0 penalty seconds = 63.79	42
3	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	64.03 s + 0 penalty seconds = 64.03	41
4th	Gerco Schröder	New Orleans	65.12 s + 0 penalty seconds = 65.12	40
5	Margie Engle	indigo	65.62 s + 0 penalty seconds = 65.62	39
6th	Katie McVean	Delphi	65.67 s + 0 penalty seconds = 65.67	38
7th	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Simon	66.34 s + 0 penalty seconds = 66.34	37
8th	Ashlee Bond	Cadett	66.44 s + 0 penalty seconds = 66.44	36
9	Kevin Staut	Silvana	67.01 s + 0 penalty seconds = 67.01	35
10	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Tornesch	67.53 s + 0 penalty seconds = 67.53	34

(best 10 of 43 participants)

2nd partial examination

The second exam took place on the afternoon of April 29th. This was a jumping competition with one jump-off .

After the first two partial tests, the points achieved by the participants were added up. These evaluation points were then converted into fault points.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		Points (overall rating)
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	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
4th	Sergio Alvarez Moya	Action breaker	0	-	0	48.79	40
5	McLain Ward	Antares F.	0	-	4th	39.37	39
6th	Marco Kutscher	Cash	0	-	4th	40.89	38
7th	Pablo Barrios	Quick Star	0	-	8th	42.02	37
8th	Katie McVean	Delphi	1	76.72	-	-	36
9	Simon Delestre	Couletto	1	76.78	-	-	35
10	Pius Schwizer	Carlina	4th	71.87	-	-	34

(best 10 of 41 participants)

3rd partial examination

The third partial test, a jumping competition with two different rounds, formed the end . In this test, which took place on Sunday afternoon, only the 30 best placed riders from the first two ratings were allowed to take part.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	total
			Penalty points	Penalty points	Penalty points
1	Beezie Madden	Coral Reef Via Volo	0	0	0
	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Simon	0	0	0
3	Margie Engle	indigo	0	4th	4th
	McLain Ward	Antares F.	0	4th	4th
	Pius Schwizer	Carlina	4th	0	4th
	Kevin Staut	Silvana	4th	0	4th
	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	0	4th	4th
	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	4th	0	4th

(best 8 of 27 participants)

Overall result from three partial exams

The overall result of the three tests shows the show jumping World Cup winner.

	equestrian	Horse / horses	1st exam	2nd exam	Points from exam 1 and 2	Points converted into penalty points	3rd exam		Penalty points
			Points	Points			Penalty points	Penalty points
1	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	41	42	83	0	4th	0	4th
2	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	27	44	71	6th	0	4th	10
3	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Simon	37	24	61	11	0	0	11
4th	Marco Kutscher	Cash	44	38	82	0	0	12	12
	Beezie Madden	Danny Boy and Coral Reef Via Volo	26th	32	58	12	0	0	12
6th	Gerco Schröder	New Orleans	40	41	81	1	8th	4th	13
	Katie McVean	Delphi	38	36	74	4th	4th	5	13
	Kevin Staut	Silvana	35	29	64	9	4th	0	13
	Pius Schwizer	Ulysse and Carlina	30th	34	64	9	4th	0	13
10	McLain Ward	Rothchild and Antares F	23	39	62	10	0	4th	14th
11	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Tornesch	34	33	67	8th	4th	4th	16
12	Margie Engle	indigo	39	16	55	14th	0	4th	18th
13	Sergio Alvarez Moya	Wisconsin and action breakers	21st	40	61	11	8th	0	19th
	Richard Spooner	Cristallo	32	28	60	11	4th	4th	19th
15th	Philipp Weishaupt	Souvenir and Catoki	33	21st	54	14th	1	5	20th
16	Simon Delestre	Napoli du Ry and Couletto	24	35	59	12	1	13	26th
17th	Pablo Barrios	Quick Star	18th	37	55	14th	16	4th	34
	Lars Nieberg	Lucie and Lord Luis	14th	27	41	21st	8th	5	34
19th	Harrie Smolders	Regina Z	16	22nd	38	22nd	8th	15th	45
20th	Marcus Ehning	Sabrina	42	23	65	9	8th	DNS
21st	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Quintero and Casall	31	30th	61	11	8th	DNS
22nd	Luciana Diniz	Winning mood	25th	22nd	37	23	8th	DNS
	Ludger Beerbaum	Coupe de Coeur and Gotha	14th	31	45	19th	12	DNS
24	Rich Fellers	Flexible	22nd	24	36	23	12	DNS
25th	Vladimir Beletsky	Rocketman	19th	13	32	25th	12	DNS
26th	Michelle Spadone	Uwwalon and Melisimo	20th	27	47	18th	20th	DNS
27	Ashlee Bond	Cadett	36	15th	51	16	RET
28	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly and Checkmate	29	25th	54	14th	DNS
29	Billy Twomey	Tinka's serenade	28	20th	48	17th	DNS
30th	Yuri Mansur Guerios	Chico Z and Vip van den Keersod	11	18th	29	27	DNS
31	Eduardo Menezes	Tomba	17th	10	27	28
	Ahmad Saber Hamcho	Wonderboy III	8th	19th	27	28
33	Kirsten Coe	Tristan	7th	17th	24	29
34	John Perez	Utopia	12	8th	20th	31
35	Brianne Goutal	Ballad from the Indihof	10	9	19th	32
36	Charlie Jayne	Athena	6th	11	17th	33
37	Jose Alberto Martinez Vazquez	Leonard	4th	7th	11	36
	Gunnar Klettenberg	Ulrike R	5	6th	11	36
39	Daisuke Kawaguchi	Snowyriver II	3	5	8th	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 = dropped out
DNS = not started
RET = given up / waived

A jump-off for the World Cup victory was not necessary.

Further exams

European Youngster Cup Super Final

The “Super Final” of the European Youngster Cup (EY-Cup) was held on Friday morning . This jumping competition was a jumping competition with a single jump-off for riders up to and including the age of 26 years. The best participants in the regular final of the EY-Cup 2010 at the Frankfurt Festhalleentourier , the most successful participants in US qualifying tests and the winner of the Grand Prix of the Salut Festival Aachen (one of the most important junior equestrian tournaments in Germany) were eligible to participate .

Result:

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Marie Lütgenau	Tramp	0	-	0	39.30
2	Tim Brüggemann	Corio Star	0	-	0	40.19
3	Charlotte Bettendorf	Kiwi you Gibet	0	-	0	41.47
4th	Hendrik Sosath	Chalacorada	0	-	4th	39.09
5	Reed Kessler	Ligist	0	-	4th	39.34

(best 5 of 29 participants)

Grand Prize (CSI 3 *)

A CSI 3 * was held as the framework tournament for the show jumping World Cup final: The CSI 3 * Grand Prix was held on Saturday, April 30th, in the afternoon. The Grand Prix was announced as a jumping competition with a single jump-off with obstacles up to a height of 1.55 meters. The examination was endowed with € 100,000.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Denis Lynch	All inclusive NRW	0	-	0	38.10
2	Billy Twomey	Romanov	0	-	0	38.24
3	McLain Ward	Roth child	0	-	0	38.37
4th	Kevin Staut	Zeta	0	-	0	38.57
5	Philippe Rozier	Randgraaf	0	-	0	39.72

(best 5 of 48 participants)

In addition, other regional jumping competitions and series finals were held.

Driving four in hand

Qualified participants

After seven World Cup stations, the following drivers qualified for the World Cup finals:

Boyd Exell  Koos de Ronde  József Dobrovitz

Werner Ulrich  IJsbrand Chardon  Tomas Eriksson

In addition, the German four-in-hand driver Georg von Stein received a wildcard for the World Cup final. This was initially intended for Christoph Sandmann (as German champion), but he canceled his participation. Then Christian Plücker followed up, but he was canceled at short notice due to the failure of two horses in his team.

Procedure and results

The four-in-hand driver's World Cup final was last held in Leipzig in 2008.

Running-in test

On the evening of April 29th (Friday) the entry test for the four-in-hand World Cup final took place. The qualified participants competed against time in an obstacle course with one lap.

Result:

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

Final exam

The final of the FEI World Cup four-in-hand driving took place on Sunday afternoon. The test was advertised as an obstacle course with two laps against time. The winner of this test, Boyd Exell, is the 2010/2011 World Cup winner.

Result:

	driver	Time ( s ) 1st cycle	Total time ( s )
1	Boyd Exell	-	242.12
2	József Dobrovitz	-	247.52
3	IJsbrand Chardon	-	254.88
4th	Tomas Eriksson	133.10
5	Werner Ulrich	139.07
6th	Georg von Stein	140.76
7th	Koos de Ronde	151.32

Vaulting

Qualified participants

After four World Cup stations ( Munich , Dresden, Salzburg, Paris) the following vaulters qualified for the World Cup final :
Women:

Pia Engelberty  Antje Hill  Simone Wiegele  Ines Jückstock (Wildcard)

Simone Jäiser  Stefanie Kowald  Anna Cavallaro

Men's:

Patric Looser  Yvan Nousse  Lukas Klouda  Daniel Kaiser (Wildcard)

Nicolas Andréani  Viktor Brusewitz  Nikolaus Luschin

Procedure and results

As a pilot season, the 2010/2011 World Cup season was the first world cup season for vaulters.

The final, like the qualifying tournaments, consisted of two freedoms , one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday afternoon. Both tests were carried out separately according to sex. The two World Cup winners were determined from the average of the two freestyle scores.

The creator of the World Cup series, Kai Vorberg , could not take part in the World Cup himself due to health reasons. However, he was active as a lunge guide for two participants.

Final result ladies

	Vaulting lunge guide	horse	1st freestyle ranking	2nd freestyle ranking	Overall rating
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
4th	Pia Engelberty Kai Vorberg	Sir Bernhard RS from Wintermühle	7.160		7.453
5	Simone Jäiser Margit Blieske	Luk	7.226		7.360
6th	Stefanie Kowald Hannelore Leiser	Alando	7,200		7.337
7th	Ines Jückstock Ruth Jückstock	Lamenticus	7.313		6,980

Final result gentlemen

	Vaulting lunge guide	horse	1st freestyle ranking	2nd freestyle ranking	Overall rating
1	Patric Looser Alexandra Knauf	Record RS from the 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
4th	Lukas Klouda Kai Vorberg	Sir Bernhard RS from Wintermühle	6.673		7.527
5	Yvan Nousse Elke Schelp-Lensing	Carlos	7.046		7.510
6th	Daniel Kaiser Katja Rutzke	Down under	5.720		6.817

media

The German TV channels ARD and MDR broadcast around 4½ hours of programming from the 2011 World Cup finals, several times also live (see also web links). Eurosport showed a two hour summary of the tournament in the week after the World Cup final.

See also

World Cup Finals 2012 (Show Jumping and Dressage Riding)
World Cup Finals 2013 (Show Jumping and Dressage Riding)
World Cup Finals 2014 (Show Jumping and Dressage Riding)
World Cup Finals 2015 (Show Jumping and Dressage Riding)
World Cup Finals 2016 (Show Jumping and Dressage Riding)
World Cup Finals 2017 (Show Jumping and Dressage Riding)
World Cup Finals 2018 (Show jumping and dressage)
World Cup finals 2019 (show jumping and dressage)

Web links

Internet sites

• Website of the partner horse
• Event page (EN Garde Marketing)

Videos

• Recording: World Cup final show jumping, 3rd partial test, 2nd round , ARD Sportschau from May 1st, 2011, 54:50 minutes
• Report: World Cup final four-in-hand driving , MDR Sport im Osten on May 1st, 2011, 2:51 minutes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interior Minister de Maizière, World Cup patron ( Memento from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Federal Minister of the Interior Hans-Peter Friedrich Patron of the PARTNER PFERD ( Memento from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Results of the horse show: PARTNER PFERD Leipzig on Sunday , January 18, 2009
4. ↑ Partner horse in Leipzig attracts with interesting western riding
5. ↑ Program overview World Cup finals at the partner horse
6. ↑ World Cup Final Dressage: Grand Prix de Dressage
7. ^ Dressage: result of the World Cup finals, Grand Prix Freestyle
8. ^ Riding: World Cup Final in Leipzig , Sport1 .de, April 2, 2009
9. ^ Result show jumping, 1st partial test World Cup finals
10. ↑ Result show jumping, 2nd partial test World Cup finals
11. ↑ Result show jumping, 3rd partial test of the World Cup finals
12. ↑ 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping Final: intermediate result after two of three competitions
13. ↑ EY-Cup-Champion 2010: Julius Losch ( Memento from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ HITS Desert Circuit to host three qualifying events for European Youngster Cups new Super Final ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 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. (English) 
15. ↑ Preview: Via Salut Festival to the World Cup in Leipzig ( Memento from December 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Martina Brüske on springreiten-und-zucht.de, December 8, 2010
16. ↑ Show jumping: European Youngster Cup Super Final
17. ↑ Extract from the announcement for the 2011 World Cup Finals
18. ↑ Show jumping: Result of the Grand Prix of Leipzig
19. ^ Final result of the FEI World Cup four in hand driving 2010/2011 before the final
20. ↑ Christian Plücker starts driving at the World Cup final: four-in-hand driver fights for a wildcard when sighting in Warendorf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Eva Willermann for the German Equestrian Association , February 21, 2011  
21. ↑ World Cup final four in hand Leipzig: Christoph Sandmann is World Cup Champion 2007/2008 ( memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Dennis Peiler for the German Equestrian Association , January 20, 2008
22. ↑ Four-in-hand World Cup Finals: Result of the entry test
23. ↑ Four-in-hand World Cup Finals: Result of the final test
24. ↑ Final result of the 2010/2011 World Cup vaulting season before the final, women (PDF; 92 kB)
25. ↑ Final result of the 2010/2011 World Cup vaulting season before the final, men (PDF; 136 kB)
26. ↑ Information and results FEI World Cup Vaulting ( Memento from December 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), FEI (English)
27. ↑ Brand new 2010: The first Vaulting World Cup ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
28. ↑ ^{a b} results