World Cup finals 2016 (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals 2016
Tournament series:	FEI World Cup Dressage 2015/2016, FEI World Cup Show Jumping 2015/2016
Venue:	Scandinavium , Gothenburg , Sweden
Participating riders:	18 dressage riders; 36 show jumpers (without framework tests)
Internet:	www.gothenburghorseshow.com

The 2016 World Cup final in show jumping and dressage was the final of the World Cup series in two equestrian disciplines . It was held from March 24th to 28th, 2016 in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg .

Equestrian sport in Gothenburg

The Göteborg Horse Show takes place every year in Gothenburg, usually in February. The event was held for the first time in spring 1977, and in 2016 the 40th anniversary of the tournament was celebrated with the World Cup final. The tournament has a long World Cup tradition, it includes a World Cup test in show jumping and a World Cup test in dressage .

It is also a tradition to hold World Cup finals here; the first show jumping final took place here in 1979. In no other place did so many World Cup finals take place in both dressage and show jumping as in Gothenburg: In 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2008 and 2013 the Show jumping finals held. In dressage, the World Cup finals in 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003 and also in 2013 took place here.

Dressage riding

Qualified participants

There were a large number of cancellations from the Western European League: Don Johnson , who Isabell Werth had planned for the World Cup final, was still behind in training after an injury; Defending champion Charlotte Dujardin had only Uthopia qualified for the World Cup final, disagreements about the ownership situation prevented the start in Gothenburg. Beatriz Ferrer-Salat also did not start, with a view to the Olympic Games, she waived the long journey from Spain to Sweden.

World Cup	Number of riders who qualify for the World Cup finals from this league	qualified participants
Central European League	2	Inessa Merkulova Tatiana Dorofeeva
North American League	2	Steffen Peters (rejection, thus another wildcard) Guenter Seidel
Pacific League	1	Mary Hanna
Western European League	9	Isabell Werth (rejection, so another wildcard) Hans Peter Minderhoud Jessica von Bredow-Werndl Patrik Kittel Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén Beatriz Ferrer-Salat (rejection, thus another wildcard) Marcela Krinke Susmelj Agnete Kirk Thinggaard Fabienne Lütkemeier
Participants from Asia / South America	1	not awarded so another wildcard
World Cup winner 2014/2015	1	Charlotte Dujardin (rejection, so another wildcard)
FEI wildcards	2	Lyndal Oatley Anna Kasprzak Terhi Stegars Judy Reynolds Beata Stremler Emilie Nyreröd Charlotte Jorst

Procedure and results

Grand Prix

The Grand Prix was held on the afternoon of March 25th (Friday) . This participation in this initial test of the World Cup final was mandatory for all participating dressage riders, but the result has no bearing on the outcome of the World Cup final.

In the Grand Prix, the results were close together, with the first three places showing a difference in results of less than half a percentage point. The victory went to Hans Peter Minderhoud and the 15-year-old Firt , followed in the ranking by the Swedes Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén (who with Don Auriello had to accept significant point deductions for the greeting lineup, where the gelding did not stop at first and then galloped instead of trot) and Patrik Kittel (who convinced with the 17-year-old Scandic with a very consistent approach and good lessons in the piaffe passage tour, but only got grades between 4.5 and 7.0 in the step lessons).

The third-placed couple in the World Cup final last year, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Unee BB, could not fully exploit their potential. Although Unee presented himself very well and ran much more consistently than at his last World Cup test in Neumünster, he was over motivated, so that mistakes crept in. In the end, they came in fourth with more than one percent difference to third-placed Kittel.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	rating
1	Hans Peter Minderhoud	flirt	76.871%
2	Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	Don Auriello	76,500%
3	Patrik Kittel	Scandic	76.400%
4th	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	75.257%
5	Anna Kasprzak	Donnperignon	74.729%

(best 5 of 18 participants)

Grand Prix Freestyle (Final)

On Sunday afternoon (March 27th), after a day free of examinations, the dressage riders started the Grand Prix Freestyle on Saturday afternoon. The 2016 World Cup winner was determined based on the result of this test. The prize money for this test included the enormous amount of 225,000 euros for dressage, of which 50,000 euros went to the winner.

The result of the Grand Prix Freestyle essentially confirmed the result of the Grand Prix: The victory went to Hans Peter Minderhoud and Flirt , who showed a technically clean and confident ride, which almost all judges rewarded with over 78 percent with an A grade. The judges assessed positively that the passengers were more even than in the Grand Prix. With B grades well over 80 percent, Minderhoud got a final score of over 82.357 percent.

Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén came in second. Again she messed up the greeting line- up with Don Auriello , her horse did not stop at first and even went backwards. Inadequate activity in the hindquarters and mistakes in the exchange of two resulted in deductions in the A grade. In the B-grade she got similar values ​​as Minderhoud, the overall grade was a good percentage point lower. In third place - one place better than in the Grand Prix - came Jessica von Bredow-Werndl with Unee BB , as in the previous year . As in the Grand Prix, Unee was in top form, but mistakes in the single and double changes as well as when changing the trot traversal made a tangible victory impossible. While she got similar values ​​in the B-grade as the participants placed before her, the errors led to clear deductions in the A-grade, so that in the end a final result of 80.464 percent came about. This result corresponded exactly to her mark of the previous year's World Cup final.

Patrik Kittel's 17-year-old horse Scandic was infected by the atmosphere in the hall. This had an effect on the quality of the lessons, he could not walk calmly when walking, and in the traversals there were clear deficits in position and bending. A grades of mostly below 75 percent clearly depressed his result, he came in fourth place with a clear gap.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	rating
1	Hans Peter Minderhoud	flirt	82.357%
2	Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	Don Auriello	81.429%
3	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	80.464%
4th	Patrik Kittel	Scandic	78.946%
5	Anna Kasprzak	Donnperignon	78.625%
6th	Fabienne Lütkemeier	D'Agostino FRH	78.339%
7th	Inessa Merkulova	Mister X	78.232%
8th	Judy Reynolds	Vancouver K	77.339%
9	Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	Jojo Az	76.250%
10	Marcela Krinke Susmelj	Molberg	74.946%
11	Lyndal Oatley	Sandro Boy	73.589%
12	Charlotte Jorst	Nintendo	73.232%
13	Beata Stremler	Rubicon D	73.179%
14th	Emilie Nyreröd	Miata	73.143%
15th	Mary Hanna	Umbro	71.696%
16	Terhi Stegars	Axis TSF	69.268%
17th	Tatiana Dorofeewa	Upperville	68.464%
18th	Guenter Seidel	Zero gravity	67.464%

Show jumping

The show jumping World Cup finals comprise three evaluation tests. In addition to these tests, there is a supporting program that also includes tests for young riders and young show jumpers.

Qualified participants (World Cup)

World Cup	Number of riders who qualify for the World Cup finals from this league	qualified participants
Arab League	3	Abdullah asch-Scharbatly (rejection) Mohamed Talaat Ramzy Al-Duhami (rejection)
Caucasus League	1	Rahib İsmayılov (cancellation)
Central Asian League	1	incomplete league (only two special stages)
Chinese league	1	Zhao Zhiwen
Central European League	3	Jarosław Skrzyczyński Michał Kaźmierczak Mariann Hugyecz
Japan League	1	Tsuyoshi Ueno (cancellation) Keisuke Koike (replacement)
North American League	7 Americans from the East Coast subleague	Kent Farrington (rejection) Jack Towell Quentin Judge Callan Solem McLain Ward (rejection) Laura Kraut (rejection) Beezie Madden (rejection) Katie Dinan (replacement) Peter Lutz (show jumper) (replacement) Charlie Jacobs (replacement)
	3 Americans from the West Coast subleague	Karl Cook (cancellation) Rich Fellers Richard Spooner (cancellation)
	2 Canadians (both sub-leagues)	Ben Asselin (cancellation) Jenn Serek (cancellation)
	2 Mexicans (both subordinates)	Alfredo Ramirez Piedra (cancellation) Daniel Pedraza Littlewood
	Additional tabs (both sub-leagues)	no additional tabs
Australian League	2	Chris Chugg James Arkins (cancellation)
New Zealand League	1	Katie Laurie (cancellation)
South African League	1	Lisa Williams (cancellation)
Central American and Caribbean League	1	League not played
Northern South American League	1	Noel Vanososte (cancellation)
Southern South American League	2	Pedro Junqueira Muylaert (cancellation) José Luiz Guimarães de Carvalho (cancellation)
Southeast Asian League	1	Nattapron Triratanachat (canceled)
Western European League	18th	Christian Ahlmann Simon Delestre Harrie Smolders Pénélope Leprevost Kevin Staut Jos Verlooy Audrey Coulter ° Denis Lynch Marcus Ehning Nicola Philippaerts Marco Kutscher Henrik von Eckermann Laura Renwick Max Kühner Daniel Deußer Romain Duguet Patrice Delaveau Edwina Tops-Alexander ° Maikel van der Vleuten Niklas Krieg
Special starting place for participants from the host country	1	not applicable as Swedish riders are qualified for the World Cup finals
World Cup winner 2014/2015	1	Steve Guerdat

° 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

1st partial examination

After a voluntary training test on the evening of March 23rd, the show jumping World Cup final started two days later: On Friday evening (March 25th) the first partial test of the final was held. Here the participants competed in a time jumping test . The result was then, as explained in the article FEI World Cup Show Jumping , converted into points.

The clear victory was delivered by Pénélope Leprevost, who with Vagabond de la Pomme was over two seconds faster than her compatriot, runner-up Simon Delestre. In third place came Daniel Deußer with his successful horse Cornet d'Amour . Five of the six German riders made no mistakes, only Christian Ahlmann had two obstacle errors with Colorit , which threw him back to 25th place. With the defending champion Steve Guerdat and Romain Duguet, two riders from Switzerland made it into the top 10 participants.

Max Kühner , who has been riding for Austria since the beginning of 2015, was the first Austrian to take part in a World Cup final in 18 years. The first partial test went unhappy for him, with the only nine-year-old mare Electric Touch he collected 20 penalty points, which, when added to his time, meant a result of 89.33 seconds and thus third from bottom.

Laura Renwick was the only British participant in the World Cup final that was unable to even start the World Cup final. Her horse Bintang II had probably got stuck in his box the night before, because he did not seem fit enough for the test when he was riding, Renwick withdrew her start. After his ride, the World Cup final for the Egyptian participant, Mohamed Talaat, was over. The stewards found blood on the flank of Talaat's horse and disqualified the couple.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	time	Points (overall rating)
1	Pénélope Leprevost	Vagabond de la Pomme	63.78 s + 0 penalty seconds = 63.78	36
2	Simon Delestre	Qlassic Bois Margot	66.04 s + 0 penalty seconds = 66.04	34
3	Daniel Deußer	Cornet d'Amour	66.54 s + 0 penalty seconds = 66.54	33
4th	Steve Guerdat	Corbinian	66.93 s + 0 penalty seconds = 66.93	32
5	Nicola Philippaerts	Forever d'Arco ter Linden	66.94 s + 0 penalty seconds = 66.94	31
6th	Patrice Delaveau	Lacrimoso	66.96 s + 0 penalty seconds = 66.96	30th
7th	Romain Duguet	Quorida de Treho	67.46 s + 0 penalty seconds = 67.46	29
8th	Marcus Ehning	Cornado NRW	67.60 s + 0 penalty seconds = 67.60	28
9	Niklas war	Carella	67.81 s + 0 penalty seconds = 67.81	27
10	Callan Solem	Wizard	67.99 s + 0 penalty seconds = 67.99	26th

(best 10 of 35 participants)

2nd partial examination

Exactly one day after the 1st partial test, the show jumpers contested their second final partial test. This was a jumping competition with one jump-off .

The previous evening, the winner of the Chinese World Cup, Zhiwen Zhao, withdrew his horse Pommeau de Heup from the competition. There was a cut on the right hind leg.

The starting field of 33 riders was reduced in the first round of the second partial test by two Americans who gave up or were eliminated. Seven starter pairs made it into the jump-off of the test with one faultless lap. Christian Ahlmann was the first participant in the jump-off. He had changed the horse after the poor result of the previous day and performed with Taloubet Z at. With this he managed a flawless ride in under 37 seconds in the jump-off, a performance that no other rider was able to achieve.

Points were also awarded on the basis of the result of this test. The winner received one point more than riders participated in the World Cup finals; the runner-up received one point less than riders took part in the test; all subsequent riders each received one point less than the participant placed in front of you.

The points achieved in the first two partial exams were added together. These were then converted into error points.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		Points (overall rating)
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	0	-	0	36.85	36
2	Denis Lynch	All star	0	-	0	41.42	34
3	Harrie Smolders	Emerald	0	-	4th	39.18	33
4th	Steve Guerdat	Corbinian	0	-	4th	40.24	32
5	Marcus Ehning	Cornado NRW	0	-	8th	39.05	31
6th	Marco Kutscher	Chaccorina	0	-	8th	39.48	30th
7th	Peter Lutz (show jumper)	Robin de Ponthual	0	-	8th	40.58	29
8th	Callan Solem	Wizard	4th	74.47			28
9	Max Kühner	Chardonnay	4th	76.02			27
10	Jarosław Skrzyczyński	Crazy Quick	4th	76.25			26th

(best 10 of 33 participants)

After the second partial test, Steve Guerdat was in the lead, with Marcus Ehning two penalty points behind him. Third place was shared by Harrie Smolders and Daniel Deußer with three penalty points.

3rd partial examination

The show jumping World Cup final came to an end with the third partial test. This was the last test of the tournament, it was carried out on March 28th from 1pm. This partial test was organized as a jumping competition with two different rounds . She was not ridden against time, but an allowable time was provided.

The third test was again very challenging. Course designer Santiago Varela received great praise. After the course builder there was heavily criticized at the World Cup final last year because of the difficult to ride courses, Varela created courses that did not put the less strong couples at risk and still sorted the field of participants well. In the first round of this final test only 9 out of 26 riders crossed the finish line without fail. For example, Simon Delestre and Nicola Philippaerts each received eight penalty points from the previous top group . Max Kühner was able to make another leap forward with a faultless lap.

In the second round there were still 20 riders with their horses at the start, nine of them received no further penalty points. Marcus Ehning was able to secure fourth place with Cornado NRW after losing his second place with a mistake on the first lap of the day. Harrie Smolders and Daniel Deußer also made no mistakes and therefore both got an overall score of three penalty points. However, Smolders rode his horse Emerald a good half a second faster than Deußer on the last lap, which secured him second place. Last rider was last year's winner Steve Guerdat. With Corbinian he managed the fifth clear round, this performance brought him the second World Cup victory in a row.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	Penalty points
			1st round	2nd round	total
1	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	0	0	0
	Denis Lynch	All star	0	0	0
	Harrie Smolders	Emerald	0	0	0
	Daniel Deußer	Cornet d'Amour	0	0	0
	Steve Guerdat	Corbinian	0	0	0
6th	Callan Solem	Wizard	4th	0	4th
	Marcus Ehning	Cornado NRW	4th	0	4th
	Max Kühner	Chardonnay	0	4th	4th
	Pénélope Leprevost	Vagabond de la Pomme	0	4th	4th

(best 9 of 26 participants)

Final score

Podium at the 2016 World Cup final:
Smolders, Guerdat, Deußer

	equestrian	Horse / horses	1st exam	2nd exam	Points from exam 1 and 2	Points converted into penalty points	3rd exam		Penalty points
			Points	Points			1st round	2nd round
1	Steve Guerdat	Corbinian	32	32	64	0	0	0	0
2	Harrie Smolders	Emerald	25th	33	58	3	0	0 (65.45 s)	3 (65.45 s)
3	Daniel Deußer	Cornet d'Amour	33	24	57	3	0	0 (66.17 s)	3 (66.17 s)
4th	Marcus Ehning	Cornado NRW	28	31	59	2	4th	0	6th
5	Denis Lynch	All star	14th	34	48	8th	0	0 (65.38 s)	8 (65.38 s)
6th	Christian Ahlmann	Colorit and Taloubet Z	11	36	47	8th	0	0 (67.79 s)	8 (67.79 s)
7th	Callan Solem	Wizard	26th	28	54	5	4th	0 (63.56 s)	9 (63.56 s)
8th	Pénélope Leprevost	Vagabond de la Pomme	36	18th	54	5	0	4 (65.62 s)	9 (65.62 s)
9	Simon Delestre	Qlassic Bois Margot	34	19th	53	5	8th	0	13
10	Chris Chugg	Cristalline	19th	23	42	11	5	0	16
11	Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	18th	21st	39	12	0	5	17th
12	Marco Kutscher	Chaccorina	21st	30th	51	6th	0	12	18th
13	Nicola Philippaerts	Forever d'Arco ter Linden	31	25th	56	4th	8th	8th	20th
14th	Max Kühner	Electric Touch and Chardonnay	3	27	30th	17th	0	4th	21st
15th	Henrik von Eckermann	Giljandro van den Bosrand	23	22nd	45	9	9	4th	22nd
16	Romain Duguet	Quorida de Treho	29	12	41	11	4th	8th	23
17th	Kevin Staut	For Joy van't Zorgvliet	24	13	37	13	4th	8th	25th
18th	Jos Verlooy	Sunshine	20th	20th	40	12	4th	12	28
19th	Peter Lutz (show jumper)	Robin de Ponthual	18th	29	47	8th	12	12	32
20th	Jarosław Skrzyczyński	Crazy Quick	16	26th	42	11	8th	20th	39
21st	Edwina Tops-Alexander	Caretina de Joter	13	17th	30th	17th	4th		(21)
22nd	Patrice Delaveau	Lacrimoso	30th	8th	38	13	9		(22)
	Rich Fellers	Flexible	12	16	28	18th	4th		(22)
24	Niklas war	Carella	27	14th	41	11	12		(23)
25th	Michał Kaźmierczak	Que pasa	5	15th	20th	22nd	9		(31)
26th	Mariann Hugyecz	Chacco boy	15th	11	26th	19th	19th		(38)
27	Audrey Coulter	Alex and Domino	22nd	10	32	16
28	Jack Towell	Lucifer V	9	7th	16	24
	Quentin Judge	Copin van de Broy	6th	9	15th	24
30th	Keisuke Koike	Vesuvius	8th	5	13	25th
31	Daniel Pedraza Littlewood	Arc de Triomphe	2	6th	8th	28
32	Katie Dinan	Nougat du Vallet	10	OUT
33	Charlie Jacobs	Flaming Star	4th	UP
34	Zhao Zhiwen	Pommeau du Heup	7th	N.GES.
-	Mohamed Talaat	Robin de Ponthual	DISQ

AUFG = given up / waived
AUSG = retired
DISQ = disqualified
N.GES. = not started

Further exams

In addition to the World Cup finals in Gothenburg, 13 other jumping competitions were announced. The highlight was the Gothenburg Trophy on the evening of March 27th (Easter Sunday). This was a jumping competition with one jump over obstacles up to a height of 1.55 meters. On the morning of the same day, the young riders in show jumping held their main test of the tournament; the final test of the tour for young show jumpers was also held on that day.

Result Gothenburg Trophy:

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Marcus Ehning	Pret a toout	0	-	0	31.63
2	Christian Ahlmann	Colorit	0	-	0	31.91
3	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Casall	0	-	0	32.05
4th	Charlotte Mordasini	Tiny Toon Semilly	0	-	0	32.72
5	Helena Persson	Bonzai H	0	-	0	33.10

(best 5 of 36 participants)

media

The FEI broadcast the World Cup finals in both disciplines for a fee via its Internet portal FEI TV. The pan-European TV broadcaster Eurosport 1 broadcast a short report on the final of the dressage riders as well as a summary of the first two tests of the World Cup final of the show jumping riders on the afternoon of Easter Monday (March 29, 2016). On the morning of March 29th, Eurosport 1 showed a one-hour broadcast of the last round of the Show Jumping World Cup final.

Web links

• Gothenborg Horse Show website (English / Swedish)
• Schedule and results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gothenburg Horse Show ( Memento from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), gothenburghorseshow.com (English)
2. ↑ Gothenburg Horse Show är nu miljöcertifierat! ( Memento from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), gothenburghorseshow.com (Swedish)
3. ↑ Gothenburg: The participants in the dressage world cup finals , St. Georg , March 19, 2016
4. ↑ Rankings of the World Cup dressage, season 2015/2016 ( Memento from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ ^{a b} Participants in the World Cup Final Gothenburg 2016
6. ↑ World Cup Final Dressage: Grand Prix de Dressage
7. ↑ World Cup final 2016: Grand Prix victory for Hans Peter Minderhoud , St. Georg, March 25, 2016
8. ↑ World Cup Final Gothenburg: Voices after the Freestyle , Reiter Revue International , March 27, 2016
9. ↑ World Cup Final 2016: Flirt with the title, Unee third again , St. Georg, March 27, 2016
10. ↑ World Cup Final Dressage: Grand Prix Freestyle
11. ↑ Rankings of the World Cup jumping competitions, 2015/2016 season , fei.org, March 31, 2015
12. ↑ World Cup finals 2016: An overview of the show jumpers mentioned , St. Georg, March 16, 2016
13. ↑ Hello in Gothenburg: Max Kühner qualified for the show jumping World Cup final , horse review, February 7, 2016
14. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup Final 2016: Mohamed Talaat disqualified , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, March 26, 2016
15. ^ Result show jumping, 1st partial test World Cup finals
16. ↑ Overall ranking of the World Cup final show jumping, intermediate result after the 1st partial test
17. ↑ Result show jumping, 2nd partial test World Cup finals
18. ↑ World Cup Finals 2016: Guerdat for the second , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, March 28, 2016
19. ↑ Result show jumping, 3rd partial test of the World Cup finals
20. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup Show Jumping Final: Final result
21. ↑ World Cup final show jumping: intermediate result after two partial tests
22. ↑ Show jumping: Result Göteborg Trophy
23. ↑ Show jumping: World Cup finals , kurier.at