World Cup finals 2017 (show jumping and dressage riding)

World Cup Finals 2017
Tournament series:	FEI World Cup Dressage 2016/2017, FEI World Cup Show Jumping 2016/2017
Venue:	CenturyLink Center , Omaha , United States
Participating riders:	16 dressage riders; 37 show jumpers (without framework tests)
Internet:	www.omahaworldcup2017.com

The 2017 World Cup final in show jumping and dressage was the final of the World Cup series in two equestrian disciplines . It was conducted March 29 through April 2, 2017 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Equestrian in Omaha

Omaha only had a short tradition of holding international horse shows. In 2010, the non-profit Omaha Equestrian Foundation was founded. Since, according to their own statements, there were no high-class jumping and dressage competitions within a radius of 1000 miles, the aim was to hold such an event in Omaha. In 2012, International Omaha was held for the first time as a show jumping tournament according to national regulations. The event has been taking place according to FEI regulations since 2013 , until 2015 as CSI  2 *. The bid to hold the World Cup finals in dressage and show jumping 2017 was awarded in the summer of 2014. In the year before the World Cup finals, International Omaha was upgraded to a CSI 3 * tournament, while the dressage held here for the first time in 2015 (according to national regulations) was upgraded to CDI  4 * was aligned.

The serial winner in Omaha was show jumper Christian Heineking , who comes from near Neustrelitz and lives in Hudson Oaks (Texas) . Heineking won the Grand Prix in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 and qualified for the 2017 World Cup final (including a victory in the Las Vegas World Cup).

For the dressage riders, Omaha was only the third World Cup final location outside of Europe after Los Angeles and four times Las Vegas. The older Show Jumping World Cup, which has been held since 1978/1979, has already held its final outside of Europe several times, Omaha was the sixth non-European venue here.

Conditions in Omaha

Since a World Cup test had never been held in Omaha before, there were initially concerns about the venue. On site, however, this turned out to be unfounded, the organizer was expressly praised for the good conditions despite the changeable weather: short distances, organization, floors and also a large lawn area for the horses to graze. For the European riders, the Omaha was often heard from the audience applause (in both disciplines).

Many visitors were already there on the day of training, and the arena was well attended for the dressage tests (8,600 spectators at the Grand Prix Freestyle).

Dressage riding

Qualified participants

The venue in the Midwest of the United States requires the longest journey of the season for European dressage riders, who, unlike show jumpers, compete almost exclusively in Europe. After the last evaluation test of the Western European League it was determined how many people per nation were allowed to accompany the horses in the aircraft, the first rejection was made. Fabienne Lütkemeier decided not to start in Omaha because her horse D'Agostino was fully fixated on her and she did not want to expect him to take the flight without his reference person.

Further cancellations followed in the week before the World Cup final: there will be no title defense, as Hans Peter Minderhoud's gelding Flirt injured his leg shortly before departure. Just as shortly before departure, the stallion Unee had a slight colic , so that his rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, who had already traveled to Omaha, decided against the risk of a flight and therefore could not take part in the World Cup finals.

World Cup	Number of riders who qualify for the World Cup finals from this league	qualified participants
Central European League	2	Inessa Merkulowa Hanna Karasiowa
North American League	2	Laura Graves Kasey Perry-Glass
Pacific League	1	Wendi Williamson
Western European League	9	Isabell Werth Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (rejection) Judy Reynolds Kristy Oatley Carl Hester Marcela Krinke Susmelj Fabienne Lütkemeier (rejection, thus further wildcard) Madeleine Witte-Vrees Edward Gal
Participants from Asia / South America	1	Maria Florencia Manfredi
World Cup winner 2015/2016	1	Hans Peter Minderhoud (rejection)
FEI wildcards	2	João Victor Marcari Oliva Mai Tofte Olesen Steffen Peters

Procedure and results

Grand Prix

The first stage of the World Cup final, the Grand Prix , was held on March 30th from 2 p.m. local time. For the participants of the dressage world cup final, the start in this test was mandatory, but the result had no direct impact on the outcome of the final.

The first to start here was Maria Florencia Manfredi, who was the first Argentine to take part in a dressage World Cup final. The rather petite rider with her large-framed gelding Bandurria Kacero received grades of 6.5 and 7.0 pretty consistently, which earned her a score of 66.500 percent. The second rider was Edward Gal. With his black voice , he got a result of 74.486 percent, which earned him the lead for a few rides.

For the fourth rider in the competition, the Grand Prix was the last competition in the World Cup final: The Belarusian Hanna Karasiowa, who had received scores in the high 60 percent range in the Grand Prix of this World Cup season, stayed ten percent below these ratings in Omaha with Arlekino . In particular, the piaffes and the transitions from and to the piaffes were consistently rated with grades from 3.0 (fairly bad) to 5.0 (sufficient), so that it came to a result of 58.886 percent. The World Cup regulations stipulate, however, that a rating of at least 60 percent is required for a start in the World Cup final freestyle. The World Cup final for the rider with the longest journey, Wendi Williamson from New Zealand, ended with the Grand Prix as blood was found in the mouth of her gelding Dejavu , which resulted in her being disqualified.

While Carl Hester and Nip Tuck took the lead in the meantime , the decision was made with the last two starters. The lot for the penultimate starting place was awarded to Laura Graves, who, with her 15-year-old gelding Verdades, received a large number of 8 marks from the judges except for the crotch and a piaffe and achieved 79.800 percent. Isabell Werth and her black mare Weihegold OLD got the final starting place . Acted as favorites in advance due to their results of this World Cup season, they lived up to these expectations and even received several 10-point grades from the judges in the piaffe passage tours. Only failed two-man exchanges could not significantly affect the result, the overall grade was 82.300 percent and thus brought the victory in this test.

	equestrian	horse	rating
1	Isabell Werth	Weihegold OLD	82.300%
2	Laura Graves	Verdades	79.800%
3	Carl Hester	Nip tuck	76.671%
4th	Edward Gal	Voice	74.486%
5	Judy Reynolds	Vancouver K	74.443%

(best 5 of 16 participants)

Grand Prix Freestyle (Final)

After a day's break for the dressage riders and horses on Friday, the Grand Prix Freestyle was held on April 1st, again from 2 p.m. The 2017 World Cup winner was determined based on the results of this test.

The start of this test was the 21-year-old Brazilian João Victor Marcari Oliva, who had already competed in the Neumünster and 's-Hertogenbosch world cup tournaments as well as the CDI 5 * in Dortmund this indoor season. With his Lusitano gray stallion Xama Dos Pinhais he got 70.321 percent. The two South American riders finished their first World Cup finals with 70% marks and came in thirteen and fourteen. The Swiss representative in this field, Marcela Krinke Susmelj, made mistakes in the gallop with her gelding Molberg , which made her score lower than usual in this World Cup season (74.146%). On the other hand, Rustique , the 15-year-old gray gelding by Mai Tofte Olesen , received his best evaluation so far in an international Grand Prix Freestyle . For the 49-year-old Danish woman who trains with Anne Grethe Jensen-Törnblad , the judges gave a score of 74.300 percent at her first World Cup final.

The fifth starter, Kristy Oatley, was the first rider to receive an overall grade of over 75 percent in this test. For the Australian, who started for Germany (her father's home country) in her youth and competed here in Omaha with the Hanoverian Du Soleil , this was the third World Cup finals after 2001 and 2004. The next starter then took the lead : With the now 10-year-old chestnut stallion Cennin , Madeleine Witte-Vrees had consistently achieved scores of 77 and 78 percent during the World Cup season. In Omaha they were able to improve again in the freestyle and received 79.046 percent for this. The last rider before the break was Steffen Peters, who with his mare Rosamunde could not yet build on the successes with Legolas , especially the still poorly balanced piaffes clouded the picture (75.879 percent).

After the break, there was a harmonious start from Kasey Perry-Glass and her Brauner Dublet . The judge's evaluation of F (A grade only 69.500 percent) pushed your overall grade down a little, totaling 77.068 percent. Inessa Merkulowa did not come close to her top results by 80 percent with her Trakehner Mister X , partly due to a mistake in the single changes, here she was rated 76.414 percent. The currently best American couple in dressage, Laura Graves and Verdades, took part as the tenth starter . Their freestyle, which was again increased in difficulty in advance, was given A grades of over 80 percent by all judges (no other couple had received an A grade of over 80 percent in this test so far). B grades of up to 92 percent rounded off the result and put them in the lead with 85.307 percent.

Carl Hester also delivered a top result as the next starter. His gelding Nip Tuck , who had initially badly eaten after the flight to Omaha, had caught again, the test ran over always in a good analogy . His weak point, the strong trot, he was able to make up for with high grades for the other lessons and transitions, which earned him a score of 83.757 percent. Edward Gal with Voice and Judy Reynolds with Vancouver K each received ratings in the high 70s percent range. Reynolds fourth place in the final ranking, just under 80 percent, was the best result of an Irish dressage rider at a World Cup final so far. With a degree of difficulty of 97 percent, her freestyle is considered one of the most demanding in dressage.

Isabell Werth got the last place on the grid again. As in the Grand Prix, she made the best performance of the test with Weihegold OLD . Werth's mare was transparent and convincing in the execution of the lessons and transitions, which was given an A grade of over 85 percent by five of the seven judges. Supplemented by B grades of 93.200 percent to 97.400 percent, this resulted in a value grade of 90.704 percent. Isabell Werth secured her third World Cup victory after 1992 and 2007.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	rating
1	Isabell Werth	Weihegold OLD	90.704%
2	Laura Graves	Verdades	85.307%
3	Carl Hester	Nip tuck	83.757%
4th	Judy Reynolds	Vancouver K	79.571%
5	Madeleine Witte-Vrees	Cennin	79.046%
6th	Edward Gal	Voice	78.921%
7th	Kasey Perry-Glass	Doublet	77.068%
8th	Inessa Merkulova	Mister X	76.414%
9	Steffen Peters	Rosamunde	75.879%
10	Kristy Oatley	You soleil	75.868%
11	May Tofte Olesen	Rustique	74.300%
12	Marcela Krinke Susmelj	Molberg	74.146%
13	Maria Florencia Manfredi	Bandurria Kacero	70.696%
14th	João Victor Marcari Oliva	Xama dos Pinhais	70.321%

Show jumping

The show jumping World Cup final consisted of three valuation tests. The supporting program was smaller than that of the World Cup finals held in Europe and exclusively included The International Omaha Jumping Grand Prix on the evening of April 1st.

Qualified participants (World Cup)

World Cup	Number of riders who qualify for the World Cup finals from this league	qualified participants
Arab League	3	Ali bin Chalid Al Thani Abdulrahman Alrajhi (cancellation) Bassem Hassan Mohammed (cancellation)
Caucasus League	1	Tornike Papiaschwili (rejection)
Central Asian League	1	Nurjon Tuyakbaev (cancellation)
Chinese league	1	Patrick Lam (cancellation)
Central European League	3	Dawid Kubiak Gábor Szabó jun. Pure pill
Japan League	1	Keisuke Koike (cancellation)
North American League	7 Americans from the East Coast subleague	Kent Farrington (cancellation) Laura Kraut Audrey Coulter McLain Ward Charlie Jacobs Todd Minikus
	3 Americans from the West Coast subleague	Karl Cook Jenni McAllister Jamie Barge
	2 Canadians (both sub-leagues)	Keean White Christopher Surbey
	2 Mexicans (both subordinates)	Enrique González (cancellation) Francisco Pasquel (cancellation)
	Additional tabs (both sub-leagues)	Christian Heineking Nayel Nassar Éric Navet
Australian League	2	Clint Beresford (cancellation) Billy Raymont (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	Martín Rodríguez Vanni Thiago Mattos (cancellation)
Southeast Asian League	1	Jaruporn Limpichati (cancellation)
Western European League	18th	Kevin Staut Lorenzo de Luca Denis Lynch Henrik von Eckermann Ludger Beerbaum Guido Klatte jun. Gregory Wathelet Leopold van Asten Simon Delestre Romain Duguet Carlos Enrique Lopez Lizarazo ° (not started) Holger Wulschner (cancellation) Marcus Ehning Max Kühner Sergio Álvarez Moya Nicola Philippaerts Olivier Robert Markus Brinkmann Maikel van der Vleuten Martin Fuchs
Special starting place for participants from the host country	1	Not applicable as US riders are qualified for the World Cup finals
World Cup winner 2015/2016	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

World Cup Finals

Wednesday (March 29) was used to familiarize the horses with the hall. After the dressage riders were allowed to practice in the hall from 9:30 a.m., a voluntary training course was set up for the show jumpers. This could be used for 90 seconds per horse.

1st partial examination

One day later, the show jumping World Cup finals got off to a real start: The first partial test was held on Thursday evening (March 30th). Here the riders competed in a time jumping test . The result was then, as explained in the article FEI World Cup Show Jumping , converted into points.

Two riders managed to cross the finish line in less than 60 seconds without any mistakes: The winners of the last World Cup qualification in the Western European League in Gothenburg, Henrik von Eckermann and Mary Lou and McLain Ward, who won this first partial test with the 11-year-old mare Azur . The start of this World Cup final went perfectly from a Swiss point of view: the three Swiss show jumpers who competed in Omaha all finished the first partial test in the best seven places. For Austria, however, the World Cup final was already over here: Max Kühner 's gelding Cornet Kalua climbed the fourth obstacle, Kühner retired. The United States also lost two of their starters: Audrey Coulter supported, Karl Cook refrained from continuing the course during his ride.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	time	Points (overall rating)
1	McLain Ward	Azure	59.27 s + 0 penalty seconds = 59.27	38
2	Henrik von Eckermann	Mary Lou	59.58 s + 0 penalty seconds = 59.58	36
3	Steve Guerdat	Bianca	60.06 s + 0 penalty seconds = 60.06	35
4th	Gregory Wathelet	Forlap	60.36 s + 0 penalty seconds = 60.36	34
5	Leopold van Asten	Zidane	60.71 s + 0 penalty seconds = 60.71	33
6th	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	60.88 s + 0 penalty seconds = 60.88	32
7th	Martin Fuchs	Clooney	61.37 s + 0 penalty seconds = 61.37	31
8th	Sergio Alvarez Moya	Arrayan	62.05 s + 0 penalty seconds = 62.05	30th
9	Guido Klatte jun.	Qinghai	62.17 s + 0 penalty seconds = 62.17	29
10	Simon Delestre	Chadino	63.24 s + 0 penalty seconds = 63.24	28

(best 10 of 37 participants)

2nd partial examination

The second partial final exam followed the very next day. This was a jumping competition with one jump-off . The Frenchman Olivier Robert had already withdrawn his start before this test, and due to an injury in his mare Quenelle du Py he also refrained from further starts. The remaining 33 riders had to master a demanding, precisely manageable course. After half of the participants, none of the participants had managed to remain without mistakes, riders with a time penalty were in the lead. As the first rider after the break, Marcus Ehning with Pret A Tout managed to achieve a faultless lap, his time of 69.78 seconds was one of the fastest of the entire first lap. Seven riders later, it was the best German rider of the first partial test, Guido Klatte jun., Who also managed a clear round and thus also required a jump-off. Of the eight riders that followed, half also made it into the jump-off.

In the jump-off, the German riders were not lucky: Marcus Ehning was the first rider to try well, but made two obstacle errors. Guido Klatte had a refusal with Qinghai , with the resulting time penalty points he also got eight penalty points. Romain Duguet and Martin Fuchs stayed at the top of the overall World Cup ranking with third and fourth places, as did Gregory Wathelet. Wathelet competed here with Forlap , whom he had ridden until 2014, meanwhile belonged to Oleksandr Onyshchenko and has now been ridden by Gregory Wathelet again since the end of 2016. But victory again went to McLain Ward and Azur , who had three penalty points ahead of Wathelet in the interim standings.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		Points (overall rating)
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	McLain Ward	Azure	0	-	0	36.87	38
2	Gregory Wathelet	Forlap	0	-	0	39.39	36
3	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	0	-	0	40.46	35
4th	Martin Fuchs	Clooney	0	-	0	44.01	34
5	Marcus Ehning	Pret A Tout	0	-	8th	39.56	33
6th	Guido Klatte jun.	Qinghai	0	-	8th	51.38	32
7th	Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	1	73.95			31
8th	Lorenzo de Luca	Ensor de Litrange LXII	1	74.57			30th
9	Keean White	For Freedom Z	1	75.22			29
10	Denis Lynch	All star	1	75.44			28

(best 10 of 33 participants)

3rd partial examination

After there was no partial exam on the program on Saturday, the decision was made in the third partial exam on April 2, 2017 from 2 p.m. local time. This test was advertised as a jumping competition with two different rounds . She was not ridden against time, but an allowable time was provided.

In the first round of this partial test, there were still 26 riders at the start, after several riders (such as Ludger Beerbaum and Nicola Philippaerts) who were ranked with no prospect of a top placement in the intermediate result had withdrawn and instead competed in the Grand Prix. The course included a second obstacle, a light green / light blue wall that had not yet been used, and, as the last obstacle, a water ditch built over with a steep jump and approached from a slight left turn, where some riders received four penalty points.

The third partial test began with Christian Heineking's ride, for whom the World Cup final had not been very successful so far. He finished his first World Cup final with a good round with four penalty points. Like Markus Brinkmann, who received eight penalty points in this round, he was no longer one of the top 20 riders who were allowed to compete in the second round of this partial test. The second best German participant so far, Marcus Ehning, was not lucky in this round, with Pret A Tout he made two obstacle errors here.

The second, completely differently designed course was manageable for the remaining 20 riders with their horses, although again built to the maximum size. Only two pairs had more than one jumping fault here. In the overall standings due to the results of the previous days with no chance of victory, Lorenzo de Luca and Kevin Staut with their horses made no mistakes on this last day in both laps and were thus among the winners of this partial test. Steve Guerdat, winner of the World Cup finals in 2015 and 2016, went into the second round as the eighth last starter. After he had to accept four penalty points in the first lap with his 11-year-old mare Bianca , he was now without mistakes. The situation was similar for Guido Klatte and Martin Fuchs, who were able to keep their seventh and fifth place respectively after an obstacle error in the first lap with faultless rides in the second lap. Henrik von Eckermann, fourth from last, stayed in the top of the overall ranking with another clear round with his mare Mary Lou .

On this last day, Gregory Wathelet was unlucky, who with Forlap was still in second place after the second sub-test, but received four penalty points in both the first and second rounds of the third sub-test. Due to his mistake in the second round, four riders, including Klatte and Fuchs, each moved up one place in the final ranking. Romain Duguet started the second round as the penultimate rider, and with his ten-year-old mare Twentytwo des Biches he made no mistakes, which brought him second place. But the victory clearly went to McLain Ward, who with his bay mare Azur had clearly dominated the tournament with four clear rounds and the (co-) victory in all three partial tests.

Result:

	equestrian	horse	Penalty points
			1st round	2nd round	total
1	Lorenzo de Luca	Ensor de Litrange LXII	0	0	0
	Kevin Staut	Reveur de Hurtebise	0	0	0
	Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	0	0	0
	Sergio Álvarez Moya	Arrayan	0	0	0
	Henrik von Eckermann	Mary Lou	0	0	0
	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	0	0	0
	McLain Ward	Azure	0	0	0
8th	Steve Guerdat	Bianca	4th	0	4th
	Guido Klatte jun.	Qinghai	4th	0	4th
	Martin Fuchs	Clooney	4th	0	4th

(best 10 of 26 participants)

Final score

	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	McLain Ward	Azure	38	38	76	0	0	0	0
2	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	32	35	67	4th	0	0	4th
3	Henrik von Eckermann	Mary Lou	36	23	59	8th	0	0	8th
4th	Martin Fuchs	Clooney	31	34	65	5	4th	0 (56.28 s)	9 (56.28 s)
5	Sergio Álvarez Moya	Arrayan	30th	27	57	9	0	0 (56.81 s)	9 (56.81 s)
6th	Guido Klatte jun.	Qinghai	29	32	61	7th	4th	0 (56.32 s)	11 (56.32 s)
7th	Gregory Wathelet	Forlap	34	36	70	3	4th	4 (56.91 s)	11 (56.91 s)
8th	Steve Guerdat	Bianca	35	25th	60	8th	4th	0 (54.18 s)	12 (54.18 s)
9	Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	21st	31	52	12	0	0 (57.32 s)	12 (57.32 s)
10	Lorenzo de Luca	Ensor de Litrange LXII	14th	30th	44	16	0	0 (56.84 s)	16 (56.84 s)
11	Kevin Staut	Reveur de Hurtebise	26th	18th	44	16	0	0 (58.37 s)	16 (58.37 s)
12	Marcus Ehning	Pret A Tout	22nd	33	55	10	8th	0	18th
13	Leopold van Asten	Zidane	33	19th	52	12	0	8th	20th
14th	Simon Delestre	Chadino	28	17th	45	15th	0	8 (58.39 s)	23 (58.39 s)
15th	Laura herb	ceremony	23	24	47	14th	9	0 (59.32 s)	23 (59.32 s)
16	Charlie Jacobs	Cassinja S.	24	20th	44	16	4th	4 (54.43 s)	24 (54.43 s)
17th	Denis Lynch	All star	17th	28	45	15th	4th	5 (60.21 s)	24 (60.21 s)
18th	Christopher Surbey	Chalacorada	15th	22nd	37	19th	4th	4th	27
19th	Eric Navet	Catypso	10	26th	36	20th	5	4th	29
20th	Keean White	For Freedom Z	11	29	40	18th	9	4th	31
21st	Gabor Szabó jun.	Bolcsesz	20th	13	33	21st	8th		(29)
22nd	Markus Brinkmann	Dylon	19th	11	30th	23	8th		(31)
23	Ali bin Chalid Al Thani	Carolina	25th	16	41	17th	16		(33)
	Christian Heineking	Caruso	8th	9	59	29	4th		(33)
25th	Todd Minikus	Babalou	6th	21st	27	24	12		(36)
26th	Pure pill	A brok	9	14th	23	26th	12		(28)
27	Nicola Philippaerts	Harley van den Bisschop	27	15th	42	17th
28	Ludger Beerbaum	Chiara	16	13	29	23
29	Jamie Barge	Luebbo	7th	8th	15th	30th
30th	Jenni McAllister	Touch the sun	4th	10	14th	31
31	Martín Rodríguez Vanni	Liborius	5	7th	12	32
32	Nayel Nassar	Lordan	18th	UP
33	Dawid Kubiak	Bagazza M	12	DISQ
34	Olivier Robert	Quenelle du Py	13	N.GES.
35	Audrey Coulter	Capital Colnardo	OUT
	Max Kühner	Cornet Kalua	OUT
37	Karl Cook	Tembla	UP

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

Further exams

In addition to a dressage show on Friday afternoon and a natural horsemanship demonstration on Saturday morning, the Omaha supporting program also included the show jumping Grand Prix on Saturday evening.

This competition, the International Omaha Jumping Grand Prix , was a jumping competition with two rounds with obstacles up to 1.55 meters high; this was therefore less demanding than the partial tests of the World Cup finals. The prize money for this test, in which only 14 riders competed with their horses, was 130,000 euros. Two riders managed to stay without mistakes in both rounds: Lorenzo de Luca, who was the only rider from Europe who had brought two horses to Omaha and secured second place with the gray gelding Limestone Gray , who had not yet been used here , and (in second lap over a second faster) Nicola Philippaerts. The Belgian won the test with Harley van den Bisschop . Ludger Beerbaum achieved the fastest lap in the second lap, four penalty points let him finish the test in third place.

Result The International Omaha Jumping Grand Prix:

	equestrian	horse	1st round		2nd round
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Nicola Philippaerts	Harley van den Bisschop	0	-	0	38.65
2	Lorenzo de Luca	Limestone Gray	0	-	0	39.77
3	Ludger Beerbaum	Chiara	0	-	4th	38.17
4th	Karl Cook	Tembla	0	-	4th	38.95
5	Christian Heineking	Calango	4th	-	4th	41.16

(best 5 of 14 participants)

Web links

• Website of the World Cup finals in Omaha (English)
• Schedule and results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Omaha Equestrian Foundation , accessed March 19, 2017
2. ↑ FEI tournament calendar
3. ↑ Winner 2012 to 2015 on the International Omaha website
4. ^ Result of the Grand Prix of Omaha 2016
5. ↑ On the way to Omaha - with Kevin Staut , worldofshowjumping.com, March 24, 2017, accessed April 2, 2017
6. ↑ World Cup finals 2017: Best conditions for the horses in Omaha , Jan Tönjes / St. Georg, March 30, 2017, accessed on April 2, 2017
7. ↑ Weihes Weltcup-Wonne , dressursport-deutschland.de, April 1, 2017
8. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup finals 2017: Third triumph for Isabell Werth , Jan Tönjes / St. Georg, April 2, 2017
9. ↑ Fabienne Lütkemeier waives the World Cup finals , Reiter Revue International , March 14, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2017
10. ↑ No World Cup finals for Hans Peter Minderhoud , St. Georg, March 24, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2017
11. ↑ Colic at Unee - no World Cup finals , St. Georg, March 25, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2017
12. ↑ Rankings of the World Cup dressage, season 2016/2017 ( Memento from March 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ Master List (participants) World Cup Final Dressage, Omaha 2017 ( Memento from March 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ Maria Florencia Manfredi becomes first Argentine to win dressage World Cup Final start , dressage-news.com, March 1, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2017
15. ↑ João Victor Marcari Oliva é Brasil na FEI World Cup Dressage Finals , porforadaspistas.com.br, March 7, 2017, accessed on March 27, 2017
16. ^ Result Grand Prix, World Cup final dressage riding Omaha 2017
17. ↑ World Cup Final 2017: Over 82 percent in the Grand Prix for Isabell Werth and Weihegold , Jan Tönjes / St. Georg, March 31, 2017, accessed on April 1, 2017
18. ↑ ^{a b c} Schedule and results World Cup Final Omaha 2017
19. ↑ World Cup victory for outstanding Isabell Werth , Florian Brauchli / Horse Week, April 2, 2017
20. ↑ May Tofte Olesen Skips Den Bosch, but Hopes for Omaha , eurodressage.com, March 9, 2017, accessed on April 2, 2017
21. ^ Magnificent Judy Reynolds and Vancouver K take historic fourth place for Ireland in World Cup Dressage Final , Horsesport Ireland, April 2, 2017
22. ^ Result Grand Prix Freestyle, World Cup Final Omaha 2017
23. ↑ Stellar Lineup of Riders Set For FEI World Cup ™ Dressage Final Omaha 2017 , omahaworldcup2017.com, March 16, 2017, accessed April 2, 2017
24. ↑ Ranking of the world cup jumping competitions, season 2016/2017 , fei.org
25. ↑ Definite Entries Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping Final 2017 - Omaha
26. ↑ Brilliant speed victory for McLain Ward in the opening jump of the World Cup final - bitter disappointment for Max Kühner , eqwo.net, March 31, 2017, accessed on April 2, 2017
27. ^ Result show jumping, 1st partial test World Cup finals
28. ↑ Overall ranking of the World Cup final show jumping, intermediate result after the 1st partial test
29. ↑ Second victory for McLain Ward and Azur at the World Cup finals , eqwo.net, April 1, 2017
30. ↑ Result show jumping, 2nd partial test World Cup finals
31. ↑ ^{a b} Total ranking of the World Cup final show jumping, intermediate result after the 2nd partial test
32. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup Show Jumping 2017 in the FEI tournament calendar
33. ↑ World Cup Final 2017: McLain Ward wins confidently, Guido Klatte sixth , Jan Tönjes / St. Georg, April 2, 2017
34. ↑ Result show jumping, 3rd partial test of the World Cup finals
35. ↑ World Cup final show jumping: final result
36. ↑ Show jumping: Result The International Omaha Jumping Grand Prix