Western European League 2014/2015 (dressage riding)

The Western European League of the FEI World Cup Dressage 2014/2015 (Reem Acra FEI World Cup ™ Dressage 2014-2015, Western European League) was the 30th season of the Western and Central European League of the FEI World Cup Dressage . The World Cup is the most important tournament series in the indoor season in the Western European League.

Course of the tournament series

Eight of the nine stations in the Western European League were identical to the 2013/2014 season. After a year break, Lyon was back, where the pre-season World Cup final took place in April 2014. All tournaments in which the Western European League took place are advertised as CDI . They were marked with the suffix -W (i.e. CDI-W) to identify them as World Cup tournaments.

The 2014/2015 season of the tournament series spanned the period from October 19, 2014 to March 14, 2015. The best nine riders in the Western European League as well as any additional participants (“extra competitors”) qualified for the 2015 World Cup final . The main sponsor of the Western European League and the World Cup finals was the fashion designer Reem Acra for the fifth time .

The World Cup tournaments each consisted of two dressage tests : First, all riders had to compete in a Grand Prix de Dressage . From this the best 15 horse-rider pairs qualified for the Grand Prix Freestyle . This was always the World Cup special test of the tournament.

media

The FEI broadcast the World Cup competitions of the Western European League for a fee via its Internet portal FEI TV. Some of the exams in the host country were broadcast on television or via an Internet livestream.

The exams

1st test: Odense

For years, the World Cup in Odense, Denmark, has been the prelude to the Western European League. The tournament, which ran over two weekends, took place from October 9th to 19th, 2014. The World Cup Freestyle was held on the afternoon of October 19th.

Edward Gal and Undercover clearly won with a lead of over four percent . Three starter pairs achieved a result of over 80 percent in the freestyle. The examination was endowed with 40,000 euros.

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Edward Gal	Undercover	88.625%	20th
2	Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	84.300%	17th
3	Isabell Werth	Don Johnson FRH	80.275%	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

2nd test: Lyon

A good six months after the World Cup final in Lyon , another world cup tournament was held in Lyon with the Equitá Lyon. The tournament took place in 2014 from October 29th to November 2nd at Eurexpo .

The World Cup Freestyle was held on Friday (October 31st) from 7.15pm. The decision about the victory was very close, Adelinde Cornelissen won with a lead of only 0.250 percent. On the basis of the results, there was also no agreement between the five judges as to whether the ride of Cornelissen, the freestyle of second-placed Fabienne Lütkemeier or even the ride of third-placed Ulla Salzgeber was the best of the evening. The freestyle examination in Lyon was endowed with € 40,000.

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Adelinde Cornelissen	Parzival	80.300%	20th
2	Fabienne Lütkemeier	D'Agostino FRH	80.050%	17th
3	Ulla Salzgeber	Herzruf's legacy	79.325%	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

3rd exam: Stuttgart

In 2014, at the Stuttgart German Masters tournament held in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle , a valuation test of the Western European Dressage League was held for the third time. The Stuttgart World Cup took place from November 19 to 23 in 2014.

In the Stuttgart Grand Prix Freestyle, two pairs achieved a result of over 80 percent, while nine starter pairs achieved over 75 percent. Fabienne Lütkemeier won with the chestnut gelding D'Agostino FRH .

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Fabienne Lütkemeier	D'Agostino FRH	80,600%	20th
2	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	80.375%	17th
3	Isabell Werth	Don Johnson FRH	79,500%	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

4th test: Stockholm

The second Scandinavian World Cup of the Western European League took place from November 28 to 30, 2014. The Sweden International Horse Show, which took place in the Friends Arena in Stockholm Province , formed the framework for the fourth stage of the Western European League.

In front of her home crowd, Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén and Don Auriello were the only riders to win with over 80 percent . Three other couples achieved a result of over 75 percent.

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	Don Auriello	80.875%	20th
2	Hans Peter Minderhoud	flirt	79.250%	17th
3	Minna Telde	Santana	76.550%	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

5th exam: London

Just before Christmas, the Olympia London International Horse Show took place in London from December 16-22, 2014 . In contrast to the other tournaments of the Western European League, the dressage World Cup competitions were held here on the first two days of the tournament (December 16 and 17). The World Cup freestyle concluded the tournament Tuesday.

Once again, Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro were the dominant couple in the World Cup competition. With a result of 94.300%, Dujardin again set a new world record for the Grand Prix Freestyle with this freestyle. Edward Gal and Undercover came in second with 83.550% , also with a very good result, but relatively behind .

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro	94.300%	-
2	Edward Gal	Undercover	83.550%	20th
3	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	80.725%	17th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

6. Exam: Amsterdam

The season of the Western European League started at the indoor equestrian tournament in Amsterdam , called Jumping Amsterdam, in 2015. The tournament took place from January 29th to February 1st, 2015, the Grand Prix Freestyle was held on the afternoon of January 31st.

The 2014 World Cup final winner, Charlotte Dujardin, used Amsterdam for her second start in the World Cup season and, as expected, won the World Cup freestyle with Valegro . While Dujardin achieved over 90 percent, as in London, two other starter pairs achieved over 80 percent in this freestyle test.

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro	93.900%	-
2	Danielle Heijkoop	Siro	82.375%	20th
3	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	80.900%	17th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

7. Exam: Neumünster

The second German stage of the Western European League took place as part of the VR Classics . The tournament, which was held in Neumünster , took place from February 12th to 15th, 2015 in the Holstenhallen .

The dressage world cup test was held on Sunday morning. Ulla Salzgeber won with her chestnut gelding Herzruf's Erbe by two percent . Fabienne Lütkemeier, who had won the Grand Prix the day before, came second with D'Agostino FRH . Eleven out of 15 starter pairs came to a result of over 75 percent.

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Ulla Salzgeber	Herzruf's legacy	82.775%	20th
2	Fabienne Lütkemeier	D'Agostino FRH	80.775%	17th
3	Isabell Werth	El Santo NRW	79.850%	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

8th test: Gothenburg

The eighth special stage of the Western European League was held as part of the Göteborg Horse Show . The Gothenburg World Cup took place from February 25th to March 1st, 2015 in the Scandinavium .

While places four to eleven in the Freestyle World Cup went to Swedish and Danish riders, German and Dutch riders came in first three places. As a year before, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and her dark brown stallion Unee BB were the only starter pair to win with over 80 percent .

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	81.650%	20th
2	Isabell Werth	El Santo NRW	79.900%	17th
3	Edward Gal	Voice	78.100%	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 11 participants)

9th test: 's-Hertogenbosch

In the 2014/2015 season, the Indoor Brabant tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands concluded the Western European League . The tournament was held from March 12th to 15th, 2015.

In the World Cup Freestyle held on Saturday afternoon, victory with 84.925 percent went to Edward Gal and Undercover . With this victory, Gal secured the top spot in the overall ranking of the Western European League. Two other starter pairs achieved a result of 80 percent in this freestyle.

	equestrian	horse	percent	scoring points
1	Edward Gal	Undercover	84.925%	20th
2	Isabell Werth	Don Johnson FRH	81.650%	17th
3	Hans Peter Minderhoud	flirt	80.425%	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 15 participants)

Overall rating

The overall ranking was used to determine which nine riders from the states in the Western European League qualify for the final. In addition, other riders from other countries could have qualified for the World Cup finals via the Western European League, provided they live in the Central / Western European League.

The riders were also able to collect points in the Central European League and in the North American League of the Dressage World Cup (see “others” in the table below). Charlotte Dujardin is pre-qualified as the World Cup winner of the preseason for the finals, so she could not collect any points this season.

	equestrian	Odense	Lyon	Stuttgart	Stockholm	London	Amsterdam	Neumunster	Gothenburg	's-Hertogen- Bosch	Further	scoring points
1	Edward Gal	20th	-	-	-	20th	-	-	15th	20th	-	75
2	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	-	-	17th	-	(17)	17th	-	20th	-	20th	74
3	Fabienne Lütkemeier	(7)	17th	20th	10	-	-	17th	-	(7)	-	64
	Isabell Werth	(15)	-	15th	-	-	(10)	15th	17th	17th	-	64
5	Danielle Heijkoop	-	13	12	-	15th	20th	-	-	-	-	60
6th	Hans Peter Minderhoud	(12)	(8th)	-	17th	-	13	13	-	15th	-	58
7th	Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	(11)	11	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	15th	49
8th	Ulla Salzgeber	13	15th	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	48
9	Sönke Rothenberger	(10)	-	11	13	12	11	-	-	(6)	-	47
10	Morgan Barbançon Mestre	(5)	(7)	-	-	9	-	10	-	12	11	42
11	Paulinda Friberg	(6)	-	-	9	-	-	9	12	9	-	39
12	Adelinde Cornelissen	17th	20th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37
	Marcela Krinke Susmelj	-	6th	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	17th	37
	Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	-	-	17th	37
15th	Malin Hamilton	-	-	-	(2)	-	-	5	9	-	22nd	36
	Patrick Kittel	-	12	-	11	-	-	-	13	-	-	36
	Terhi Stegars	-	-	10	-	7th	8th	11	-	(4)	-	36

Places one to 15

World Cup Finals

For the first time since 2009, the World Cup finals for dressage riders took place in Las Vegas . The final tournament, which also hosted the show jumping World Cup, was held from April 15 to 19, 2015.

Web links

• Internet presence of the Dressage World Cup (English)
• FEI tournament calendar
• Tournament calendar Western European League 2014/2015 (dressage riding)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the Odense 2014 World Cup
2. ↑ Result of the World Cup Freestyle in Lyon 2014
3. ↑ Results of the World Cup in Stuttgart 2014
4. ↑ Results of the Stockholm 2014 World Cup
5. ↑ Results and individual grades for the World Cup Freestyle London 2014
6. ↑ World Cup Freestyle Amsterdam 2015
7. ^ Result of the 2015 World Cup Freestyle in Neumünster
8. ↑ Result of the World Cup in Gothenburg 2015
9. ↑ Result of the World Cup in Gothenburg 2015
10. ↑ Final result of the overall ranking (pdf)