World Cup dressage title to Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival
Defending champions Adelinde Cornelissen as well as Jerich Parzival clinched the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage championship for the 2d consecutive flavour when topping the Freestyle on domicile turf inwards ‘s-Hertogenbosch inwards Kingdom of the Netherlands lastly night.
But Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg actually pressured the dominant Dutch duo alongside a spectacular functioning that left them a unopen second, piece Italy’s Valentina Truppa was a huge hitting alongside the packed stadium of spectators when finishing tertiary alongside Ermo del Castegno.
As Ground Jury President, The Netherlands‘ Ghislain Fouarge, after confirmed, the flat of contest at the Brabanthalle was much improved inwards the decider. “The judges were a fleck disappointed after yesterday’s Grand Prix, as well as Adelinde was non at her best, but it was completely dissimilar today,” he said. H5N1 score of 86.250 clinched the championship for Cornelissen, who went 4th from lastly inwards the patch of xviii starters, as well as that position her simply over a unmarried signal ahead of runner-up Langehanenberg.
Australia’s Rachael Sanna as well as Jaybee Alabaster fix the measure alongside a score of 71.339 when showtime to go, but were at nowadays overtaken past times Finland’s Mikaela Lindh as well as Skovlunds Mas Guapo who position 71.696 on the board. For Poland’s Katarzyna Milczarek in that location was deep disappointment when Fourage stopped the exam to enjoin her that her Equus caballus had blood on his flank, as well as was thence eliminated. The Dutch estimate said afterwards that “it’s ever piteous to eliminate somebody, but no-one wants to encounter blood on the horse”.
Fourth to give-up the ghost was the USA’s Jan Ebeling who lifted the atmosphere in i lawsuit again alongside a crowd-pleasing functioning from Rafalca, but a grade of 69.875 would non challenge the leaders. Three horses later, Germany’s Isabell Werth as well as El Santo NRW surely did. It is xx years since the 42-year-old passenger won her showtime FEI World Cup Dressage title, which she followed alongside a 2d xv years later, as well as alongside her park flourish she made her entry into the arena as well as fix to move alongside conviction today.
This is a passenger who is never afraid to give it everything she’s got, as well as the lady who has 5 Olympic as well as 6 World Championship medals stashed inwards her trophy cabinet made best role of her David Bowie musical score to steer her massive bay gelding through unopen to powerful passage, extended trot as well as canter earlier finishing alongside a dramatic one-handed ride downward the centre-line. But this partnership has been struggling alongside piaffe for unopen to fourth dimension now, as well as in i lawsuit once again it permit them down, pinning their score simply nether the lxxx per cent describe at 79.964.
They remained out inwards front end after the pause until Langehanenberg turned the contest on its caput alongside a fabulous ride. Her 12-year-old stallion, Damon Hill, won the Western European League qualifier at Neumunster inwards Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany as well as was runner-up inwards Amsterdam on the route to this weekend’s seasonal finale, as well as the stunningly good-looking Equus caballus was on the push all the way, alongside lovely piaffe, passage as well as pirouette racking upward high scores for a rigid Pb alongside a grade of 85.214.
Werth, as well as Denmark’s Lone Joergensen, were the entirely ii riders to wear safety helmets instead of top hats inwards the final.
Judge at C Fouarge said afterwards, “Helen is a really elegant passenger as well as tin easily vanquish Adelinde at the 2d if everything goes OK,” as well as Cornelissen admitted that, having seen the High German rider’s performance, she realised she had to heighten her game. But she thanked her challenger for putting her nether pressure. “I knew I had to actually sharpen him (Jerich Parzival) up,” she said. And a “sharpened up” version of her extraordinary chestnut gelding is a formidable sight at the best of times.
With consummate rest the couplet began their floor-plan as well as it was clear their score would live correct upward in that location equally the Equus caballus drummed out the amazing passage as well as piaffe that stimulate got give-up the ghost his trademark to the vanquish of his at nowadays really familiar musical score. There was a tiny fleck of indecision at the really end, but equally Cornelissen explained afterwards, the Equus caballus took matters into his ain hands – or hooves inwards his case. “After the piaffe/pirouette I was doubting a bit, so Parzival said what produce you lot desire me to to do? Make upward your mind! – so he decided!” And equally the judges awarded them 86.250 they surpassed Langehanenberg as well as position the consequence beyond doubt.
But the excitement wasn’t quite over yet. As exhibit organiser Frank Kempermann pointed out later, the Brabanthalle was packed to capacity alongside 9500 people who were enjoying every 2d of the Freestyle action. And, lastly to go, Italy’s Valentina Truppa as well as Eremo del Castegno brought the contest to a perfect conclusion alongside a exam so total of life that the spectators roared alongside please equally she saluted the judges for the lastly time.
As Truppa said afterwards, “people were singing to unopen to of the songs – this type of music is happy as well as practiced for the populace – it’s a combination of an Italian rider, an Italian Equus caballus as well as Italian music!”, as well as they could hardly stimulate got brought the lastly to a amend conclusion equally Truppa became the tertiary passenger to score inwards a higher house lxxx percent, putting 81.232 on the board for tertiary place. Talking close the uniform she wears, Truppa said: “it is the uniform of the Carabinieri which is a gendarmerie, in that location is a sports squad as well as I am a fellow member of the dressage squad … in that location are also riders inwards eventing as well as dressage”.
The judging panel comprised: At K, Stephen Clarke (GBR); E, Susie Hoevenaars (AUS); H, Leif Tornblad (DEN); C, Ghislain Fouarge NED) President; M, Katrina Wuest (GER); B, Isabelle Judet (FRA); as well as at F, Gary Rockwell (USA).
Reflecting on the performances of the top-three riders, Ghislain Fouarge said they all “did a top job, but alongside really dissimilar performances”, adding that, inwards his opinion, Langehanenberg could threaten Cornelissen fifty-fifty to a greater extent than if she increased the grade of technical difficulty inwards her test. “It should live higher,” he said. “Adelinde’s grade of difficulty is higher.”
But Cornelissen believes that Parzival has to a greater extent than improvement to come upward ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games inwards London. She intends to compete alongside him at the Dutch Championships inwards Hoofddorp as well as Rotterdam inwards grooming for that, but if Langehanenberg takes Fouarge’s advice so the High German may good give the novel double-champion a run for her coin inwards 3 months’ time.
But it was Cornelissen who had the fashion to tape the twelfth Dutch victory inwards the 27-year history of the FEI World Cup Dressage serial which at nowadays goes forrard into its tertiary twelvemonth of sponsorship past times New York fashion designer, Reem Acra, inwards 2012/2013.
Result:
1, Jerich Parzival (Adelinde Cornelissen) NED 86.250;
2, Damon Hill NRW (Helen Langehanenberg) GER 85.214;
3, Eremo del Castegno (Valentina Truppa) ITA 81.232;
4, El Santo NRW (Isabell Werth) GER 79.964;
5, Hiscox Artemis (Richard Davison) GBR 78.571;
6, Glock’s Tango (Hans Peter Minderhoud) NED 76.125;
7, Girasol (Nadine Capellmann) GER 75.625;
8, Toy Story (Patrik Kittel) SWE 75.482;
9, Don Auriello (Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven) SWE 74.393;
10, FBW de Vito (Lone Joergensen) DEN 73.589;
11, Krawall (Jenny Schreven) NED 73.464;
12, Dorina (Siril Helljesen) NOR 73.250;
13, Skovlunds Mas Guapo (Mikaela Lindh) FIN 71.696;
14, Jaybee Alabaster (Rachael Sanna) AUS 71.339;
15, Rafalca (Jan Ebeling) USA 69.875;
16, Come on III (Shawna Harding) USA 68.821;
17, Randon (Michal Rapcewicz) POL 65.804;
18, Edwador (Katarzyna Milczarek) POL Elim.
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