Denmark starts off World Cup dressage series
Dutch passenger Adelinde Cornelissen in addition to her keen gelding Parzival volition confront rigid opposition from closed to large names inwards dressage inwards this weekend’s opening leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage serial at Odense, Denmark.
The collection of early on points on the route to the serial terminal that volition own got house inwards Gothenburg, Sweden side past times side April, is e'er desirable. And spell defending champion Cornelissen needs solely to present that both she in addition to her bright-chestnut are inwards competitive form, the partnership that claimed private silverish at this summer’s London Olympic Games volition for certain live the ones to beat.
Helen Langehanenberg (GER) was runner-up at the 2011/2012 terminal inwards ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, lastly April. And Ground Jury President, Ghislain Fouarge, said that solar daytime that it was a really closed telephone outcry upward betwixt the German linguistic communication passenger who stood 2d in addition to the winner, Cornelissen, whose aeroplane of difficulty inwards the programme of movements selected for her Freestyle exam gave her the advantage. Langehanenberg is also scheduled to delineate of piece of occupation out at this weekend’s season-opener inwards which riders compete inwards a preliminary Grand Prix to attain upward one's heed the monastic say of larn for the next day’s Freestyle which stands lone inwards deciding the halt result.
For many years the queen of Freestyle was The Netherlands’ Anky van Grunsven who, with nine World Cup wins over a 13-year menses upward to 2008, holds an extraordinary in addition to unchallenged record. Starting with Bonfire, the lastly of her victories was celebrated on domicile soil at ‘s-Hertogenbosch inwards 2008 with Salinero who went on to own got Olympic gilded subsequently that summer. This summer, Salinero in addition to Van Grunsven competed together for the really lastly fourth dimension before the stallion was retired at the halt of the London Olympic Games inwards Greenwich Park. And it was an emotional sense for the 42-year-old passenger who, inwards yet closed to other of her many record-breaking career moments, had collected her 9th Olympic medal 2 days before when business office of the bronze-medal-winning Dutch team.
The Dutch stay a powerful force, the most recent of Cornelissen’s victories bringing their tally to 12 World Cup titles since the first, achieved past times Anne-Grethe Jensen in addition to Marzog, at the first terminal inwards ‘s-Hertogenbosch dorsum inwards 1986. And many of the novel moving ridge of German linguistic communication riders own got adapted with surprising rest to the latest demands of the judging experts who are all the same looking for ability in addition to aspect inwards the horses, but as balanced with lightness, liberty of induce in addition to a softer carriage.
None own got demonstrated these attributes improve than the British, who own got been inwards sparkling shape since rise to novel heights at the FEI European Dressage Championships inwards Rotterdam lastly year. Their star performers didn’t own got on Cornelissen at the World Cup terminal lastly April, but with record-breaking achievements of their ain they arrived inwards London for the Olympic Games total of promise in addition to determination, in addition to they swept around all before them.
When the World Cup dressage serial arrives inwards the British uppercase urban inwardness inwards Dec for the 5th of the 8 qualifying rounds inwards the Western European League season, in that location volition live explosive excitement if novel Olympic private champion, Charlotte Dujardin, in addition to her gold-medal-winning British team-mates Carl Hester in addition to Laura Bechtolsheimer are inwards action. At 26 years of age, Dujardin demonstrates the cardinal elements of softness in addition to forrard riding the judges are looking for, raising the bar for everyone else. She took over the No. 1 location inwards the World Rankings lastly calendar month from Cornelissen, who currently lies 2d ahead of Langehanenberg inwards third.
But before all that the novel Western European flavor volition follow the opener at Odense with legs at Lyon inwards France, Stuttgart inwards Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany in addition to Stockholm inwards Sweden. After the Olympia Christmas present inwards London in that location volition live only 3 farther chances to brand the cutting to the terminal – inwards Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Neumunster inwards Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany in addition to ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Also vying for a house inwards Gothenburg side past times side jump are competitors from the Central European, North American in addition to Asian/Pacific Leagues. Such is the spread of this sport, in addition to the expertise of those competing inwards it, that riders from as far afield as Commonwealth of Australia own got travelled their horses correct across the globe to own got their house with the stars.
Danish Olympians Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein in addition to Anna Kasprzaks volition live with those flight the host-nation flag side past times side weekend, spell lastly year’s Odense winners, Hans-Peter Minderhoud in addition to Tango, volition brand a welcome supply along with Dutch counterparts Edward Gal in addition to Blue Hors Romanov.
It volition live something of an Olympic reunion for many of the riders, including Swedish squad members Tinne Vilhelmson, Minna Telde in addition to Rose Mathisen.
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