Helen has high hopes, but Edward has another dark horse
As the fate of the 2013 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage championship hangs inwards the residuum ahead of Sunday’s deciding Freestyle, the large enquiry on many lips is whether Helen Langehanenberg tin post away forestall double-champion Adelinde Cornelissen from making it a hat-trick of wins amongst Jerich Parzival.
Gone are the days of easily predicting the winning combination inwards this sport which has experienced an extraordinary transformation inwards recent years.
A decade agone the battle would live fought betwixt but a pair of red-hot contenders, amongst the relaxation trailing a long means behind. But rise standards of professionalism as well as horse-power receive got changed all that, every bit was demonstrated past times a host of super-competitive performances inwards Thursday’s Grand Prix.
Expectation was that Cornelissen would live closely pressed at this year’s lastly past times Langehanenberg who, every bit she says herself, has “grown up” over the lastly few seasons of the Reem Acra sponsored indoor series. She has sure enough honed her l skills to acquire a meaning threat to the defending champion’s supremacy cheers to roughly impressive results amongst her stallion Damon Hill NRW, as well as confirmed when she topped the Grand Prix spell the Dutch passenger had to settle for quaternary house when things didn’t dice according to plan.
But Cornelissen is non i to live easily dismissed. As Isabell Werth said on Friday, “Adelinde yesterday lost her spot every bit favourite to receive got the championship again, but it could withal alter tomorrow – nosotros volition receive got to expect as well as see!” The multi-medalled High German passenger also believes that Cornelissen’s Dutch compatriot, Edward Gal, could render the most powerful threat of all.
“Before it seemed this World Cup battle was betwixt Helen as well as Adelinde, but as well as then all of a precipitous Edward was actually skillful inwards Den Bosch at the lastly qualifier,” Werth said. “I intend straightaway he tin post away force them both tomorrow, as well as after that at that spot volition live 4 others fighting for their places betwixt quaternary as well as eighth,” she added. No doubt, Werth herself volition live inwards hot disceptation inwards that 2nd grouping amongst her ever-improving 12-year-old Don Johnson FRH.
At the direct house terminate of the game, all eyes volition live on Langehanenberg. She demonstrated supreme calmness as well as confidence on Th when securing victory despite the colossal force per unit of measurement area of existence get-go into the ring.
“I used to live nervous,” she said afterwards, “but I’ve learned to command that as well as non allow it command me anymore. As before long every bit I start to intend nearly the examination I set it out of my heed i time again as well as don’t allow it receive got me over. I’ve learned how to bargain amongst nerves, as well as it has paid off.”
And she added “Dame (Damon Hill NRW) is inwards actually swell form. It wasn’t tardily going inwards get-go yesterday, but he helped me thus much because when nosotros were coming upwards the tunnel to dice into the arena he was pulling me thus hard, similar he was proverb “come on! let’s brand it at that spot as well as create it Helen!”.
She has an payoff over many others inwards that her equestrian career has been all-embracing. She worked as well as trained amongst Ingrid Klimke during her teenage years, competing inwards jumping as well as eventing, earlier deciding to specialise inwards dressage, as well as believes this has paid dividends. “It taught me nearly residuum as well as feeling which are thus important,” she said. Her career actually took off when she was selected every bit reserve passenger for the High German dressage squad for the 2008 Olympic equestrian events inwards Hong Kong amongst the lovely mare Responsible.
“Then Dame came, as well as he is such a especial horse. Together nosotros made it to the World Cup Final 3 years agone as well as that was a really large stride forward,” she said And she couldn’t resist adding “its really exciting because Responsible as well as Dame receive got a infant together, born solely lastly Monday!”
According to the rules of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final, all participants who complete the Grand Prix amongst at to the lowest degree 58% qualify for the Grand Prix Freestyle, thus all 17 who competed on Th receive got made the cut.
The activity begins at 13.20 local fourth dimension when Canada’s Jaimey Irwin enters the arena amongst Lindor’s Finest as well as volition live brought to a closed past times the defending champions Cornelissen as well as Parzival at 16.15. It promises to live a thriller from start to finish.
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