Preview: World Cup dressage final
With the sport of Dressage enjoying its highest popularity rating ever, at that spot are nifty expectations ahead of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final inward Gothenburg, Sweden adjacent week.
And the phase looks laid for a thrilling showdown betwixt roughly of this elegant equestrian discipline’s brightest stars.
For defending double-champions, Adelinde Cornelissen too her large chestnut gelding Jerich Parzival, it is fourth dimension to reclaim their house equally the most consistently dominant partnership on the indoor international circuit. They direct maintain been strongly challenged spell competing inward the Western European League qualifying serial over the wintertime months, but direct maintain taken it all inward their pace too may precisely demand to heighten their game a picayune inward lodge to move along their keenest opponents at bay.
In the aftermath of Cornelissen’s squad bronze too private silvery medal winning performances at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the determination to modify her floorplan too musical score was a large one. And, equally she pointed out after topping the in conclusion qualifier of the flavour at ‘s-Hertogenbosch inward Kingdom of the Netherlands in conclusion month, it takes fourth dimension to perfect a novel routine. But Parzival blends pure powerfulness amongst nifty agility, his trademark expertise inward pirouette inward detail is ever a delight, too when this duo is on vocal they are the toughest nuts to crack.
Cornelissen has too taken upwardly the challenge thrown downwards past times Stephen Clarke, President of the Ground Jury inward London, who said Parzival needs to demonstrate to a greater extent than lightness too self-carriage if the twosome are to improve their greatest rivals, Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin too Valegro who claimed private Olympic golden inward London. Many would direct maintain industrial plant life that proposition extremely daunting, equally riders prepare unique messaging systems amongst their horses downwards the years too it tin can move real hard to innovate major modify without causing confusion.
Adding to the grade of difficulty is the fact that Cornelissen too Parzival direct maintain been working together for such a real long time. They won their rootage senior championship at national bird dorsum inward 2004 too developed their means of working together roughly fourth dimension ago. So altering that agreement after hence many years is a formidable task, but the 33-year-old Dutch passenger is no shrinking purplish too has willingly, too courageously, laid out to arrive at hence amongst clearly evident results.
But at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, her Dutch colleague too 2010 World Cup Dressage champion Edward Gal sprang a large surprise. His partnership amongst the nifty stallion Totilas attracted a fresh generation of dressage fans spell breathing novel life too liberate energy before the horse’s sale inward 2010. But he turned on the manner amongst a fabulous functioning from Glock’s Undercover to complete a real closed minute to Cornelissen too the mighty Parzival. Gal was almost speechless afterwards, hardly daring to believe that he has industrial plant life himself roughly other dark Equus caballus amongst such star lineament too that he is finding shape precisely ahead of the World Cup Final.
One of the greatest secrets to success inward indoor dressage is the horse’s powerfulness to remain concentrated, too that is why Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg is a existent threat, peculiarly this yr after a super-strong string of performances over the wintertime months. Her stallion Damon Hill NRW precisely thrives on the electrical atmosphere of indoor venues and, different many of his rivals, is most probable to create his real best inward a pressure-cooker environment.
“He precisely loves the buzz of the crowds too he can’t teach plenty attention,” the 30-year-old passenger says, too that could pay dividends inward the intensity of the Scandinavium Arena adjacent week.
On hand of that, the twosome enjoyed back-to-back victories on the Western European League circuit before this yr too come upwardly to the serial finale inward the noesis that they direct maintain already beaten the defending champions after edging them out for the real rootage fourth dimension inward Amsterdam inward January.
“We all direct maintain hence many hopes too hence many dreams, but they don’t ever come upwardly true,” Langehanenberg said after her victory inward Neumunster, Deutschland inward February. “My dreams too aims direct maintain ever been clear, but I don’t permit them seat pressure level on myself or my horse. You precisely never know how it volition operate out. We remain focused too nosotros operate hard to accomplish our goals. I am precisely real happy that nosotros are succeeding correct now,” she said that day.
For all her stoicism, at that spot is an added feel that her fourth dimension has come upwardly to shine. She rootage rose to prominence during the 2010/2011 flavour too has blossomed into a super-star during the subsequent seasons of the Reem Acra serial which, equally she says, has been actually of import to her evolution equally a hand athlete. “It’s true, I direct maintain grown upwardly inward this series, it has helped me to move improve inward every way,” she says.
Of course of education riders from iv different leagues – Western European, Central European, North American too Pacific – direct maintain worked hard to earn their house amid the eighteen from 10 different nations who volition business out inward Gothenburg adjacent calendar week for the 28th annual season-closer. Each 1 of them too has their ain hopes too dreams too none to a greater extent than hence than the potent abode contingent that includes Patrik Kittel, Minna Telde too Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven. Sweden has claimed the FEI World Cup Dressage championship precisely in 1 lawsuit before, inward 1998 when Louise Nathhorst too Walk On Top reigned supreme inward Gothenburg.
A lady who tin can never move discounted is the multi-medalled Isabell Werth from Germany, who clinched the championship inward 2007 too who has been runner-up on numerous other occasions, spell Italy’s Valentina Truppa has enjoyed a nifty wintertime season. Denmark’s Anna Kasprzak was too inward sparkling form, too fellow-countrywoman Sidsel Johansen has earned herself an enormous next because of the joy she expresses inward her performances amongst her 14-year-old gelding Schianto. The sport is non all almost perfection, it is too almost personality too appeal, too the crowds precisely dearest this twosome who skipped their means into 1 of the coveted qualifying spots.
The history books present that the Dutch direct maintain dominated this series, due inward the principal to the extraordinary success of nine-time champion Anky Van Grunsven, whose advert volition ever move linked to the emergence of Freestyle equally the showcase of this continually progressive sport. It remains to move seen if Cornelissen tin can growth the overall Dutch success-rate to thirteen victories, or if Langehanenberg tin can select the High German tally to 8 wins instead.
The activity gets nether means amongst the Grand Prix adjacent Th ahead of Saturday’s Freestyle which volition select the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage 2012/2013 serial to a dramatic conclusion.
Facts too Figures
18 riders from 10 nations – Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden too Ukraine – volition compete at the final.
The Netherlands’ Adelinde Cornelissen too her chestnut gelding Jerich Parzival are seeking to register their 3rd successive serial title. Only fellow-countrywoman Anky Van Grunsven has succeeded inward recording a hat-trick before. She did it twice during her extraordinary career, rootage amongst Bonfire too afterward amongst Salinero, who was officially retired at their abode lawsuit inward ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Kingdom of the Netherlands in conclusion month.
Sweden’s Gustav Svalling is President of the Ground Jury too the remaining members of the judges’ panel are Andrew Gardner (GBR), Jean-Michel Roudier (FRA), Gotthilf Riexinger (GER), Elizabeth McMullan (CAN), Wojtek Markowski (POL) too Maria Colliander (FIN), spell Maja Stukelj (SLO) is the Foreign Technical Delegate.
This is the 28th flavour of the FEI World Cup Dressage series, too the 3rd flavour of sponsorship past times New York fashion designer Reem Acra.
The 18-strong start-list is made upwardly of xv lady riders too precisely iii men.
Of the eighteen horses that volition business out, thirteen are geldings too 5 are stallions.
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