France kicks off dressage Nations Cup pilot
The Domain Equestre de Grands Pins, at Vidauban inwards the south-east of France, plays host to the opening leg of the much-anticipated commencement flavour for FEI Nations Cup Dressage on Friday.
Five countries volition plain teams for this CDIO3* contest which volition live followed past times iii farther events over the coming months. The CDIO5* fixtures at Rotterdam (NED) in addition to Aachen (GER) volition phase legs on twenty in addition to 27 June respectively, in addition to the serial volition pull to a closed at Hickstead CDIO3* (GBR) on sun 4 August.
The airplane pilot projection has been initiated inwards an attempt to assess the attractiveness of this type of lawsuit to organisers, athletes, National Federations, spectators, the media in addition to potential sponsors. If in that place is a positive evaluation at the determination of the 2013 season, in addition to so an official long-term serial may live created.
For this trial season, each FEI Nations Cup Dressage fixture must host either a Grand Prix or Grand Prix Freestyle contest inwards which the athletes tin earn points towards the FEI Nations Cup Dressage Ranking. It has been left to the present organisers to determine which contest they would prefer to run, in addition to spell Vidauban, Rotterdam in addition to Aachen direct maintain chosen to role the Grand Prix to determine the squad result, Hickstead has opted for the phenomenally pop Freestyle to Music which continues to pull increasing numbers of novel fans to the sport.
Each lawsuit is of equal standing, in addition to the best ii results for each land over the 4 events volition determine the overall result.
A minimum of 4 teams volition accept business office inwards each event, in addition to National Federations must direct maintain at to the lowest degree 4 athletes on the FEI World Rankings listing at fourth dimension of entry. There is no maximum boundary to the position out of FEI Nations Cup Dressage events inwards which athletes in addition to horses tin accept part, in addition to organisers direct maintain the correct to invite a express position out of additional dwelling household or unusual private competitors.
Prize coin for each lawsuit must live non less than €20,000 for the squad classification (in add-on to the touchstone prize coin for private classification) for CDIO 5*, €15,000 for CDIO 4* in addition to €10,000 for CDIO 3*. If a squad is eliminated it is non entitled to either prize coin nor FEI Nations Cup points.
A squad consists of a minimum of iii in addition to maximum of 4 athlete/horse combinations, in addition to although the British come upward to Vidauban with only iii inwards their side, this is a dry reason that has been buoyed upward past times superb results over the past times few seasons, including the spectacular performances of their squad in addition to private gold-medal-winning partnership of Charlotte Dujardin in addition to Valegro at the London 2012 Olympic Games lastly summer.
As elsewhere, the enthusiasm in addition to excitement surrounding the sport of dressage inwards UK of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland has never been greater, in addition to with exclusively the operate past times iii scores counting towards the lastly squad total, Kay Maxted (Privaldi), Sarah Milis (HP Frontier) in addition to Daniel Watson (Fideramber) volition live determined to brand every motility count.
The French side consists of Jacques Albeck (Collin 73), Claire Gosselin (Karamel de Lauture), Catherine Henriquet (Paradieszauber) in addition to Karen Tebar (Florentino 47), spell Kingdom of the Netherlands volition live represented past times Katja Gevers (Thriller), Danielle Heijkoop (Kingsley Siro), Stephanie Peters (Unlimited) in addition to Laurens van Lieren (Hexagon’s Welnetta). Elizabeth Eversfield-Koch (Rokoko N) volition wing the Swiss flag amongst Melanie Hofmann (GB Cazzago C), Gilles Ngovan (Solid Brown) in addition to Hans Staub (Warbeau).
But the Swedish squad looks specially strong, with star performers Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven, 3rd inwards the Grand Prix in addition to quaternary inwards the Freestyle at the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final 2013 on dwelling household turf lastly calendar month in addition to triumphant inwards both the Grand Prix in addition to Freestyle at Munich lastly weekend, in addition to Minna Telde, who finished 7th in addition to 10th in Gothenburg, heading upward the side. Vilhelmson-Silfven brings Divertimento to Vidauban, spell Telde rides Don Charly on a squad that likewise includes Caroline Darcourt (Paridon Magi) in addition to Jeanna Hogberg (Liza Minelli).
Trond Asmyr, FEI Director Dressage in addition to Para-Dressage says: “this novel FEI Nations Cup Dressage serial volition render National Federations with a fantastic chance to educate upward novel athletes for teams, in addition to offers many to a greater extent than riders a adventure to develop their sense in addition to skills. It is real exciting, in addition to a whole novel concept, to direct maintain squad dressage running throughout the summertime season, in addition to Hickstead volition introduce the commencement official squad contest inwards Freestyle, so volition live breaking novel ground.”
“We are testing dissimilar models to observe the means forrad for our sport in addition to to capitalise on the enormous popularity of the Freestyle inwards particular. We volition acquire a neat bargain over the coming months nearly the futurity of dressage equally a Nations Cup sport”.
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