Netherlands Wins Nations Cup, Sweden Second, USA Third

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Edward Gal on Glock’s Zonik winners of the Grand Prix Freestyle that clinched the Nations Cup for the Netherlands. © 2018 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 23, 2018–The Netherlands captured the Nations Cup with Sweden second and USA third, after Edward Gal on Glock’s  Zonik won the Grand Prix Freestyle in a complicated new format implemented after the Americans won this event in 2017.

Rotterdam was the fourth of seven Nations Cup competitions spanning the Atlantic and and the home team led from the first round of the Grand Prix. Sweden tied it up after the Grand Prix Special but Edward Gal put the Netherlands on the medals podium.

Sweden maintained the lead they built in the two previous Nations Cup events in Uggerhalne, Denmark and Compiègne, France.

For the United States, it was the first of three European shows–Leudelange, Luxembourg and Aaachen, Germany are the other two next month–in which eight combinations on the Elite list are vying to go to the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina in September. (see separate story)

The format and organization of the event was confusing to most spectators, the media and even many officials. The organizers admitted at the final news conference it was impossible follow the placings of the seven counyries participating here until the final outcome–and the Grand Prix Special and Freestyle were split into different groups and competed in different arernas.

Final standings of Rotterdam were 1. Netherlands 20; 2. Sweden 21; 3. USA 30; 4. Germany 65; 5. France 69; 6. Great Britain 89; 7. Belgium 93.  The results kept Sweden, the defending titleholder, at the top of the series with 40 points, Netherlands 2nd on 35, Denmark 3rd on 23, USA 4th on 21 and Great Britain 5th on 15.

Results:

Nations Cup Grand Prix Freestyle

RANK HNR COMPETITOR NATION E H C M B TOTAL

Placed competitors

1. 256 Glock’s Zonik N.O.P. Edward Gal NED  Tech.:  76.000 % 80.250 % 76.500 % 76.000 % 77.000 % 80.075 %
7.000,00 EUR
bay / 10y. / S / DWB / Blue Hors Zack / Romanov / 104AW69 / GLOCK HPC Holding B.V.  Art.:  79.000 % 85.000 % 83.000 % 85.000 % 83.000 %
 Total  77.500 %
(1)
82.625 %
(1)
79.750 %
(1)
80.500 %
(1)
80.000 %
(1)
2. 232 Well Done de la Roche CMF Patrik Kittel SWE  Tech.:  72.500 % 75.500 % 74.750 % 74.000 % 74.250 % 77.500 %
5.000,00 EUR
bay / 10y. / M / CH / FURSTENTRAUM (Bayerischt warmb / Walt Disney / 104ZW30 / Mmes Françoise TREMBLEY -Brigitte B  Art.:  80.000 % 81.000 % 80.000 % 81.000 % 82.000 %
 Total  76.250 %
(4)
78.250 %
(4)
77.375 %
(3)
77.500 %
(4)
78.125 %
(2)
3. 263 Rosamunde Steffen Peters USA  Tech.:  75.500 % 78.000 % 72.250 % 74.250 % 74.750 % 77.135 %
3.000,00 EUR
bay / 11y. / M / RHLD / Rock Forever / Fidermark / 103MZ45 / Four Winds Farm  Art.:  78.000 % 79.600 % 79.000 % 80.000 % 80.000 %
 Total  76.750 %
(2)
78.800 %
(2)
75.625 %
(5)
77.125 %
(5)
77.375 %
(3)
4. 262 Goerklintgaards Dublet Kasey Perry-Glass USA  Tech.:  74.500 % 77.000 % 75.250 % 76.500 % 72.750 % 77.060 %
2.000,00 EUR
bay / 15y. / G / DWB / Diamond Hit / Ferro / 103NW13 / Diane Perry  Art.:  79.000 % 79.600 % 80.000 % 79.000 % 77.000 %
 Total  76.750 %
(2)
78.300 %
(3)
77.625 %
(2)
77.750 %
(3)
74.875 %
(5)
5. 270 Paridon Magi Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven SWE  Tech.:  71.250 % 72.750 % 70.750 % 76.000 % 71.750 % 75.350 %
1.250,00 EUR
bay / 15y. / G / SWB / Don Primero / Napoleon 625 / 102QX23 / Lövsta Stuteri AB  Art.:  77.000 % 78.000 % 77.000 % 83.000 % 76.000 %
 Total  74.125 %
(5)
75.375 %
(6)
73.875 %
(8)
79.500 %
(2)
73.875 %
(7)
6. 272 Cennin Madeleine Witte-Vrees NED  Tech.:  72.250 % 74.250 % 72.250 % 72.500 % 71.500 % 74.915 %
1.250,00 EUR
chest / 11y. / S / KWPN / Vivaldi / Donnerhall / 104MY84 / N.F. Witte & J.E.J. Cuppen  Art.:  75.400 % 79.000 % 76.000 % 77.000 % 79.000 %
 Total  73.825 %
(6)
76.625 %
(5)
74.125 %
(7)
74.750 %
(6)
75.250 %
(4)
7. 271 Duke of Britain Frederic Wandres GER  Tech.:  70.000 % 71.750 % 73.500 % 72.250 % 72.250 % 73.655 %
1.250,00 EUR
chest / 11y. / G / HANN / Dimaggio / Rubinstein / 103LO51 / Hof Kasselmann GmbH & Co.KG  Art.:  72.000 % 75.600 % 78.000 % 75.200 % 76.000 %
 Total  71.000 %
(8)
73.675 %
(7)
75.750 %
(4)
73.725 %
(7)
74.125 %
(6)
8. 274 San Royal Kathleen Keller GER  Tech.:  69.500 % 70.500 % 71.750 % 71.750 % 68.750 % 72.725 %
1.250,00 EUR
dbay / 11y. / G / OLDBG / San Remo / Grad Royal / 105AI49 / Stall Keller GmbH&Co.KG  Art.:  75.000 % 74.000 % 78.000 % 74.000 % 74.000 %
 Total  72.250 %
(7)
72.250 %
(8)
74.875 %
(6)
72.875 %
(8)
71.375 %
(8)

Nations Cup Grand Prix Special

Judges-E: Mariette Sanders-van Gansewinkel-NED H: Susan Hoevenaars-AUS C: Peter Holler-GER M: Andrew Gardner-GBR B: Maria Colliander-FIN
RANK HNR COMPETITOR NATION E H C M B TOTAL

Placed competitors

1. 261 Dante Weltino Old Therese Nilshagen SWE 75.426 % 75.532 % 71.596 % 73.617 % 74.574 % 74.149 %
7.000,00 EUR
black / 11y. / S / OLDBG / Danone 4 / Welt Hit II / 104VX30 / Dressurpferde Leistungsz + T. Nilsh (1.) (1.) (5.) (2.) (1.)
2. 260 Glock’s Dream Boy Hans Peter Minderhoud NED 75.319 % 73.723 % 72.979 % 73.617 % 73.511 % 73.830 %
5.000,00 EUR
black / 10y. / KWPN / Vivaldi / Ferro / 104BI66 / GLOCK HPC Holding BV & Palmar BV & (2.) (3.) (2.) (2.) (3.)
3. 264 Buriel K.H. Juliette Ramel SWE 73.085 % 73.830 % 73.830 % 76.596 % 70.638 % 73.596 %
3.000,00 EUR
dbay / 12y. / G / KWPN / Osmium / Krack C / 104EF70 / La Pomme HB (4.) (2.) (1.) (1.) (5.)
4. 266 Apache Emmelie Scholtens NED 72.553 % 71.489 % 72.234 % 73.191 % 72.021 % 72.298 %
2.000,00 EUR
bay / 13y. / S / KWPN / Ub-40 / Krack C / 103TQ51 / A. Valk (5.) (5.) (3.) (4.) (4.)
5. 259 Salvino Adrienne Lyle USA 73.511 % 71.277 % 70.426 % 70.745 % 73.617 % 71.915 %
1.250,00 EUR
bay / 11y. / S / HANN / Sandro Hit / Donnerhall / 103LR77 / Betsy Juliano Llc (3.) (6.) (7.) (7.) (2.)
6. 258 Lonoir Olivia Lagoy-Weltz USA 71.596 % 72.766 % 71.702 % 71.596 % 68.404 % 71.213 %
1.250,00 EUR
bay / 14y. / G / DWB / De Noir 3 / Loran / 104DY74 / Olivia Lagoy-Weltz (6.) (4.) (4.) (5.) (7.)
7. 250 Heuberger TSF Anabel Balkenhol GER 70.851 % 70.851 % 71.064 % 71.064 % 70.213 % 70.809 %
1.250,00 EUR
dbay / 11y. / S / TRAK / Imperio 3 / Michelangelo / 104OM88 / Gestüt Webelsgrund Erdsiek KG (7.) (7.) (6.) (6.) (6.)