Dressage-News

ODENSE, Denmark, Oct. 17–Anky van Grunsven and Salinero, the dominant partnership in World Cup competition in the 21st century, on Saturday claimed victory in the inaugural event of the 2009/2010 FEI World Cup West European League.

The Dutch pair scored 73.702 per cent to capture the Grand Prix at the JBK Horse Shows that is the first of the nine qualifying competitions leading to the Final in Holland next March. The Grand Prix Musical Freestyle will be held Sunday.

With two individual Olympic gold medals and four World Cup titles to their credit since 2004, Anky and Salinero were more than two percentage points ahead of compatriot Edward Gal and Sisther de Jeu who finished with 71.659 per cent while Germany’s Monica Theodorescu and Whisper were third on 71.404 per cent. They were the only three combinations to score above 70 per cent.

Anky said that despite her victory, “I had too many faults today because the horse lost its concentration. We had a good beginning, but during the extended trot he lost his focus and then we made more mistakes. Salinero needs two competitions before he is fully concentrated.”

Edward, the reigning European Champion on Moorlands Totilas, said that this was the first World Cup event for Sisther de Jeu.

“This is my first World Cup on that horse, and she was much more relaxed than yesterday,” he said.

FEI World Cup Grand Prix by Tailormade-horses.com International Dressage Competition – CDI-W Grand Prix (FEI-edition 2009) Saturday, 17th October 2009           *Arena Fyn*           Class:     6
Judge E: Kurt Christensen       (DEN) Judge H: Wim Ernes                     (NED) Judge C: Jean-Michel Roudier (FRA) Judge M: Gotthilf Riexinger   (GER) Judge B: Jacques van Daele     (BEL)
RESULT
RK CNR HORSE RIDER EUR E H C M B Total Perc. 1 16 SALINERO – HANN Gelding\dBay\1994\Salieri x Lungau\ Anky VAN GRUNSVEN (NED) 2,667.00 74.468 (1) 73.829 (1) 73.829 (1) 72.978 (1) 73.404 (1) 1732.00 73.702 2 15 SISTHER DE JEU – KWPN Mare\Bay\1999\Gribaldi x Amor\ Edward GAL (NED) 2,000.00 71.276 (3) 72.127 (2) 71.702 (2) 71.276 (2) 71.914 (3) 1684.00 71.659 3 9 WHISPER 128 – WÜRT Gelding\Ch.\1998\Welt Hit I O x Weltstar\ Monica THEODORESCU (GER) 1,334.00 72.127 (2) 70.425 (3) 70.638 (3) 71.063 (3) 72.766 (2) 1678.00 71.404 4 19 WATERMILL SCANDIC HBC – SWB Stallion\Ch.\1999\Solos Carex x Amiral\ Patrik KITTEL (SWE) 934.00 69.787 (4) 69.361 (4) 67.659 (6) 71.063 (3) 69.787 (5) 1634.00 69.532 5 14 NARTAN – KWPN Gelding\dBay\1995\Jazz x Le Faquin\ Jeannette HAAZEN (NED) 866.00 67.446 (7) 67.446 (7) 68.936 (4) 67.872 (7) 70.000 (4) 1606.00 68.340 6 8 TRIVIANT 2 – KWPN Gelding\Bay\2000\Olivi x Saluut\ Matthias Alexander RATH (GER) 800.00 68.085 (5) 67.659 (6) 68.297 (5) 67.021 (9) 68.085 (7) 1594.00 67.829 7 20 SOLOS CAREX – DWB Gelding\Bay\1993\Castro x Lagano\ Tinne VILHELMSON SILFVéN (SWE) 733.00 67.872 (6) 68.510 (5) 67.021 (8) 67.234 (8) 68.297 (6) 1593.00 67.787 8 13 EKWADOR – PW Stallion\Grey\2000\Heraldik x Corofino\ Katarzyna MILCZAREK (POL) 666.00 67.446 (7) 66.808 (9) 66.383 (11) 68.085 (6) 68.085 (7) 1583.00 67.361 9 5 TANNENHOF’S CARABAS – HOLST Stallion\dBay\1998\Carnaby x Roberto\ Andreas HELGSTRAND (DEN) 65.957 (13) 66.170 (10) 67.446 (7) 68.723 (5) 67.021 (11) 1576.00 67.063 10 10 HINNERK – TRAK Gelding\Ch.\1999\Buddenbrock\ Hubertus SCHMIDT (GER) 66.808 (10) 67.021 (8) 66.808 (9) 66.383 (10) 67.234 (10) 1571.00 66.851 11 3 GREDSTEDGaRDS CASMIR – DWB Gelding\dBay\1999\Continue x Rastell\ Sune HANSEN (DEN) 66.170 (12) 65.532 (13) 66.808 (9) 65.319 (12) 66.808 (12) 1554.00 66.127 12 22 CHATHAM PARK JAC – KWPN Gelding\Bay\1998\Jazz x Cocktail\ Juliette RAMEL (SWE) 66.595 (11) 65.744 (11) 65.532 (12) 65.532 (11) 66.595 (13) 1551.00 66.000 13 17 EXQUIS ESCAPADO – OLDBG Gelding\Bay\1993\Exlibris\ Hans Peter MINDERHOUD (NED) 67.234 (9) 64.893 (14) 64.468 (15) 65.319 (12) 67.659 (9) 1549.00 65.914 14 18 OVATION – KWPN Gelding\Bay\1996\Cabochon x Apollonios\ Christa LAARAKKERS (NED) 65.319 (14) 65.744 (11) 65.106 (13) 61.489 (15) 65.532 (14) 1519.00 64.638 15 7 SEDUC – DWB Gelding\Bay\1996\Induc x Go On Then xx\ Anne TROENSEGAARD (DEN) 63.404 (16) 62.978 (16) 64.680 (14) 62.127 (14) 62.553 (17) 1484.00 63.149 16 2 LE BEAU – OLDBG Gelding\Ch.\1998\Le Coeur x Classiker\ Philippe JORISSEN (BEL) 63.617 (15) 63.617 (15) 64.042 (16) 60.425 (16) 63.191 (15) 1480.00 62.978 17 6 MITCHELL IMHOFF – DWB Gelding\Bay\1995\Michellino\ Anne Mette MORTENSEN (DEN) 62.553 (17) 61.914 (17) 59.574 (17) 60.000 (17) 62.766 (16) 1442.00 61.361 18 12 RAHMANNSHOF’S CORVINO – HOLST Gelding\Bay\2000\Carolus I x Parco\ Frode NESHEIM (NOR) 55.957 (18) 57.234 (18) 59.361 (18) 54.680 (18) 57.872 (18) 1340.00 57.021 21 DON CHARLY 1052 – HANN Stallion\Ch.\1997\Don Gregory x Inschallah xx\ Minna TELDE (SWE) *RET 26 RIGOLETTO – DWB Gelding\Bay\1996\Rubinstein I x Rossi xx\ Nathalie ZU SAYN WITTGENSTEIN (DEN) *RET