ODENSE, Denmark, Oct. 18–Anky van Grunsven and Salinero, displaying some of the brilliance that have won the pair four World Cup titles and two individual Olympic gold medals, on Sunday claimed victory in the inaugural event of the 2009/2010 FEI World Cup West European League.
The Dutch rider and the 15-year-old gelding scored 81.450 per cent to capture the Grand Prix Musical Freestyle at the JBK Horse Show.
Edward Gal of The Netherlands rode the 10-year-old mare Sisther de Jeu, who is stabled in the same barn as the world record creating stallion Moorlands Totilas, in her first World Cup Grand Prix to place second with a score of 80.350 per cent.
Sweden’s Patrik Kittel on his European Championship mount Watermill Scandic HBC, was placed third on 76.250 per cent.
The Odense freestyle is the first of nine qualifying competitions in the highly competitive West European League leading to the FEI World Cup Final in Holland next March.
In the Grand Prix on Saturday, Anky and Salinero scored 73.702 per cent while Edward Gal and Sisther de Jeu finished second with 71.659 per cent and Germany’s Monica Theodorescu and Whisper were third on 71.404 per cent.
Anky said after Sunday’s performance, “I was very pleased with today’s ride. Salinero stood completely still when he was supposed to, and we had some very good extended trots. The horse worked well with me today, but he might have performed better if he had had another competition before this one.”
But she said of her score, “I was disappointed with the points today. I received a total of 81.45 percent, but I felt that we performed as well as we did at the European Championship where I received a better score.”
(Editor’s Note: The pair received a score of 87.250 per cent to win the bronze medal in the Freestyle at the European Championships in Windsor, England, two months ago.)
Anky said she plans to ride her other horse, IPS Painted Black, in some of the World Cup qualifying events and decide later which to compete in the Final.
Edward, who trained for years with Anky, said she was “the best today.”
“Even though my horse was still tense from yesterday,” he said. “I was very happy with the ride. When I tested the music with her one year ago she flipped out, and she didn’t today. She was tense today because there was music in the warm-up area.
“Sisther de Jeu is a very good horse, but she needs more time to develop – more time than Totilas did.”
Patrik Kittel. who placed third, said: “I was very pleased with the ride. My horse was calm, but I made some mistakes. Watermill is still young. The most important thing about a horse is its willingness to perform in the arena, and my horse wants to do just that.”
STANDINGS: After Round 1 of FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2009/2010 at Odense:
1. Anky Van Grunsven – 20
2. Edward Gal – 17
3. Patrik Kittel – 15
4. Monica Theodorescu – 13
5. Hans Peter Minderhoud – 12
6. Hubertus Schmidt – 11
7. Matthias Alexander Rath – 10
8. Jeanette Haazen – 9
9. Andreas Helgstrand – 8
10. Tinne Vilhelmson – 7
11. Christa Laarakkers – 6
12. Sune Hansen – 5
13. Anne Troensegaard – 4
14. Juliette Ramel – 3.FACTS AND FIGURES:
Today’s competition was the first of nine qualifiers in the Western European League FEI World Cup™ Dressage series for 2009/2010.
4 Dutch riders competed, 3 from Denmark, Germany and Sweden and 1 from Poland.
Poland’s Katarzyna Milczarek was obliged to retire after her stallion, Edwador, bit his tongue.
15 horses qualified from Saturday’s Grand Prix
The next FEI World Cup event in the West European League is scheduled for Lyon, France (FRA), Oct. 29-30.
FEI World Cup Qualifier Freestyle Grand Prix by ECCO
International Dressage Competition – CDI-W
Freestyle Grand Prix (FEI-edition 2009)Sunday, 18th October 2009 *Arena Fyn* Class: 7
Judge E:
Wim Ernes (NED)
Judge H:
Jean-Michel Roudier (FRA)
Judge C:
Kurt Christensen (DEN)
Judge M:
Jacques van Daele (BEL)
Judge B:
Gotthilf Riexinger (GER)
PROVISIONAL RESULT
RK
CNR
HORSE
RIDER
DKK
E
H
C
M
B
Total
Perc.
1
16
SALINERO – HANN
Gelding\dBay\1994\Salieri x Lungau\
Anky VAN GRUNSVEN (NED)
76.00
83.00
77.50
86.00
78.50
87.00
77.50
87.00
77.00
85.00
814.50
81.450
2
15
SISTHER DE JEU – KWPN
Mare\Bay\1999\Gribaldi x Amor\
Edward GAL (NED)
75.50
82.00
78.00
84.00
75.50
83.00
75.50
86.00
78.00
86.00
803.50
80.350
3
19
WATERMILL SCANDIC HBC – SWB
Stallion\Ch.\1999\Solos Carex x Amiral\
Patrik KITTEL (SWE)
68.50
79.00
74.00
80.00
70.50
77.00
73.00
84.00
73.50
83.00
762.50
76.250
4
9
WHISPER 128 – WÜRT
Gelding\Ch.\1998\Welt Hit I O x Weltstar\
Monica THEODORESCU (GER)
71.00
80.00
70.00
74.00
70.00
78.00
71.00
81.00
71.00
81.00
747.00
74.700
5
17
EXQUIS ESCAPADO – OLDBG
Gelding\Bay\1993\Exlibris\
Hans Peter MINDERHOUD (NED)
73.00
80.00
70.50
74.00
70.50
75.00
71.50
78.00
71.00
76.00
739.50
73.950
6
10
HINNERK – TRAK
Gelding\Ch.\1999\Buddenbrock\
Hubertus SCHMIDT (GER)
68.00
75.00
69.50
74.00
70.00
75.00
68.00
79.00
70.00
76.00
724.50
72.450
7
8
TRIVIANT 2 – KWPN
Gelding\Bay\2000\Olivi x Saluut\
Matthias Alexander RATH (GER)
66.50
74.00
70.50
73.00
71.00
75.00
69.50
77.00
68.50
77.00
722.00
72.200
8
14
NARTAN – KWPN
Gelding\dBay\1995\Jazz x Le Faquin\
Jeannette HAAZEN (NED)
68.00
78.00
66.50
73.00
67.50
75.00
69.50
80.00
68.00
75.00
720.50
72.050
9
5
TANNENHOF’S CARABAS – HOLST
Stallion\dBay\1998\Carnaby x Roberto\
Andreas HELGSTRAND (DEN)
69.00
80.00
66.50
71.00
67.00
74.00
69.00
76.00
68.50
75.00
716.00
71.600
10
20
SOLOS CAREX – DWB
Gelding\Bay\1993\Castro x Lagano\
Tinne VILHELMSON SILFVéN (SWE)
67.00
76.00
68.00
72.00
69.50
74.00
67.50
75.00
67.00
72.00
708.00
70.800
11
18
OVATION – KWPN
Gelding\Bay\1996\Cabochon x Apollonios\
Christa LAARAKKERS (NED)
66.00
75.00
67.00
71.00
69.00
74.00
68.00
74.00
66.50
72.00
702.50
70.250
12
3
GREDSTEDGaRDS CASMIR – DWB
Gelding\dBay\1999\Continue x Rastell\
Sune HANSEN (DEN)
67.00
74.00
66.00
70.00
67.00
72.00
65.50
73.00
65.00
72.00
691.50
69.150
13
7
SEDUC – DWB
Gelding\Bay\1996\Induc x Go On Then xx\
Anne TROENSEGAARD (DEN)
62.50
66.00
64.00
67.00
64.50
70.00
62.00
68.00
64.00
69.00
657.00
65.700
14
22
CHATHAM PARK JAC – KWPN
Gelding\Bay\1998\Jazz x Cocktail\
Juliette RAMEL (SWE)
62.00
66.00
62.50
70.00
60.50
67.00
60.00
67.00
62.50
64.00
641.50
64.150
13
EKWADOR – PW
Stallion\Grey\2000\Heraldik x Corofino\
Katarzyna MILCZAREK (POL)
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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
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