Japan Wins 2016 Rio Olympic Team Start, South Africa & Korea Capture Individual Places

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September 11, 2015
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Japanese team that qualified the nation for a start at the 2016 Olmpic Games. Photo courtesy Peterhof Dressur Gala.

PERL-BORG, Germany, Sept. 11, 2015–Japan won a team place at the 2016 Olympic Games with a slim victory Friday over South Africa vying for its first ever Olympic dressage appearance at a special qualifying event at the Peterhof Dressur Gala.

South Africa did, however, win an individual slot that will be the first Olympic dressage start from the nation. South Korea’s Dongseon Kim on Bukowski also won an individual start.

The competition was a nail-biter, going down to the last Japanese combination of Masanao Takahashi on Fabriano who needed a score of 68.600 per cent to pull even with South Africa. The pair scored 68.660 per cent and the total of the three best scores was 200.58, 0.06 ahead of South Africa on 200.52. Kazakhstan finished on 192.96 at the special event that was the last to qualify a team directly to the Olympics.

The Japanese, coached by the German father-son team of Jürgen and Christoph Koschel, burst into tears and hugged each other when the last result for their squad gave them the Olympic slot. Japan fielded a team at the Olympics in 2008.

Jürgen and Christoph Koschel (center) with Japanese team officials.

Japan will join Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States in the lineup. Nations can, though, qualify a so-called “composite” team if three individual combinations from the same country make the cut in the rankings.

Of the 60 starting places allocated to dressage, 20 have been set aside for individuals and South Africa and Korea join Canada and Mexico that have already claimed starting slots.

Team results (best three scores count):

Japan – 200.58
Shingo Hayashi/Ramses der II – 65.640%. The 17-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding was competed by Shingo in Tokyo and Germany this year.
Akane Kuroki/Don Luka – 66.280%. The 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding was competed by the rider in Spain and France since March this year.
Kazuki Sado/Ziroco – 65.180%. The rider began competing the 11-year-old KWPN gelding this year with shows in Europe over the past three months.
Masanao Takahashi/Fabriano – 68.660%. The 16-year-old Westfalen stallion was ridden for Austria by Renate Voglsang at the 2012 Olympics, 2014 World Games and and 2011 and 2013 European Championships. The Japanese partnership competed in three shows in Germany this summer.

South Africa – 200.52
Katherine Berning/Brisbane – 63.180%. The 14-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding was originally competed at Grand Prix by Great Britain’s Emma Hindle in 2011 then Sweden’s Mattias Jansson for the next two years before Katherine began competing at CDI this year.
Denise Hallion/Wervelwind – 63.220%. The 12-year-old Belgian-bred gelding by Painted Black was competed by Denise internationally at small tour in 2012 then began Grand Prix in 2013, including the World Games in 2014.
Tanya Seymour/Ramoneur 6 – 68.880%. Tanya began competing the 13-year-old Oldenburg stallion at Grand Prix in March, 2013 and was on the South African team at the 2014 World Games
Nicole Smith/Victoria – 68.420%. Nicole began competing the 17-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare at Grand Prix in 2011 and was the highest placed combination on the South African team at the 2014 World Games.

Kazakhstan – 192.96
Arthur Pieter Gera Verbroekken/Rankrado – 64.640%
Janette Bouman/V.Power – 64.440%
Dagmar Van’t Land/Wilfonia – 63.880%

Results

*CDI2 Grand Prix Special Olympic Qualifier**						(E)	(H)	(C)	(M)	(B)	Total

1.	32	Lawrence	Gräf, Uta	GER	1900.00 EUR	353.0	360.0	357.0	352.0	335.0	1757.0 points
	dbay 11-j.G v.Laomedon/M.v.Fidermark/WESTF/104JP92/B: Neukranz,Angelika					70.600 %	72.000 %	71.400 %	70.400 %	67.000 %	70.280 %
						1.	2.	1.	3.	10.

2.	97	Rubin Action	Roth, Stella Charlott	GER	1600.00 EUR	337.5	354.5	353.5	364.5	339.5	1749.5 points
	dbay 12-j.G v.Rohdiamant/M.v.Grundstein II/OLDBG/103UZ46/B: Roth,Katharina					67.500 %	70.900 %	70.700 %	72.900 %	67.900 %	69.980 %
						6.	3.	2.	1.	6.

3.	64	Meggle’s U.S. Latina	Lochthowe, Hendrik	GER	1300.00 EUR	338.5	361.5	340.5	352.5	337.0	1730.0 points
	bay 12-j.M v.Rubin Royal/M.v.Landjonker/CH/102QY15/B: Blunier Käthi					67.700 %	72.300 %	68.100 %	70.500 %	67.400 %	69.200 %
						5.	1.	6.	2.	7.

4.	111	Ramoneur 6	Seymour, Tanya	RSA	1000.00 EUR	341.5	334.0	353.5	348.0	345.0	1722.0 points
	dchst 13-j.S v.Rohdiamant/M.v.Alabaster/OLDBG/102XN43/B: Tanya Seymour					68.300 %	66.800 %	70.700 %	69.600 %	69.000 %	68.880 %
						3.	9.	2.	6.	2.

5.	13	Valeron	Brune, Bernadette	GER	800.00 EUR	340.0	341.5	341.0	350.5	344.0	1717.0 points
	bay 13-j.S v.Sandro Hit/M.v.Houston/KWPN/NED40926/B: Brune,Bernadette					68.000 %	68.300 %	68.200 %	70.100 %	68.800 %	68.680 %
						4.	5.	5.	4.	3.

6.	119	Fabriano	Takahashi, Masanao	JPN	400.00 EUR	348.0	353.0	339.0	328.5	348.0	1716.5 points
	bay 16-j.S v.Florestan I/M.v.Angelo XX/WESTF/GER42005/B: Hayashi,Kenichi					69.600 %	70.600 %	67.800 %	65.700 %	69.600 %	68.660 %
						2.	4.	8.	20.	1.

7.	112	Victoria	Smith, Nicole	RSA	300.00 EUR	335.5	336.5	352.5	349.0	337.0	1710.5 points
	bay 17-j.M v.Havidoff/M.v.El Corona/BWP/102OC46/B: G.N. Smith & J. Clifford-Smith					67.100 %	67.300 %	70.500 %	69.800 %	67.400 %	68.420 %
						7.	8.	4.	5.	7.

8.	52	Bukowski	Kim, Dongseon	KOR	200.00 EUR	331.0	332.0	333.0	336.0	341.5	1673.5 points
	bay 16-j.G v.Briar 899/M.v.Junius XX/SWB/GER41640/B: Hanwha Galleria					66.200 %	66.400 %	66.600 %	67.200 %	68.300 %	66.940 %
						8.	10.	10.	12.	4.

9.	38	Top’s Zoe	Hanzon, Theo	NED	150.00 EUR	327.0	339.5	340.0	335.0	330.5	1672.0 points
	chest 11-j.M v.Negro/KWPN/104XR39/B: Theo Hanzon					65.400 %	67.900 %	68.000 %	67.000 %	66.100 %	66.880 %
						12.	6.	7.	15.	11.

10.	67	Sole Mio	Lütkemeier, Fabienne	GER	150.00 EUR	328.0	322.5	335.5	342.0	340.0	1668.0 points
	11-j.M v.Show Star/M.v.Lamoureux II/WESTF/103DM66/B: Capellmann-Lütkemeier,Gina					65.600 %	64.500 %	67.100 %	68.400 %	68.000 %	66.720 %
						9.	19.	9.	7.	5.

11.	59	Don Luka	Kuroki, Akane	JPN	100.00 EUR	327.5	338.0	324.0	338.0	329.5	1657.0 points
	bay 14-j.G v.Don Larino/103CO96/B: Kojiro Soma					65.500 %	67.600 %	64.800 %	67.600 %	65.900 %	66.280 %
						11.	7.	16.	10.	12.

12.	76	Merlot TSF	Möller, Kristine	DEN	100.00 EUR	325.5	325.5	323.5	341.5	328.0	1644.0 points
	chest 10-j.G v.Buddenbrock/M.v.Mago XX/102ZC95/B: Jens Thorsen					65.100 %	65.100 %	64.700 %	68.300 %	65.600 %	65.760 %
						14.	15.	17.	8.	13.

Other, non-placed competitors

13.	61	Zafiro	Landy-Silling, Andrea	GER		326.5	321.5	326.0	341.0	326.5	1641.5 points
	grey 11-j.S v.Aljarafe/M.v.Florestan I/PRE/102UM67/B: Landy-Silling,Andrea					65.300 %	64.300 %	65.200 %	68.200 %	65.300 %	65.660 %
						13.	20.	13.	9.	18.

14.	40	Ramses der II	Hayashi, Shingo	JPN		316.5	329.5	332.0	336.0	327.0	1641.0 points
	black 17-j.G /104KG64/B: Tsunehiro Shimoda					63.300 %	65.900 %	66.400 %	67.200 %	65.400 %	65.640 %
						23.	13.	11.	12.	16.

15.	145	Cinco de Mayo	Zimmermann, Christian	PLE		328.0	330.5	319.0	333.0	327.0	1637.5 points
	bay 16-j.G v.Coriander/M.v.Alcatraz/USA40055/B: Zimmermann,Christian					65.600 %	66.100 %	63.800 %	66.600 %	65.400 %	65.500 %
						9.	11.	23.	17.	16.

16.	150	One Night Stand	Skarsoe, Fie Christine	LUX		313.5	324.5	319.0	337.0	337.0	1631.0 points
	14-j.G v.Olivi/KWPN/102XK84/B: Skarsoe Fie Christine					62.700 %	64.900 %	63.800 %	67.400 %	67.400 %	65.240 %
						26.	18.	23.	11.	7.

17.	98	Ziroco	Sado, Kazuki	JPN		322.5	328.0	322.5	336.0	320.5	1629.5 points
	bay 11-j.G v.San Remo/M.v.Peter Pan/KWPN/103PW01/B: Stal Boshoven / E.I.S. Bv					64.500 %	65.600 %	64.500 %	67.200 %	64.100 %	65.180 %
						17.	14.	18.	12.	20.

18.	127	Rankrado	Verbroekken, Arthur Pieter Gera	KAZ		316.0	319.5	322.5	332.5	325.5	1616.0 points
	black 11-j.S v.Ranko/M.v.Erato/ZFDP/103ZK82/B: De heer A.P.G.Verbroekken & De hee					63.200 %	63.900 %	64.500 %	66.500 %	65.100 %	64.640 %
						24.	21.	18.	18.	19.

19.	83	Haddington Khr	Oliva, João Victor	BRA		325.5	313.0	318.5	326.5	328.0	1611.5 points
	black 10-j.G v.Hofrat/104KM68/B: Jose Victor Oliva Junior					65.100 %	62.600 %	63.700 %	65.300 %	65.600 %	64.460 %
						14.	24.	25.	22.	13.

20.	11	V.Power	Bouman, Janette	KAZ		308.5	325.0	322.5	327.5	327.5	1611.0 points
	bay 13-j.G v.Metall/M.v.Michelangelo/KWPN/103BB59/B: Janette Bowman					61.700 %	65.000 %	64.500 %	65.500 %	65.500 %	64.440 %
						30.	16.	18.	21.	15.

21.	120	Catch Me	Timmermans, Margo	NED		311.5	330.0	325.0	320.0	316.5	1603.0 points
	dbay 8-j.G v.Dreamcatcher/M.v.Goodtimes/KWPN/103OX62/B: Mevr. M. Timmermans & Dhr					62.300 %	66.000 %	65.000 %	64.000 %	63.300 %	64.120 %
						29.	12.	14.	26.	25.

22.	155	Wilfonia	Van’t Land, Dagmar	KAZ		319.0	315.0	314.5	331.0	317.5	1597.0 points
	dbay 12-j.M v.Gribaldi/M.v.Contango/KWPN/104PQ23/B: A.T. Ijtsma, J.A. Ijtsma					63.800 %	63.000 %	62.900 %	66.200 %	63.500 %	63.880 %
						18.	23.	27.	19.	24.

23.	17	Dr Doolittle 45	Chew, Caroline	SIN		318.5	318.5	320.0	324.0	315.5	1596.5 points
	black 16-j.S v.Donnerhall/M.v.Lauries Crusador xx/HANN/102YA19/B: Dr Melanie Chew					63.700 %	63.700 %	64.000 %	64.800 %	63.100 %	63.860 %
						21.	22.	22.	23.	26.

24.	28	Diamand Boy 8	Gading, Larasati I R	INA		318.5	325.0	320.5	314.5	312.5	1591.0 points
	bay 14-j.G v.Diamond Hit/M.v.Salerno/RHEIN/103JK66/B: Larasati & Irvan Gading					63.700 %	65.000 %	64.100 %	62.900 %	62.500 %	63.640 %
						21.	16.	21.	29.	28.

25.	47	What A Feeling	Jilaoui, Ismail	MAR		319.0	307.5	325.0	315.0	319.5	1586.0 points
	bay 11-j.G v.Worldly (de) Hann/M.v.A Jungle Prince/HANN/102SG10/B: Monsieur Yoann					63.800 %	61.500 %	65.000 %	63.000 %	63.900 %	63.440 %
						18.	26.	14.	28.	21.

26.	33	Wervelwind	Hallion, Denise	RSA		313.5	301.0	328.0	319.0	319.0	1580.5 points
	bay 12-j.S v.Painted Black/102VN90/B: Denise Hallion					62.700 %	60.200 %	65.600 %	63.800 %	63.800 %	63.220 %
						26.	29.	12.	27.	22.

27.	7	Brisbane	Berning, Katherine	RSA		312.0	305.0	309.0	334.5	319.0	1579.5 points
	chest 14-j.G v.Briar 899/M.v.Amiral 764/SWB/SWE40889/B: Miss E Hindle,Mrs. Mr. J					62.400 %	61.000 %	61.800 %	66.900 %	63.800 %	63.180 %
						28.	28.	30.	16.	22.

28.	142	Nintendo	Zafat, Fouad	MAR		319.0	297.0	315.5	322.0	308.0	1561.5 points
	bay 18-j.G v.Newcastle/M.v.Werbefunk/104WR01/B: Serge Pais					63.800 %	59.400 %	63.100 %	64.400 %	61.600 %	62.460 %
						18.	30.	26.	24.	29.

29.	8	Tenson	Bertschy, Anne Rita	PHI		325.5	293.0	310.0	312.5	307.0	1548.0 points
	bay 15-j.G v.Krack C/M.v.Zeoliet/KWPN/SUI41223/B: F. Bertschy					65.100 %	58.600 %	62.000 %	62.500 %	61.400 %	61.920 %
						14.	31.	29.	31.	30.

29.	107	Femke	Schulz, Sascha	LUX		314.0	309.5	311.5	313.5	299.5	1548.0 points
	chest 12-j.M v.Farewell II/M.v.Lys de Darmen/RHEIN/104II78/B: Dressage Grand-Duca					62.800 %	61.900 %	62.300 %	62.700 %	59.900 %	61.920 %
						25.	25.	28.	30.	31.

31.	123	Pavarotti 85	Tzinberg, Ellesse	PHI		302.5	307.5	299.5	321.0	313.0	1543.5 points
	dbay 18-j.G v.Ferro/M.v.Saros/KWPN/GER44159/B: Tzinberg,Ellesse Jordan & Sennett					60.500 %	61.500 %	59.900 %	64.200 %	62.600 %	61.740 %
						31.	26.	32.	25.	27.

32.	141	Pari Lani	Yeh, Louisa	TPE		288.5	282.5	302.5	312.0	285.0	1470.5 points
	bay 15-j.S v.Solos Landtinus/M.v.Fanal/103LC69/B: Verwimp Dressuurstal 10021840					57.700 %	56.500 %	60.500 %	62.400 %	57.000 %	58.820 %
						33.	33.	31.	32.	33.

33.	113	Bayford Hall Dallaglio	Sohi, Litta Soheila	IRI		293.5	284.0	293.5	297.5	296.5	1465.0 points
	dbay 16-j.S v.Laurentianer/M.v.Potsdam/WESTF/GBR41442/B: Mr D Sherriff					58.700 %	56.800 %	58.700 %	59.500 %	59.300 %	58.600 %
						32.	32.	33.	33.	32.

34.	16	Topolino	Chang, Vivian	TPE		272.5	256.0	269.0	288.0	263.0	1348.5 points
	dbay 15-j.G v.Tip-Top/M.v.Uttini/SWB/102OI25/B: Miss Vivian Chang					54.500 %	51.200 %	53.800 %	57.600 %	52.600 %	53.940 %
						34.	34.	34.	34.	34.