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Marlies van Baalen on Kigali at the 2007 Dressage World Cup final, Las Vegas
The Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage is an annual international dressage series among the worlds best dressage horses and riders. It is held since 1985.
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History
The history of the Dressage World Cup is closely connected to the history of the Grand Prix Freestyle. In 1984 Joep Bartels (former rider, husband of Tineke Bartels and father of Imke Schellekens-Bartels) see Reiner Klimke and Ahlerich by the flying one tempi changes to the Olympic hymn at 1984 Summer Olympics. Inspired of this he has the idea for a freestyle dressage competition.
One year later the first Dressage World Cup was held. Each qualifier to the World Cup Final, who is held at the end of each season, consist of two competitions (Grand Prix de Dressage and Grand Prix Freestyle). From 1985 to 2001 both competitions counts for the qualifier result, which are part of the world cup ranking of this season. Since 2002 only the Grand Prix Freestyle counts for the world cup ranking.[1]
From 1985 to 2004 Joep Bartels was the director of the Dressage World Cup.[2][3]
Reem Acra is starting with the season 2010/2011 for three years the sponsor of the Dressage World Cup.
Qualification to the World Cup final
Riders, who will be part of the Dressage World Cup final, have two options to qualify for this event.
The first option is, to qualify oneself by one World Cup league. There are four Dressage World Cup leagues:
League[4] Geographical location Number of participants who qualify for the World Cup final (according the 2010/2011 rules) Number of participants who have the chance to move up in the final (if other qualified riders did not start) Western European League European nations west of the line Finland – Baltic Sea – Germany – Austria – Italy – Adriatic Sea (including the nations referred) 9 up to the 14th rank Central European League European nations east of the line called by the Western European League 2 up to the 3rd rank North American League United States of America, Canada, Mexico 2 up to the 3rd rank Pacific Liga Australia, New Zealand 1 up to the 2nd rank Generally, only three participants per nation allowed to participate in the World Cup final.
In addition, the FEI awarded by two wild cards entry at riders who have not qualified for the World Cup finals. Unused starting places can be allocated by the FEI as wildcard.
To participate with a horse in the World Cup final, a rider (which start in one of the leagues) have to start with this horse in two World Cup qualifiers. In this competitions the rider have to complete the competition with at least 68.000 %.
The title holder is automatically qualified for the World Cup final, but he must also qualify his horse in the above called way. If he start in a qualifier, he did not considered in the scoring (scoring points) of this event.
allocation of scoring points
The scoring of the league is set only for the European leagues by the FEI. The North American and the Pacific Leagues have their own regulations.
European leagues
In the European leagues the number of scoring points of each rider decide on the qualification of the diers for the World Cup final. The points are awarded in the Grand Prix Freestyle according to the following system:
- 1st rank: 20 points
- 2nd rank: 17 points
- 3rd rank: 15 points
- 4th rank: 13 points
- 5th rank: 12 points
- 6th rank: 11 points
- 7th rank: 10 points
- 8th rank: 9 points
- 9th rank: 8 points
- 10th rank: 7 points
- 11th rank: 6 points
- 12th rank: 5 points
- 13th rank: 4 points
- 14th rank: 3 points
- 15th rank: 2 points
If the 15th rank awarded several times, all riders of this rank will get 2 scoring points.
In the Central European League also a League final is held. The two best placed riders of this event qualify for the World Cup final.
North American League
In the North American League each rider have to start in two qualifiers to have the chance to start in the World Cup final. The best two Grand Prix Freestyle results of each rider by World Cup qualifiers are added and then divided by two. The two riders with the best scoring of this procedure are qualified for the World Cup final.[5]
Pacific League
The Pacific League has no scoring ranking. Riders, who have to complete a Grand Prix Freestyle competition at a CDI 3* or CDI-W in the Pacific League region with at least 62.000 %, have the chance to start at the Pacific League final. This league final is held between December and February in Australia or New Zealand. The winner of this league final are qualified for the World Cup final.[6]
World Cup final
The World Cup final is held at the end of each Dressage World Cup season in March or April. The first competition of the final is the Grand Prix de Dressage, the winner of the second competition of the final (the Grand Prix Freestyle) is the winner of this World CUp season.
Former World Cup winners
World Cup season Location of the World Cup final World Cup winner second placed rider third placed rider 1985/1986 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) 
Anne-Grethe Jensen on Marzog1986/1987 Essen (Germany) 
Christine Stückelberger on Gaugin de Lully1987/1988 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Christine Stückelberger on Gaugin de Lully1988/1989 Göteborg (Sweden) 
Margit Otto-Crepin on Corlandus1989/1990 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) 
Sven Rothenberger on Andiamo1990/1991 Paris (France) 
Kyra Kyrklund on Matador1991/1992 Göteborg (Sweden) Isabell Werth on Fabienne1992/1993 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Monica Theodorescu on Ganimedes1993/1994 Göteborg (Sweden) Monica Theodorescu on Ganimedes1994/1995 Los Angeles (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika) 
Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire1995/1996 Göteborg (Sweden) Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire1996/1997 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire1997/1998 Göteborg (Sweden) 
Louise Nathhorst on Walk on Top1998/1999 Dortmund (Germany) Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire1999/2000 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire2000/2001 Århus (Denmark)[9] Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty Isabell Werth on Anthony FRH Rudolf Zeilinger on Livijno2001/2002 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty – 81.570 % Lars Petersen on Cavan – 79.670 %
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat on Beauvalais – 79.120 %2002/2003 Göteborg (Sweden) 
Debbie McDonald on Brentina – 78.890 %[10] Heike Kemmer on Albano – 76.940 % Guenter Seidel on Nikolaus – 75.720 %2003/2004 Düsseldorf (Germany) Anky van Grunsven on Salinero – 83.450 % Edward Gal on Lingh – 80.625 % Hubertus Schmidt on Wansuela Suerte – 78.875 %2004/2005 Las Vegas (United States of America) Anky van Grunsven on Salinero – 86.725 % Edward Gal on Lingh – 85.225 % Debbie McDonald on Brentina – 83.450 %2005/2006 Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Anky van Grunsven on Salinero – 87.750 % Isabell Werth on Warum Nicht FRH – 81.150 % Jan Brink on Briar – 79.320 %2006/2007 Las Vegas (United States of America) Isabell Werth on Warum nicht FRH – 84.250 % Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise – 77.950 % Steffen Peters on Floriano – 77.800 %2007/2008 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Anky van Grunsven on Salinero – 85.200 % Isabell Werth on Warum nicht FRH – 82.600 % Kyra Kyrklund on Max – 78.150 %2008/2009 Las Vegas (United States of America) Steffen Peters on Ravel – 84.950 % Isabell Werth on Satchmo – 84.500 % Anky van Grunsven on Painted Black – 82.150 %2009/2010 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Edward Gal om Totilas – 89.800 % Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival – 82.850 % Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise – 82.150 %2010/2011 Leipzig (Germany)
(2011 FEI World Cup Finals) Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival – 84,804 % Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg on Digby – 80,036 % Ulla Salzgeber on Herzruf´s Erbe – 78,821 %2011/2012 's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Video External links
- Official Dressage World Cup Website
- 2010/2011 Dressage World Cup rules
- Information to the 2011 World Cup final (German)
References
- ^ FEI in the Spotlight 52/2007: Making the best of time, the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2007/2008, Equestrian Federation of Singapore
- ^ Das Geheimnis der niederländischen Dressur-Erfolge, Dieter Ludwig, July 18, 2010 (german)
- ^ FEI World Cup Dressage Celebrates 25th Anniversary, Pressemitteilung der FEI, 24. März 2010
- ^ Dressur-Weltcupreglement der FEI für die Saison 2010/2011
- ^ North American League 2010/2011 rules
- ^ Pacific League 2010/2011 rules
- ^ List of the World Cup winners from 1985/1986 to 2008/2009
- ^ List of results with the resultsof the World Cup finals 2002 to 2010
- ^ Ulla Salzgeber gewinnt Dressur-Weltcupfinale, Berliner Zeitung, April 9, 2001 (german)
- ^ Debbie McDonald Named Champion of 2003 Dressage World Cup Final
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