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Olympic Individual Latest Rankings With Four Months to Go

Judy Reynolds of Ireland on Vancouver K. © 2015 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Nov. 5, 2015

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

The latest individual dressage rankings for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were released by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Thursday with four months to go for qualifying.

The standings as of the end of October of the top rider and horse combinations qualifying through the seven geographic groups or individual ranking list saw Ireland’s Judy Reynolds on Vancouver K and Ukraine’s Inna Logutenkova on Don Gregorius consolidate their positions.

Of the 60 starting places assigned to dressage at Rio next summer, the most ever, 40 are allocated for 10 teams directly qualifying, each with up to four combinations, and 20 individuals.

The 10 nations with teams already qualified are Brazil, as host, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Australia, United States, Spain, Sweden, France and Japan.

Individuals have qualified so far from Canada, Mexico, South Africa and Korea.

The remaining 16 individuals spots will be allocated after the end of the official qualifying period on Mar. 6, 2016, 10 by geographic groups and six from overall Olympic rankings.

AS AN EXAMPLE ONLY, here’s how the system works using the latest rankings as if qualifying was completed, as calculated unofficially by dressage-news.com.

Geographic Groups

A-Northwest Europe 2 places—1. Denmark (Anna Kasprzak/Donnperignon), 2 Denmark (Mikala Gundersen/My Lady)

B-Southwest Europe 2 places—1. Austria (Victoria Max-Theurer/Blind Date) 2. Switzerland (Marcela Krinke Susmelj/Smeyers Molberg)

C-Central/Eastern Europe 2 places—1. Russia (Inessa Merkulova/Mister X) 2. Ukraine (Inna Logutenkova/Don Gregorius)

D-North America 1 place—Canada (Megan Lane/Caravella)

E-Central/South America 1 place—Dominican Republic (Yvonne Losos de Muñiz/Foco Loco W)

F-Africa/Middle East 1 place—Palestine (Christian Zimmermann/Cinco de Mayo)

G-Southeast Asia/Oceania 1 place—New Zealand (Julie Brougham/Vom Feinsten)

Individual Ranking List (after geographic group allocations)

1. Ireland (Judy Reynolds/Vancouver K)

2. Denmark (Daniel Bachmann Andersen/Blue Hors Loxana)

3. Belgium (Fanny Verliefden/Annarico)

4. Norway (Trude K. Hestengen/Tobajo Pik Disney)

5. Belgium (Jeroen Devroe/Eres DL)

6. Portugal (Gonçalo Carvalho/Batuta)

If the standings remain unchanged for the next four months, Denmark would qualify three individual combinations and thus able to start a so-called “composite” team in Rio.

Canada has one individual already qualified and by dominating the North American group is likely to qualify a second individual but faces a tough contest in the individual rankings for a third slot to field a team.

Belgium has two combinations among the six at the top of the individual rankings.

However, 13 designated Olympic qualifying competitions remain in 2015, 11 in Europe, one in Australia and one in Japan.

The Olympic qualifying competitions from Jan. 1 to Mar. 6, 2016 will not be named for about another month but there are 29 shows on the tentative calendar in that period, 17 in Europe, eight in the United States (six in Wellington, Florida and two in Burbank, California) and one each in Australia, New Zealand, Qatar and Japan.

Olympic Horse Transport Certificates for Rio Published by Brazil to End Uncertainty Over Equestrian Events

RIO DE JANEIRO, Bov. 4, 2015–Health certificates to enable horses to enter and leave Brazil for Olympic equestrian events were published by the Ministry of Agriculture Wednesday, ending a threat to staging horse sports in Rio de Janeiro next summer.

The health certificates were published in the government journal to cover about 200 horses that will compete next August in dressage, eventing and jumping at the Deodoro sports complex about an hour outside Rio.

Agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and the Brazilian Equestrian Confederation was reached last week after several weeks of what were described as “tense” negotiations over the import and export of the Olympic horses.

Transcript of the formal government announcement (in English/Portuguese) is available here.

USA Federation Includes Junior Riders, Vets in Broadened Range of Responsible Parties in Horse Drug Violations

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Nov. 3, 2015–The U.S. Equestrian Federation aanounced Tuesday approval of a broad expansion of the range of responsible parties involved in violations of horse drugs and medications rules.

The change in the rule that now will cover junior riders as well as others was approved by the USEF board of directors and will take effect Dec. 1. It comes in the wake of drug cases in the hunter/jumper divisions that have generated widespread criticism of the current rules.

Under the change, individuals who are responsible and accountable parties–defined as “Persons Responsible and Support Personnel”–is being expanded.

The Trainer will continue to be held accountable for violations.

In addition, however, “and in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary Persons Responsible may include the individual who rides, vaults or drives the horse and/or pony during competition, the owner and Support Personnel. Support Personnel includes, but is not limited to, grooms, handlers, longeurs, and veterinarians if they are present at the competition or have made a relevant decision about the horse and/or pony.”

“Under the new rule, a junior exhibitor might fall under the Persons Responsible; there must be substantial evidence to support holding a junior accountable.”

The USEF said that neither the Trainer nor any Persons Responsible, including Support Personnel, may be relieved from his responsibility under the Drugs and Medications Rules due to a lack or insufficiency of stable security. Therefore, the insufficiency of stable security or lack of security will not be an acceptable defense to any drug positive or medication overage in a horse.

The USEF said it is considering additional changes as a result of feedback.

Adelinde & Parzival Drop to No. 378 in World as Pair Near Retirement

Parzival being ridden by Adelinde Cornelissen to team bronze and individual silver medals at the Olympic Games in London in 2012. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Nov. 2, 2015

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival plunged to No. 378 in the world in the latest International Equestrian Federation rankings released Monday, as the horse nears 19 years old and retirement from a remarkable career of nine years at top sport earning medals at Olympics, World Games, European Championships and two World Cup titles.

The FEI rankings to the end of October show the pair dropped from 27th place a month earlier, reflecting a single international competition this year–the 121st CDI Grand Prix career start–that was followed by the Netherlands’ team coach dropping the pair from the championship squad and Adelinde admitting that retirement for the big chestnut is “certain” in 2016.

The Grand Prix record for Parzival (Jazz x Ulft) and Adelinde, now 36 years old, is marked by the only combination to beat Totilas when ridden by Edward Gal at the height of the black stallion’s career–they did it twice–medals at all six championships the pair competed in, though one was devastating because of  disqualification of Parzival with blood in the mouth.

The partnership began when Adelinde, then a full-time school teacher, was asked to prepare the gelding (Jazz x Ulft) for sale after he’d been out in a field by himself so long the big chestnut was difficult to  handle.

The first international Big Tour competition was a CDI3* at Zwolle, Netherlands in February, 2007.

A month later, the combination achieved its first world ranking of 523rd out of 641 combinations on the world standings.

Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival at 2009 European Championships beating Totilas in the Grand Prix Special. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

By mid-2009, Adelinde and Parzival had climbed to No. 3 in the world, just in time for the arrival of Totilas that caused a seismic change in dressage.

However, in the 27 competitions that Edward Gal rode Totilas in international Grand Prix from June 17, 2009 to  Sept. 30, 2010 the pair were beaten only twice, both times by Adelinde and Parzival–the Grand Prix Special at the European Championships in Windsor, England in 2009 and the Grand Prix at the World Cup Final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in 2010 (Totilas went on to win the title).

The greatest heartbreak for Adelinde and Parzival came in 2010 when the horse bit his tongue in the Grand Prix at the World Games in Kentucky, drawing blood that caused automatic disqualification. Despite the loss of their second ranked combination, Totilas and Edward led Holland to its first world championship–Adelinde was awarded a gold medal as a member of the victorious team although she didn’t want it. 

A tearful Adelinde Cornelissen on Jerich Parzival with blood showing on the horse’s mouth that led to the pair being eliminated from the World Games in 2010. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

The next year, 2011, was full of highlights.

Adelinde and Parzival won the World Cup Final in 2011, the first of back-to-back victories in the annual individual championships centered on the Freestyle.

At the European Championships at Rotterdam the pair  took top honors in the Grand Prix Special and Freestyle and placed second behind Great Britain’s Carl Hester on Uthopia in the Grand Prix.at the European Championships in Rotterdam. The Dutch couple beat Totilas then ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath of Germany

Adelinde and Parzival were No. 1 in the world.

Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzivalafter in 2012 winning their secnd straight World Cup Final. © 2012 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

After their 2012 World Cup success, the pair did not compete again at CDI until the Olympics in London in summer. There, Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro awaited.

The British pair was the star at their hometown Olympics, the 100th anniversary of dressage at the Games and the first ever medals for Britain in the sport at any Olympics. But Adelinde and Parzival were superb, placing second in the Grand Prix, the Special and the Freestyle.

Championship team and individual medals–but no gold–came at the 2013 Europeans and 2014 World Games and more first place ribbons.

Parzival ridden out of the 2014 World Games after the pair’s last championship competition for the Netherlands. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Adelinde has no other horses in the latest world rankings that have grown to 765 combinations.

Dutta Corp. Festival of Champions Qualifying Closed for USA Grand Prix & Intermediare Championships

Laura Graves on Verdades at the Pan American Games where the pair won team gold and individual silver medals. © 2015 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

WELLINGTON, Florida, Nov. 1, 2015–Laura Graves on Verdades squeaked into the 2014 Festival of Champions almost unknown but emerged with star billing and go into this year’s United States championships presented by The Dutta Corp. ranked second in the nation, according to the final qualifying rankings.

Fifteen horses and riders that qualified in CDIs over 10 months ending Saturday will be invited to the Tim Dutta Grand Prix and Intermediare Championships to be held for the first time at the Global Dressage Festival grounds in Wellington Dec. 8-12. Pony through Under-25 Divisions were held in summer.

The Grand Prix Championships will also be a qualifying competition for riders seeking to go to Europe for yet-to-be named CDI observation events aimed at choosing the American team for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next summer. The European tour will be after the winter circuits in Florida and California.

While the competition is not a CDI, it will be run under international rules and will have a ground jury in line with international standards–Gary Rockwell and Linda Zang of the United States, Hans Christian Matthiesen of Denmark, Peter Holler of Germany and Christof Umbach of Luxembourg.

The championships are decided by results of all three levels–for Big Tour, Grand Prix, Special and Freestyle and for Small Tour Prix St. Georges, Intermediaire I and Freestyle.

Steffen Peters of San Diego, California heads the Grand Prix rankings on Legolas with Laura of Plymouth, Florida on Verdades second and Steffen on Rosamunde third. Allison Brock of Wellington on Rosevelt is ranked fourth.

Steffen plans to take both horses to the championships to seek a fifth straight Grand Prix championship and seventh crown in the past nine years, unprecedented in a quarter century of the event.

The U.S. championship rankings of the top four combinations match the order of standings of Americans in the world–Steffen on Legolas No. 9, Laura on Verdades No. 15, Steffen on Rosamunde No. 24 and Allison on Rosevelt No. 46.

Kathleen Raine of Murieta, California on Breanna is the fifth ranked American at No. 48 in the world but did not declare for the championships after success in Germany in late summer. Kathleen, who has competed the 15-year-old Hanoverian mare extensively in Europe in the past three years, told dressage-news.com she opted to spend more time there competing and training.

Sabine Schut-Kery on Sanceo at the Pan American Games. © 2015 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Sabine Schut-Kery of Thousand Oaks, California on Sanceo is atop the Intermediare rankings but she is moving the horse up to Grand Prix after the pair’s Pan American Games team gold medal so does not plan to make the trip to Florida.

Shelly Francis of Loxahatchee, Florida is ranked second on Rubinio. Shelly has two horses ranked in the Grand Prix, Doktor at No. 5 and Danilo eighth.

Charlotte Jorst of Reno, Nevada has Kastel’s Nintendo at No. 6 in the Grand Prix rankings and Kastel’s Adventure at No. 5 and Fraktura at No. 8 in the Intermediare.

Eliane Cordia-van Reesema of Rowayton, Connecticut also has horses ranked in both divisions—Jewel’s Amethyst at No. 12 in the Intermediare and Jewel’s Adelante 19th in the Grand Prix.

Kimberly Herslow of Stockton, California on Rosmarin who also won Pan Am gold as team mates with Sabine and Sanceo at Small Tour as well as Steffen and Legolas and Laura and Verdades did not declare for the championships as she, too, decided to move to Big Tour.

A national show of all levels, the Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge, will be staged in conjunction with the championships on the same weekend. The prize list will be posted on http://www.globaldressagefestival.com.

(The Festival of Champions are the national championships of the U.S.Equestrian Federation while the U.S. Dressage Finals being held in Kentucky this week are head-to-head national competitions of adut amateur and open divisions qualifying through regional groups organized by the U.S. Dressage Federation.)

The qualifying combinations on the Festival of Champions rankings are:.

Tim Dutta Grand Pix National Championship Rankings
1. Steffen Peters, San Diego, California – Legolas, 13, Westfalen gelding – 76.157% (average score)
2. Laura Graves, Plymouth, Florida – Verdades, 13, KWPN gelding – 75.510
3. Steffen Peters – Rosamunde, 8, Rhineland mare – 73.920
4. Allison Brock, Wellington, Florida – Rosevelt, 13, KWPN stalllion – 72.687
5. Shelly Francis, Loxahatchee, Florida – Doktor, 12. Oldenburg gelding – 70.958
6. Charlotte Jorst, Reno, Nevada – Kastel’s Nintendo, 12, KWPN stallion – 69.802
7. Catherine Haddad-Staller, Califon, New Jersey – Mane Stream Hotmail, 13, Oldenburg gelding – 69.282
8. Shelly Francis – Danilo, 11, Hanoverian gelding – 68.999
9. Arlene Page, Wellington – Woodstock, 12, KWPN gelding – 68.931
10. Arlene Page -Alina, 17, Danish Warmblood mare – 68.890
11. Katherine Bateson-Chandler, Wellington – Alcazar, 10, KWPN gelding – 68.821
12. Devon Kane, Wellington – Destiny, 12, Danish Warmblood gelding – 68.099
13. Beatrice Marienau, Oak Creek, Colorado – Stefano 8, 16, KWPN gelding – 67.974
14. Heather Oleson, Eagle, Idaho – Victor, 13, KWPN gelding – 67.767
15. Susan Dutta, Wellington – Currency DC, 15, Oldenburg gelding – 67.398
16. Kimberly McGrath, Redlands, California – Winslow, 12, KWPN gelding – 67.341
17. Alice Tarjan, Oldwick, New Jersey – Elfenfeuer, 8, Oldenburg mare- 67.123
18. Jan Ebeling, Moorpark, California – FRH Rassolini, 12, Hanoverian stallion – 66.987
19. Eliane Cordia-van Reesema, Rowayton, Connecticut – Jewel’s Adelante, 15, Swedish Warmblood gelding – 66.642
20. Tracy Lert, Scotts Valley, California – Udo, 14, KWPN gelding – 66.408
21. Sharon McCusker, Ashby, Massachusetts – Wrigley, 12, KWPN gelding – 66.326
22. Brian Hafner, Sonoma, California – Lombardo LHF, 16, Hanoverian gelding – 65.700
23. Elizabeth Ball, Encinitas, California – Liaison, 12, Westfalen mare – 65.617
24. Kathy Priest, Versailles, Kentucky – Wild Dancer, 12, KWPN mare – 65.545
25. Adrienne Pot, Barrington Hills, Illinois – Something Special C, 16, KWPN Gelding- 63.652

Tim Dutta Intermediare I National Championship Rankings
1. Sabine Schut-Kerry, Thousand Oaks, California – Sanceo, 9, Hanoverian gelding – 71.764%
2. Shelly Francis, Loxahatchee, Florida – Rubinio, 9, Westfalen gelding- 71.303
3. Elizabeth Ball, Encinitas, California – Avanti, 10, KWPN gelding – 70.886
4. Tina Konyot, Palm City, Florida – Wyoming, 14, Hanoverian gelding – 70.704
5. Charlotte Jorst, Reno, Nevada – Kastel’s Adventure, 10, KWPN gelding – 70.002
6. Lelie Webb, Bakersfield, California – Harmony’s Armani, 10, KWPN mare – 69.351
7. Christina Vinios, Wellington, Florida – Folkestone, 9, Oldenburg gelding – 69.177
8. Charlotte Jorst – Fraktura, 12, Hanoverian mare – 68.735
9. Katie Riley, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey – Toy Story, 9, KWPN gelding – 68.578
10. Dorothy Morkis, Dover, Massachusetts – Artiest, 10, KWPN gelding – 67.606
11. Susanne Hassler, Chesapeake City, Maryland – Harmony’s Boitano, 9, KWPN gelding – 67.461
12. Eliane Cordia-van Reesema, Rowayton, Connecticut – Jewel’s Amethyst, 10, KWPN gelding – 67.312
13. Heather Kennedy, Colorado – Babushka RTH, 8, KWPN mare – 66.711
14. Cesar Parra, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey -Blickpunkt 4, 10, Westfalen stallion – 66.575
15. Heather Michaels, Wellington – Abacus, 10, KWPN stallion – 65.890
16. Melissa Jackson, Parrish, Florida – Whirlpool, 12, Hanoverian gelding – 65.796
17. Missy Fladland, Griswold, Iowa – Royal Gem, 10, Oldenburg gelding – 64.288

This report was prepared by dressage-news.com and presented by Cunningham & Cunningham Livestock insurance.