Sweden’s Jeanna Hogberg & Duendecillo P Win Helsinki CDI3* Grand Prix

HELSINKI, Oct. 22, 2015–Sweden’s Jeanna Hogberg on Duendecillo P posted a personal best score to win the Helsinki CDI3* Grand Prix, in the third event and second victory for the pair since starting Big Tour in March.

Jeanna and the 11-year-old Finnish Warmblood stallion scored 68.540 per cent with fellow Swede Charlotte Esping on Ciwi second on 68.200 per cent and Finland’s Eevamaria Porthan-Broddell on Solo Lacan third on 66.500 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix							(E)	(H)	(C)	(M)	(B)	Total
1.	507	Duendecillo P	Hogberg, Jeanna	SWE		800.00 EUR	339.0	343.0	338.0	342.0	351.5	1713.5 points
	chest 11y.S /Don Romantic/Midt-West Ibi-Light/FWB/FIN40313/ Anne Niemi			Sweden			67.800 %	68.600 %	67.600 %	68.400 %	70.300 %	68.540 %
							2.	2.	3.	1.	1.
2.	501	Ciwi	Esping, Charlotte	SWE		700.00 EUR	339.5	351.0	343.0	332.0	339.5	1705.0 points
	chest 15y.G /Briar 899/Chirac 611/SWB/103TP57/ Christine Esping			Sweden			67.900 %	70.200 %	68.600 %	66.400 %	67.900 %	68.200 %
							1.	1.	1.	3.	3.
3.	502	Solos Lacan	Porthan-Broddell, Eevamaria	FIN		500.00 EUR	323.5	335.0	339.0	322.0	343.0	1662.5 points
	bay 19y.G /Castro/Lagano/DWB/103EG60/ Autio,Emmi			Finland			64.700 %	67.000 %	67.800 %	64.400 %	68.600 %	66.500 %
							7.	3.	2.	8.	2.
4.	509	Schumi	Fleming Tärnström, Sophie	SWE		300.00 EUR	337.5	324.5	328.5	338.0	333.5	1662.0 points
	chest 16y.G /Furore/Investment/KWPN/SWE40839/ Sophie Fleming Tärnström			Sweden			67.500 %	64.900 %	65.700 %	67.600 %	66.700 %	66.480 %
							3.	7.	7.	2.	5.
5.	510	Denzel	von Wendt, Anna	FIN		200.00 EUR	332.5	328.5	336.0	328.5	325.5	1651.0 points
	chest 13y.G /Don Frederico/Wonderland/HANN/103JR81/ Anna von Wendt			Finland			66.500 %	65.700 %	67.200 %	65.700 %	65.100 %	66.040 %
							5.	5.	4.	5.	8.
Other, non-placed competitors
6.	504	Flourian	Suomio, Kikka	FIN			320.5	332.5	335.5	327.0	333.0	1648.5 points
	bay 18y.G /Savoy/Sultan/SI/ITA07078/ Primus Talli Oy			Finland			64.100 %	66.500 %	67.100 %	65.400 %	66.600 %	65.940 %
							9.	4.	5.	7.	6.
7.	506	Wizard II	Ehrnrooth, Elisabet	FIN			333.5	325.0	320.0	331.0	334.5	1644.0 points
	black 13y.G /Wetano/Allegretto/SWB/103ZR83/ Equiettan Ab			Finland			66.700 %	65.000 %	64.000 %	66.200 %	66.900 %	65.760 %
							4.	6.	9.	4.	4.
8.	505	Edvin	Duvefelt, Per	SWE			317.0	318.0	334.0	328.0	326.0	1623.0 points
	bay 16y.G /Tip-Top/Amiral 764/SWB/SWE05164/ PD Ridsport Per Duvefeldt			Sweden			63.400 %	63.600 %	66.800 %	65.600 %	65.200 %	64.920 %
							11.	10.	6.	6.	7.
9.	503	Briman	Brolin, Emilie	SWE			326.0	321.0	328.5	322.0	314.0	1611.5 points
	chest 14y.G /Briar/Martini/SWB/103XC26/ Brolöten AB			Sweden			65.200 %	64.200 %	65.700 %	64.400 %	62.800 %	64.460 %
							6.	9.	7.	8.	10.
10.	500	Skovlunds Gamin G	Lindh, Mikaela	FIN			323.5	324.0	318.5	315.5	321.5	1603.0 points
	9y.G /Gagarin/Saint Cloud/DWB/104IT52/ Dressurstald Solyst M. Lindh & B. J			Finland			64.700 %	64.800 %	63.700 %	63.100 %	64.300 %	64.120 %
							7.	8.	10.	10.	9.
11.	508	New Hill Julitrea	Hagelstam, Stella	FIN			320.0	289.0	309.5	315.0	301.5	1535.0 points
	bay 10y.M /Revan/Alcatraz/FWB/103II29/ Passion for Dressage OY			Finland			64.000 %	57.800 %	61.900 %	63.000 %	60.300 %	61.400 %
							10.	11.	11.	11.	11.

Data of competition:
Judges:	(E)	Lone Dichman (DEN)			Total prize money:	2500 EUR
	(H)	Wim Ernes (NED)
	(C)	Sharon Rhode (RSA)
	(M)	Irmeli Summanen (FIN)
	(B)	Paula Nysten (FIN)

Planning for Smaller World Games in 2018 — Part 1 of 2

The site of the 2018 World Equestrian Games where horse sports were staged at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976.

Oct. 20, 2015

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

Plans for the 2018 World Equestrian Games provide for seating for 19,000 spectators in the main arena for dressage and jumping making the showcase of international horse sports in Bromont, Canada possibly the smallest in the 28-year history of the championships.

Current planning details provided by the International Equestrian Federation(FEI) shows the event will be staged in four main competition venues–the biggest the 19,000-seat main stadium and the smallest able to seat 1,500 people for the Games scheduled for Aug. 11-26, 2018.

Approval in principle was recently given by the Bromont town government for a permanent indoor arena seating 4,500 to 5,000 spectators to be used for reining and vaulting that will be a legacy of the Games, held once every four years since their creation in 1990.

Aachen, Germany in 2006 became the biggest–and most successful–of the world championships that have grown to include the Olympic disciplines of dressage, eventing and jumping as well as driving, endurance, reining and vaulting plus para-dressage. Its main stadium was expanded to accommodate 40,000 spectators. The centerpiece stadium at Kentucky four years later could seat up to 25,000 while the soccer stadium used for dressage and jumping in Normandy in 2014 held 20,000 spectators.

“The primary considerations for determining the number of seats around each competition arena are the anticipated market for spectator ticket sales and any limitations set by the size of the field of play.” the FEI explained. “The final numbers are agreed between the Organizing Committee and FEI, but it is the FEI’s clear objective to have as many spectators as possible at the Games.”

Detailed venue planning is still underway and… “this to some extent will determine final spectator numbers due for example to the use of temporary seating at a number of the competition arenas.”

The reduced size of the World Games was foreshadowed at the FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland last April that pointed to the widely separated events at Normandy and some other of the combined championships as negatives.

The FEI described the event as having “evolved into a huge logistical and financial challenge” and said the “multiple venues had amplified complexity and stretched financial and human resources, occasionally resulting in the loss of the original concept of uniting the equestrian family.”

However, the 2018 Games will remain at 15 days and not be reduced in length, as suggested by some stakeholders to maintain spectator and media interest in horse sports governed by the FEI.

Like Aachen and Kentucky, all of the sports will be within the same complex in Bromont that is in a relatively lightly populated but spectacular forested mountain area that was the site of 1976 Olympic equestrian events but is known mostly for skiing.

However, the rural nature of Bromont also presents a major issue–the distance of almost 60 miles (96km) from Montreal where most spectators will have to stay to Bromont that typically takes at least an hour.

The FEI reports the organizing committee known as COJEM, the acronym for its title in French, is seeking to arrange a fleet of buses to carry visitors from pickup points in Montreal to take them to a location about four miles (6km) from the Games grounds.

Under this plan, visitors will transfer to other vehicles to be shuttled to one of the four competition venues.

The same will be done in reverse after the day’s competitions.

Riders and direct national team support will be put up in hotels that the organizers are currently locating and describe as “within 40-45 minutes of the venue.”

To save a significant amount of time and reduce traffic, organizers are exploring the use for WEG buses on dedicated commuter lanes on the main Montreal-Bromont highway and seeking to establish a drop-off roundabout at the show grounds instead of the off-site transfer.

Part 2: World Equestrian Games 2018 by the numbers

World Cup Standings Western European League

Edward Gal with Anna Kasrpzak and Agnete Kirk Thinggaard at Odense World Cup news conference. © 2015 Ridehesten.com

[News conferences with Edward Gal have become well attended and much appreciated comedy acts. To see the Odense news conference click http://jbkhorseshows.dk/files/0aeba3a1-2b84-4233-b081-1d356525fadf.mov]

2015/16 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Standings as of 18/10/2015 (Unofficial, compiled by dressage-news.com)
Western European League (includes results from 01/05/2015 to 18/10/2015)
1 LOGUTENKOVA, Inna UKR 30
2 GAL, Edward NED 20
2 KITTEL, Patrik Kittel SWE 20
2 AYACHE, Alexandre FRA 20
2 KRINKE SUSMELJ, Marcela SUI 20
2 SCHULTEN-BAUMER, Ellen GER 20
7 HAID BONDERGAARD, Charlotte SWE 19
8 KASPRZAK, Anna DEN 17
8 VON BREDOW-WERNDL GER 17
8 LARSSON, Jennie SWE 17
8 BOUTEN, Matthias GER 17
12 THINGGAARD, Agnete Kirk DEN 15
12 OATLEY, Lyndal AUS 15
12 SOLDI, Ester ITA 15
12 VON WENDT, Anna FIN 15
12 CHRISTENSEN, Martin DEN 15
17 HENDELIOWITZ, Mads SWE 13
17 NYREREÖD, Emilie SWE 13
19 REYNOLDS, Judy IRL 12
19 BERTSCHY, Anne Rita PHI 12
19 MATUTE GUIMON, Juan ESP 12
22 MINDERHOUD, Hans Peter NED 11
22 ROSS, Anna Louise GBR 11
22 GROENKE, Daniela GER 11
22 TIOZZO, Leonardo ITA 11
22 TRUPPA, Valentina ITA Fixdesign 11
27 ANDERSEN, Daniel Bachmann DEN 10
27 DUVEFELT, Per SWE 10
29 CARVALHO, Gonçalo POR 9
29 FLEMING TÄRNSTRÖM, Sophie SWE 9
29 EHRNROOTH, Elisabet FIN 9
29 SCOLARI, Federica ITA 9
33 FRIBERG, Paulinda SWE 8
34 JAGT, Marjan Van Der NED 7
34 MOREIRA, João Pedro POR 7
36 KELLER, Kathleen GER 6
37 ZU SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN, Nathalie DEN 5
38 SCHRÖTER, Saskia GER 4
38 LOPEZ, Severo Jesus Jurado ESP 4
40 HOLMEN, Anne Lene NOR 3
41 LARSSON, Jennie SWE 2

Edward Gal & Voice Take Odense World Cup Freestyle to Kick Off Western European League

Edward Gal on Glock’s Voice at Odense. © 2015 Ridehesten.com

ODENSE, Denmark, Oct. 18, 2015–Edward Gal on Glock’s Voice won the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday to kick off the 2015/16 Western European League that will end at the Final in Gothenburg, Sweden next March.

Edward, the 2010 champion on Totilas, and the 13-year-old black KWPN stallion that was his Netherlands team World Games mount in 2014 scored 78.800 per cent for the win.

Anna Kasprzak, the hometown favorite returning to competition for the first time being injured at the European Championships two months ago, placed second on Donnperignon on 77.100 per cent.

Fellow Dane Agnete Kirk Thinggaard on JoJo AZ placed third on 76.250 per cent.

Edward said Voice was “a little nervous” in their first indoor show of the season and joked that the horse probably “thought he was at a stallion licensing.”

“The atmosphere in the stands got to the horse, and he wasn’t as smooth as he can be,” Edward said. “Sometimes he reacts weirdly, but you know sometimes the weird horses are the good ones!

”With performances like that, sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose.”

The victory at this first of nine Western European World Cup qualifiers gave Edward the maximum of 20 points while Anna picked up 17 points and Agnete 15.

Current World Cup champion and world No. 1 Valegro ridden by Charlotte Dujardin will not seek a third straight World Cup title.

Another horse and rider will become individual champion for the first time when the annual individual world championship is staged in Gothenburg next March.

The schedule of the Western European League, one of four geographic divisions, launched at Odense this weekend and includes Lyon, Stuttgart, Stockholm, Salzburg, London, Amsterdam, Neumünster and ‘s-Hertogenbosch.before the Final next March.

The Central European League of 10 competitions wrapped up this weekend at Kaposvár, Hungary. The Pacific League’s four qualifiers in Australia end with the Sydney CDI next week but the single representative is determined by the only league final that will be held in December.

The North American League has the most events with 12–two in Canada and 10 in the United States–and is the only league to use a formula of the average of the best two Freestyle scores. The NAL is more than half over but the most competitive qualifiers are to come with three in Wellington, Florida and two in Burbank, California in January and February.

Results:

CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle

Judges: C: Hans-Christian Matthiesen DEN  H: Mariette Sanders-Van Gansewin  B: Raphaël Saleh

 M: Isobel Wessels  E: Susanne Baarup

Place			Rider	Horse	E	H	C	M	B
1			Edward Gal	Glock’s Voicede Niro – RohdiamantW. I.G.M. VAN GISBERGEN – SPONSELEE, HOOGE MIERDE (NED)Glock HPC Holding	76.500    83.000  79.750  1	79.250    81.000    80.125  1	78.500    83.000    80.750  1	75.750    77.000    76.375  4	75.000    79.000     77.000  1	77.000    80.600    78.800  1
2			Anna Kasprzak	DonnperignonDonnerhall – Mozart Ii79Rasanen PekkaKASPRZAK FAMILY	74.500    80.000    77.250  3	74.250    81.000    77.625  2	77.000    81.000    79.000  2	75.500    79.000    77.250  1	71.750    77.000    74.375  2	74.600     79.600    77.100  2
3			Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	Jojo AZGinus – JustboyEnyingi Agrár Rt.JULIANELYST APS	75.250    84.000    79.625  2	73.000    78.000    75.500  4	73.750    79.000    76.375   3	74.000    78.000     76.000  5	71.500    76.000    73.750  3	73.500    79.000    76.250  3
4			Emilie Nyreröd	MiataLancado – GrascoGerald GrashornEmilie Nyreröd	74.000    77.000      75.500  4	71.750    79.000     75.375  5	74.750    77.000    75.875  4	72.500    75.000    73.750  8	71.000    76.000    73.500  4	72.800    76.800    74.800  4
5			Judy Reynolds	Vancouver KJazz – FerroG.M. KORVER, HARMELEN (NED)Joe & Kathleen Reynolds	72.000    74.000    73.000  7	74.250    76.000    75.125  6	72.500    76.000    74.250  7	75.250    78.000    76.625  2	72.250    74.000    73.125  7	73.250     75.600    74.425  5
6			Hans Peter Minderhoud	Glock’s RomanovRohdiamant – Grundstein IIGlock Holding BV	70.250    76.000    73.125  6	72.750    80.000    76.375  3	73.250    77.000     75.125  5	73.500    74.000    73.750  9	71.750    75.000    73.375  5	72.300    76.400    74.350  6
7			Daniel Bachmann Andersen	Blue Hors HotlineHofrat – de NiroBLUE HORS APS	72.250    75.000    73.625  5	70.500    74.000    72.250  8	72.000    77.000    74.500 6	74.750    78.000    76.375  3	70.000    74.000    72.000  8	71.900    75.600    73.750  7
8			Gonçalo Carvalho	BatutaQuixote – IcaroSOCIEDADE QUINTA DAS TERRASISHI – INTERN. SPORT HORSES INVESTMENT	70.250    72.000    71.1251  2	71.000    76.000    73.500  7	70.500    75.000    72.750  8	73.000     76.000     74.500  7	70.250    76.000    73.125  6	71.000    75.000    73.000  8
9			Paulinda Friberg	Di Lapponia TDonnerhall – ArgumentJoachim TobabenPaulinda Friberg	70.750    75.000    72.875  8	66.750    72.000    69.375  13	70.500    75.000    72.750  8	73.000    78.000    75.500  6	69.000    72.000    70.500  10	70.000     74.400    72.200  9
10			Marjan Van Der Jagt	RadetzkyHouston – VosmaerDRS. C.G. JAGER, SPIER (NED)C.G. Jager	69.250    74.000    71.625  9	70.000    72.000    71.000  9	69.750    72.000    70.875  13	71.000    73.000    72.000  10	68.750    72.000    70.375  11	69.750    72.600    71.175  10
11			Kathleen Keller	Daintree 3de Niro – Wanderbursch IIJanssen, WilhelmBoeckmann-Heinrich, Cornelia	68.750    74.000    71.375  10	68.000    72.000    70.000  10	68.500    74.000    71.250  12	69.500     71.000    70.250  12	69.250    73.000     71.125  9	68.800    72.800    70.800  11
12			Nathalie Zu Sayn – Wittgenstein	FabienneBlue Hors Future Cup – RubinsteinH.K.H. PRINSESSE BENEDIKTE, BAD BERLEBURG (GER)ZU SAYN WITTGENSTEIN	67.500    72.000    69.750  14	67.250    72.000    69.625  11	69.500    74.000    71.750  10	69.250    71.000     70.125  13	66.750    70.000    68.375  13	68.050    71.800    69.925  12
13			Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez	N O H S DaijouboDaddy Cool – PicandtSTUTTERI N.O.H., SKAEVINGE (DEN)STUTTERI N.O.H.	69.500    73.000    71.250  11	68.000    71.000    69.500  12	70.000    73.000    71.500  11	66.750    69.000    67.875  14	64.500    70.000    67.250  14	67.750    71.200    69.475  13
14			Anne Lene Holmen	Rainbow Dancer 4Rubin-Royal – AlabasterHillmann, MartenHufendiek, Mara	68.000    72.000    70.000  13	63.750    64.000    63.875  15	66.750    70.000    68.375  14	71.000    72.000    71.500  11	67.000    71.000    69.000  12	67.300    69.800    68.550  14
15			Jennie Larsson	Zircoon Spring FlowerPainted Black – ArmstrongT. VERHOEVEN, TILBURG (NED)Lövsta Stuteri AB	59.750    61.000    60.375  15	66.500    65.000    65.750  14	63.750    65.000    64.375  15	66.000    63.000    64.500  15	59.000    58.000     58.500  15	63.000    62.400    62.700  15

Patrik Kittel & Delaunay Capture Kaposvár World Cup Freestyle With Another Personal Best

Patrik Kittel and Delauney at Kaposvár World Cup. © 2015 Andrássy Zoltán

KAPOSVÁR, Hungary, Oct. 18, 2015–Patrik Kittel rode the nine-year-old Delaunay to victory in the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday to give the Swedish Olympian a big start to his campaign to make the Final in his homeland next March.

Patrik and the nine-year-old Oldenburg gelding posted a personal best score of 78.480 per cent in the last event in the Central European League 2015/16 World Cup circuit. The rider picked up the maximum of 20 points that he can take back to the Western European League that launched this same weekend.

Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, the bronze medal winner at the World Cup Final in Las Vegas last April, placed second on Zaire with a score of 77.550 per cent, also a personal best result on the 11-year-old KWPN mare.

Lyndal Oatley of Australia, Patrik’s wife, placed third on Sandro Boy on a score of 74.000 per cent. Lyndal is also campaigning the 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding that was her mount at the 2012 Olympics and the 2014 World Games for the World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Both Delaunay and Sandro Boy are owned by Carol and Andrew Oatley, Lyndal’s parents.

Under World Cup rules, Patrik gets to take his 20 points to the Western European League as does the Jessica with her 17 points and Lyndal with 15 points.

Delaunay, Patrik told dressage-news.com, was “really trying” despite being just nine years old.

He said he wants to qualify all of his Grand Prix horses–Watermill Scandic, Deja and Dude as well as Delaunay–for the Final by competing each horse in two events. The Western European League of nine events kicked off this weekend in Odense, Denmark.

The results at this finale 2015/16 Central European League event do not alter the standings that are led by the Russians Inessa Merkulova on Mister X and Tatiana Dorofeeva on Kartsevo Upperville. The CEL is allocated two starting places in the World Cup Final.

Results:

CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle
1. Patrik Kittel SWE Delaunay 78.480%
2. Jessica von Bredow-Werndl GER Zaire 77.550%
3. Lyndal Oatley AUS Sandro Boy 74.000%
4. Mads Hendeliowitz SWE Jimmie Choo SEQ 73.580%
5. Charlotte Haid Bondegaard SWE Triviant 71.220%
6. Valentina Truppa ITA Fixdesign Ranier1 71.080%
7. Nikolett Szalai HUN Willy the Hit 69.580%
8. Federica Scolari ITA Beldonwelt 65.800%
9. Gábor Németh HUN Le Baldi 64.150%

CDI3* Grand Prix Special
1. Renate Voglsand AUT Fratello 69.314%
2. Belinda Weinbauer AUT Don Walesko 67.784%
3. Caroline Kottas-Heldenberg AUT Shylock 6 67.569%
4. Charlotte Haid Bondergaard SWE Roberto des Frettes 67.078%
5. Timna Zach AUT Quantico 66.588%
6. Micol Rustignoli ITA Fixdesign Corallo Nero 65.392%
7. Ellesse TZINBERG PHI Pavarotti 64.980%
8. Ulrike Prunthaller AUT Bartlgut’s Duccio 62.255%
9. Juliane Vogt AUT Flipper NRW 62.098%

36th PSI Auction Dressage Collection Online

ANKUM, Germany, Oct. 19, 2015–The dressage collection of horses for the 36th annual P.S.I. auction are online in preparation for the event in Ankum Dec. 5-6.

Details and videos of the 26 horses–10 stallions, nine geldings and seven mares–are available at http://psi-auktion.de/eng/p.s.i.-auction/p.s.i.-auktion-2015/dressage-horses/artikelliste.html?hid=

The first presentation will be live streamed on Nov. 28 at 1800 CET (12 noon US Eastern Time).

Slo-mo Outtakes RITS documentary by Cees Slings with Commentary by Hilary Clayton

Cees Slings and Hilary Clayton.

from Cees Slings  PLUS 

 An outtake from Riders In The Snow documentary: it answers some of my technical questions about horse locomotion in FTM movements, commented by Hilary Clayton (Hilary M. Clayton, BVMS, PhD, Dipl ACVSMR, MRCVS Professor and McPhail Dressage Chair Emerita President, Sport Horse Science, LC).

It shows the stunning riding performances of Swedish rider Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén and some of her horses. Talking about harmony and being one (and in control) with the horse; Tinne is an extraordinary example of a top class rider, extremely in harmony with her horses. Hilary’s comments also confirm my statements about the horse’s rhythm, time signatures and left and right handedness; which were (are) often discussed by famous FEI 5* judges. Sorry for all of you: this footage shows the real truth… and who’s wrong.

The FEI should use the knowledge of (musical) experts in educating judges about horse rhythm, tact, tempo and pulse compared when it’s used with music and as long as this does not happen in FTM judging, FTM will be a very subjective matter; resulting in painful and silly scores and impossible to maintain in the Olympic Games.