The 2011 FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, Germany were the Final of four World Cups in different Equestrian sports. They were held in the exhibition halls 1 and 3 at the new Leipzig Trade Fair from April 27 to May 1, 2011.

First time ever four horse sport World Cup Finals was held at the same place.

Horse sport in Leipzig

Since 1998 the new Leipzig Trade Fair is the location of “Partner Pferd“, a trade fair around the horse and a horse show with show jumping and dressage competitions.[1]

First time in 2008 Vaulting competitions are part of the “Partner Pferd“. From 2001 to 2007 also Reining horse show, called “ L.E. Grand Open”, are part of the “Partner Pferd“ Leipzig.[2]

Trade fair and horse show held usually each year in January. In 2011 these events were moved to the end of April.

Disciplines at the World Cup Finals

Competitions in four equestrian disciplines are part of the FEI World Cup Finals 2011. The finals of the following international series are part of this horse show:

At the same time held an international show jumping horse show (CSI 3*) and finals of national series at the “Partner Pferd“ 2011.[3]

Dressage

Qualified riders

World Cup League Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final Qualified riders
Central European League2Poland Katarzyna Milczarek
Hungary Robert Acs
North American League2United States Jan Ebeling
United States Shawna Harding
Pacific League1Australia Chantal Wigan (will not start)
Western European League9Netherlands Adelinde Cornelissen
Germany Ulla Salzgeber
Germany Isabell Werth
Netherlands Hans Peter Minderhoud
United States Catherine Haddad °
Sweden Patrik Kittel
United Kingdom Richard Davison
Germany Helen Langehanenberg
Sweden Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén (will not start)
Denmark Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Belgium Jeroen Devroe (move up in the World Cup Final)
Competitors from Asia or South America1not awarded, so one more wild card
Wild cards of the FEI2Finland Mikaela Lindh
Sweden Nina Hoffmann
Ukraine Sergey Puzko
defending champion1Netherlands Edward Gal

° extra competitor (Extra competitors are riders, who live in a country, which is not part of the World Cup League of the country of this riders nationality. These riders are at first part of the World Cup League of the country in which they live. At the end of the season this riders deducted from the final score of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the last qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final.)

Agenda and results

Grand Prix

At the evening of April 28, 2011 the Grand Prix de Dressage was held. It was the first competition of the Dressage World Cup final.

Result:[4]

Rider Horse Percentage
1Netherlands Adelinde CornelissenParzival80.957 %
2Denmark Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-BerleburgDigby76.884 %
3Germany Ulla SalzgeberHerzruf´s Erbe76.216 %
4Germany Isabell WerthSatchmo74.818 %
5Germany Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW73.480 %

(Top 5 of 17 Competitors)

Grand Prix Freestyle (Final)

The second competition of the Dressage World Cup final is the Grand Prix Freestyle, held at the evening of Saturday, April 30. The winner of the Grand Prix Freestyle will be the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[5]

Result:[6]

Rider Horse Percentage
1Netherlands Adelinde CornelissenParzival84,804 %
2Denmark Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-BerleburgDigby80,036 %
3Germany Ulla SalzgeberHerzruf´s Erbe78,821 %
4Netherlands Edward GalSisther de Jeu77,393 %
5Germany Isabell WerthSatchmo77,143 %
6Sweden Patrik KittelScandic76,375 %
7Germany Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW74,946 %
8Netherlands Hans Peter MinderhoudNadine74,321 %
9Belgium Jeroen DevroeApollo van het Vijverhof73,768 %
10United Kingdom DavisonArtemis73,143 %
11United States Jan EbelingRafalca72,589 %
12United States Catherine Haddad-StallerWinyamaro70,161 %
13Poland Katarzyna MilczarekEkwador69,786 %
14United States Shawna HardingCome on III67,625 %
15Hungary Robert AcsWeinzauber65,429 %

Show jumping

Qualified riders (World Cup Final)

World Cup League Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final competitors who take part in this World Cup Final
Arab League2Saudi Arabia Abdullah Waleed Al-Sharbatly
Syria Ahmad Saber Hamcho
Caucasian League1Azerbaijan Hikmet Musayev (will not start)
Central Asian League1Kyrgyzstan Andrei Shalohin (will not start)
Central European League3Poland Mściwoj Kiecoń (will not start)
Estonia Tiit Kivisild
Russia Vladimir Beletsky
Estonia Gunnar Klettenberg (move up in the World Cup Final)
Japan League1Japan Daisuke Kawaguchi
North American League2 Canadian competitorsCanada Eric Lamaze
2 Mexican competitorsMexico Jose Alberto Martinez Vazquez
10 US-American competitorsUnited States Ashlee Bond
United States Kirsten Coe
United States Margie Engle
United States Rich Fellers
United States Brianne Goutal
United States Charlie Jayne
United States Beezie Madden
United States Michelle Spadone
United States Richard Spooner
United States McLain Ward
Brazil Eduardo Menezes °
Colombia John Perez °
Venezuela Pablo Barrios °
Pacific League2 competitors from Australian sub-leagueAustralia Brook Dobbin (will not start)
Australia Billy Raymont (will not start)
1 competitor from New Zealand sub-leagueNew Zealand Katie McVean
South African League1South Africa Dominey Alexander (will not start)
South American League3Brazil Yuri Mansur Guerios
Brazil Rodrigo Sarmento (will not start)
Argentina Ricardo Dircie (will not start)
South East Asia League1Sweden Helena Gabrielsson ° (will not start)
Malaysia Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil (will not start)
Western European League18France Kevin Staut
Germany Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Brazil Rodrigo Pessoa ° (will not start)
Sweden Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
Republic of Ireland Billy Twomey
Germany Ludger Beerbaum
Spain Sergio Alvarez Moya
Netherlands Jeroen Dubbeldam
Sweden Malin Baryard-Johnsson
France Simon Delestre
Germany Philipp Weishaupt
Australia Edwina Alexander °
Germany Christian Ahlmann
Portugal Luciana Diniz
Republic of Ireland Denis Lynch
Germany Lars Nieberg
Netherlands Harrie Smolders
Switzerland Pius Schwizer
Germany Marco Kutscher
United Kingdom Michael Whitaker (will not start)
Netherlands Gerco Schröder (move up in the World Cup Final)
participant at invitation of the host country1not applicable because German riders have qualified for the World Cup Final
defending champion1Germany Marcus Ehning

° extra competitor (Extra competitors are riders, who live in a country, which is not part of the World Cup League of the country of this riders nationality. These riders are at first part of the World Cup League of the country in which they live. At the end of the season this riders deducted from the final score of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the last qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final.)

Agenda and results

World Cup

Last time in 2002 the Show jumping World Cup Final was held in Leipzig.[7]

Final I

The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Thursday afternoon (April 28, 2011). The result of this competition was converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.

Result:[8]

Rider Horse Time World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
1Germany Marco KutscherCash63.55 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.5544
2Germany Marcus EhningSabrina63.79 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.7942
3Germany Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z64.03 s + 0 Penalty s. = 64.0341
4Netherlands Gerco SchröderNew Orleans65.12 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.1240
5United States Margie EngleIndigo65.62 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.6239
6New Zealand Katie McVeanDelphi65.67 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.6738
7Netherlands Jeroen DubbeldamSimon66.34 s + 0 Penalty s. = 66.3437
8United States Ashlee BondCadett66.44 s + 0 Penalty s. = 66.4436
9France Kevin StautSilvana67.01 s + 0 Penalty s. = 67.0135
10Sweden Malin Baryard-JohnssonTornesch67.53 s + 0 Penalty s. = 67.5334

(Top Ten of 43 competitors)

Final II

At April 29 afternoon the second competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a show jumping competition with one jump-off, was held. After the second round, the World Cup Points were converted in Penalties for the Final III.

Result:[9]

Rider Horse Round 1 Jump-off World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
PenaltiesTime
(s)
PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Canada Eric LamazeHickstead0-040.6844
2Germany Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z0-040.8642
3Netherlands Gerco SchröderNew Orleans0-044.7741
4Spain Sergio Alvarez MoyaAction-Breaker0-048.7940
5United States McLain WardAntares F0-439.3739
6Germany Marco KutscherCash0-440.8938
7Venezuela Pablo BarriosQuick Star0-842.0237
8New Zealand Katie McVeanDelphi176.72--36
9France Simon DelestreCouletto176.78--35
10Switzerland Pius SchwizerCarlina471.87--34

(Top Ten of 41 competitors)

Final III

The third competition of this final was held at May 1, 2011 afternoon. It was a competition over two different rounds, both not against the clock. Here only the 30 best placed riders have the chance to start in this competition.

Result:[10]

Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Total
PenaltiesPenaltiesPenalties
1United States Beezie MaddenCoral Reef Via Volo000
Netherlands Jeroen DubbeldamSimon000
3United States Margie EngleIndigo044
United States McLain WardAntares F044
Switzerland Pius SchwizerCarlina404
France Kevin StautSilvana404
Canada Eric LamazeHickstead044
Germany Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z404

(Top 8 of 27 competitors)

Final standings

The competitor with the smallest number of faults in the World Cup Final standings will be the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[11]

[12]

Rider Horse/
Horses
Final I Final II World Cup Points (only from Final I and Final II) TOTAL World Cup Points, converted in Penalties Final III Penalties
(Total)
World Cup PointsWorld Cup PointsPenaltiesPenalties
1Germany Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z4142830404
2Canada Eric LamazeHickstead27447160410
3Netherlands Jeroen DubbeldamSimon372461110011
4Germany Marco KutscherCash443882001212
United States Beezie MaddenDanny Boy
and Coral Reef Via Volo
263258120012
6Netherlands Gerco SchröderNew Orleans40418118413
New Zealand Katie McVeanDelphi38367444513
France Kevin StautSilvana35296494013
Switzerland Pius SchwizerUlysse
and Carlina
30346494013
10United States McLain WardRothchild
and Antares F
233962100414
11Sweden Malin Baryard-JohnssonTornesch34336784416
12United States Margie EngleIndigo391655140418
13Spain Sergio Alvarez MoyaWisconsin
and Action-Breaker
214061118019
United States Richard SpoonerCristallo322860114419
15Germany Philipp WeishauptSouvenir
and Catoki
332154141520
16France Simon DelestreNapoli du Ry
and Couletto
2435591211326
17Venezuela Pablo BarriosQuick Star1837551416434
Germany Lars NiebergLucie
and Lord Luis
142741218534
19Netherlands Harrie SmoldersRegina Z1622382281545
20Germany Marcus EhningSabrina42236598DNS
21Sweden Rolf-Göran BengtssonQuintero
and Casall
313061118DNS
22Portugal Luciana DinizWinningmood252237238DNS
Germany Ludger BeerbaumCoupe de Coeur
and Gotha
1431451912DNS
24United States Rich FellersFlexible2224362312DNS
25Russia Vladimir BeletskyRocketman1913322512DNS
26United States Michelle SpadoneUwwalon
and Melisimo
2027471820DNS
27United States Ashlee BondCadett36155116RET
28Germany Meredith Michaels-BeerbaumShutterfly
and Checkmate
29255414DNS
29Republic of Ireland Billy TwomeyTinka´s Serenade28204817DNS
30Brazil Yuri Mansur GueriosChico Z
and Vip van den Keersod
11182927DNS
31Brazil Eduardo MenezesTomba17102728
Syria Ahamad Saber HamchoWonderboy III8192728
33United States Kirsten CoeTristan7172429
34Colombia John PerezUtopia1282031
35United States Brianne GoutalBallade van het Indihof1091932
36United States Charlie JayneAthena6111733
37Mexico Jose Alberto Martinez VazquezLeonard471136
Estonia Gunnar KlettenbergUlrike R561136
39Japan Daisuke KawaguchiSnowyriver II35837
40Estonia Tiit KivisildCinnamon9RET
41Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al SharbatlySeldana di Campalto13DNS
42Republic of Ireland Denis LynchAbbervail van het DingeshofELI
Australia Edwina AlexanderSocratesELI

ELI = eliminated
DNS = did not start
RET = retired

A jump-off was not necessary.

Further competitions

European Youngster Cup-Super Final

At Friday morning (April 29, 2011) the “Super Final“ of the European Youngster Cup (EY-Cup) season 2010 was held. It was a show jumping competition with one jump-off for riders up to the age of 26.

The chance to start in this final had:

  • the best riders of the regular Final of the European Youngster Cup 2010 at the CSI 4* Frankfurt[13]
  • the four most successful riders of qualifying competitions in the United States[14]
  • the Winner of the Grand Prix of the “Salut-Festival” Aachen (one of the most important show jumping event for young riders in Germany)[15]

result:[16]

Rider Horse Round 1 Jump-off
PenaltiesTime
(s)
PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Germany Marie LütgenauStrolchi0-039.30
2Germany Tim BrüggemannCorio Star0-040.19
3Luxembourg Charlotte BettendorfKiwi du Gibet0-041.47
4Germany Hendrik SosathChalacorada0-439.09
5United States Reed KesslerLigist0-439.34

(Top 5 of 29 Competitors)

Grand Prix (CSI 3*)

Also a CSI 3* are held at the “Partner Pferd“ 2011. The Grand Prix of this show jumping horse show was held at the afternoon of Saturday, April 30, 2011. It was a show jumping competition with one jump-off. The fences was up to 1.55 meters.

Result:[17]

Rider Horse Round 1 Jump-off
PenaltiesTime
(s)
PenaltiesTime
(s)
1Republic of Ireland Denis LynchAll Inclusive NRW0-038.10
2Republic of Ireland Billy TwomeyRomanov0-038.24
3United States McLain WardRothchild0-038.37
4France Kevin StautZeta0-038.57
5France Philippe RozierRandgraaf0-039.72

(Top 5 of 48 Competitors)

Four-in-hand driving

Qualified driver

After several World Cup competitions the following drivers have the chance to start in the World Cup Final:[18]

Agenda and results

Last time in 2008 the Driving World Cup Final was held in Leipzig.[21]

First competition

At the eventing of April 29, 2011, the first competition of the Driving World Cup final was held. It was a time obstacle driving competition.

Result:[22]

Driver Time (s)
1Australia Boyd Exell125.63
2Sweden Tomas Eriksson129.53
3Netherlands Koos de Ronde140.08
4Switzerland Werner Ulrich143.41
5Germany Georg von Stein148.31
6Netherlands IJsbrand Chardon155.51
7Hungary József Dobrovitz167.66

Second competition

The second competition of the Four-in-hand Driving World Cup final was held at May 1, 2011 noon. This competition was a time obstacle driving with two rounds. The winner of this second competition, Boyd Exell, is the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[23]

Result:[24]

Driver Time (s)
round 1
Time (s)
total
Australia Boyd Exell-242.12
Hungary József Dobrovitz-247.52
Netherlands IJsbrand Chardon-254.88
Sweden Tomas Eriksson133.10
Switzerland Werner Ulrich139.07
Germany Georg von Stein140.76
Netherlands Koos de Ronde151.32

Vaulting

Qualified Vaulters

After four World Cup competitions (Munich, Dresden, Salzburg, Paris) the following vaulters have the chance to start in the World Cup Final:[25]
Women:

  • Germany Pia Engelberty
  • Germany Antje Hill
  • Germany Simone Wiegele
  • Germany Ines Jückstock (Wild card)
  • Switzerland Simone Jäiser
  • Austria Stefanie Kowald
  • Italy Anna Cavallaro

Men:

  • Switzerland Patric Looser
  • France Yvan Nousse
  • Czech Republic Lukas Klouda
  • Germany Daniel Kaiser (Wild card)
  • France Nicolas Andréani
  • Germany Viktor Brusewitz
  • Austria Nikolaus Luschin

Agenda and results

The 2010/2011 Vaulting World Cup season was a test season, the first World Cup season ever in Vaulting history.[26][27]

The World Cup Final consists of two freestyle competitions. Both competitions was held separated by gender. The first competition was held at Friday midday (April 29, 2011), the second competition at Saturday midday (April 30, 2011). The vaulter with the best average of both competition results is the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[28]

Women: final result

Vaulter
Longeur
Horse Percentage
round 1
Percentage
round 2
Total
percentage[29]
1Germany Simone Wiegele
Agnes Werhahn
Arkansas8.3208.6138.467
2Germany Antje Hill
Agnes Werhahn
Arkansas8.2468.2338.240
3Italy Anna Cavallaro
Nelson Vidoni
Harley7.5337.623
4Germany Pia Engelberty
Kai Vorberg
Sir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle7.1607.453
5Switzerland Simone Jaiser
Margit Blieske
Luk7.2267.360
6Austria Stefanie Kowald
Hannelore Leiser
Alando7.2007.337
7Germany Ines Jückstock
Ruth Jückstock
Lamenticus7.3136.980

Men: final result

Vaulter
Longeur
Horse Percentage
round 1
Percentage
round 2
Total
percentage[29]
1Switzerland Patric Looser
Alexandra Knauf
Record RS von der Wintermühle8.6268.7938.710
2France Nicolas Andréani
Maina Jooten Dupont
Idefix de Braize8.7808.2468.513
3Germany Viktor Brüsewitz
Irina Lenkert
Airbus8,0808.017
4Czech Republic Lukas Klouda
Kai Vorberg
Sir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle6,6737.527
5France Yvan Nousse
Elke Schelp-Lensing
Carlos7.0467.510
6Germany Daniel Kaiser
Katja Rutzke
Down Under5.7206.817

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  9. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final II
  10. Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final III
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  29. 1 2 results
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