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Results Qualifier for FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final April 19 2007

Rk	Name Rider Name horse sex-birthyear: sire x sire dam	Country Studbook	Total %	Hoevenaars E	Verbeek H	Withages C	Whitham M	Schüle B
1	Isabell Werth Warum nicht FRH G-1996: Weltmeyer x Wenzel I	GER HANN	74.79%	72.71% 1	75.42% 1	76.25% 1	74.79% 1	74.79% 1
2	Steffen Peters Floriano G-1990: Florestan I x Weinberg	USA WESTF	72.88%	72.29% 2	73.13% 2	71.46% 2	74.17% 2	73.33% 3
3	Kyra Kyrklund Max G-1995: Master x Alpenfürst	FIN SWB	71.71%	71.04% 5	70.83% 6	71.25% 3	72.71% 3	72.71% 4
4	Imke Schellekens-Bartels Sunrise M-1994: Singular Joter x Werther	NLD HANN	71.70%	72.29% 2	72.71% 3	70.00% 5	69.79% 6	73.72% 2
5	Jan Brink Briar 899 S-1991: Magini 695 x Krocket 651	SWE SWB	71.63%	72.08% 4	71.67% 4	70.83% 4	71.88% 4	71.67% 6
6	Tinne Vilhelmson Solos Carex G-1993: Castro x Lagano	SWE DWB	70.75%	70.63% 6	71.67% 4	68.13% 6	70.63% 5	72.71% 4
7	Edward Gal G4S IPS Gribaldi S-1993: Kostolany x Ibikus	NLD TRAKH	68.08%	67.50% 7	69.79% 7	67.29% 7	67.08% 8	68.75% 7
8	Courtney King Idocus S-1990: Equador x Zonneglans	USA KWPN	67.83%	67.29% 8	69.17% 8	66.46% 9	68.33% 7	67.92% 8
9	Catherine Haddad Maximus JSS G-1994: May Sherif x Höjvangs Lukas	USA DWB	66.75%	66.67% 9	66.25% 9	67.08% 8	66.25% 9	67.50% 9
10	Iryna Lis Problesk G-1990: Bek xx x Oreol	BLR TRAKH	64.54%	64.38% 10	65.21% 10	62.92% 12	65.00% 10	65.21% 10
11	Leslie Morse Tip Top 962 S-1994: Master 850 x Chagall 455	USA SWB	64.00%	63.33% 11	65.00% 11	62.92% 12	63.96% 13	64.79% 11
12	Marlies Van Baalen BMC Kigali S-1992: Wolfgang x Voltaire	NLD KWPN	63.75%	63.33% 11	64.17% 12	63.54% 10	63.33% 14	64.38% 12
13	Daniel Pinto Galopin de la Font S-1994: Espanto x Zorro FRI	POR LUS	63.33%	62.50% 13	62.92% 14	63.33% 11	64.17% 12	63.75% 13
14	Evi Strasser Quantum Tyme G-1995: Quattro x Argentinus	CAN OLDNB	63.00%	62.50% 13	63.54% 13	60.83% 15	64.58% 11	63.54% 14
15	Wayne Channon Lorenzo CH S-1993: Ferro x Wolfgang	GBR KWPN	62.00%	61.04% 15	62.71% 15	62.08% 14	63.13% 15	61.04% 15
16	Jacqueline Brooks Gran Gesto G-1995: Grannox x Goldstern	CAN OLDNB	61.09%	60.42% 16	61.67% 16	60.63% 16	62.50% 16	60.21% 16

Flashes

A special report by Claartje van Andel dressagedirect
(Most of this was also sent as a FEI press release)

Isabell Werth wins Grand Prix

The dressage riders swept the floor first for the second FEI World Cup™ Jumping and Dressage Finals being held in the same location simultaneously. They entered the Thomas and Mack Center today for their first test Grand Prix. As more often in championships, the tension played a decisive role. A quite difficult class to judge as no rider went clear, without mistakes! However, German Isabell Werth made the best out of the problems occurring during her test and won the class with a nice 74,792%. Her thoughts were from the beginning on not taking too much risks, she said. She had a wonderful start and scored some nine’s for extended trot and beautifully performed half passes. In the first piaffe her big chestnut Warum Nicht FRH suddenly was struck by the sight of a camera and got spooky. The giftedness in riding of Isabell Werth and the looseness and suppleness of the 11 year old Hanoverian prevented the scores to go down too much. “But it was like ping pong, the marks went 4 – 9 – 4 – 9”, Canadian judge Cara Whitham smiled.

First win for Isabell Werth and Warum Nicht FRH picture courtesy Kit Houghton©

Like Aachen for Peters

The American audience was presented with a wonderful runner up, Steffen Peters and the 17 year old Floriano. Steffen Peters commented: “I was happy to have the WEG Aachen under my belt because Floriano reacted the same now on the immense crowd! Floriano was not too crazy to enter the arena and made a pirouette we didn’t ask for before we went in. I could deal with the situation now. His responsiveness and feeling he gave me during the test was very much like in Aachen. I was happy.”

Steffen Peters felt like in Aachen in Las Vegas, picture courtesy Kit Houghton©

Reglement decides no ex aequo’s in ranking

Kyra Kyrklund had a very professional ride and ended at third place partnering Max. She rode his father Master in the World Cup™ Final in Gothenburg 1904_Kyrklund_KitHoughtondd and it was a special feeling for her now to bring Max in a World Cup™ Final, she said. “Knowing the father gives the rider a lot of information for schooling the horse. I couldn’t wait to go for it today and I felt Max liked that too. He was sort of watching the crowds like he was saying, they payed a lot of dollars to watch me, let’s give them a show!” Some mistakes and irregularities prevented her from a higher score than 71,708%.
Surprisingly the score of Imke Schellekens-Bartels, sharing with Isabell Werth first positions in the rankings after the European World Cup™ qualifiers, now shared the same score of 71,708% in Grand Prix with Kyra Kyrklund. After a good start she unfortunately had to deal with some nervous reactions of Sunrise. Chairman of the judges Mariette Withages commented: “I was not aware of the reglement rule myself, but the reglement states that in the event of the same score, the collective marks at the end of the test are decisive. That’s why Kyra Kyrklund was rewarded with third position and Imke Schellekens with the fourth place.”

No gamblers in World Cup™ Dressage as Helgstrand withdraws

For 30 year old Danish rider Andreas Helgstrand the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final started with a disappointing turn of events. Unlike most gambling Las Vegas-visitors Helgstrand didn’t like to take risks. His horse Blue Hors Matiné, winner of the dressage silver medal in the Freestyle at the WEG Aachen 2006, injured herself when slipping in the stable after been unloaded. She didn’t pass the vet check and Helgstrand decided not to wait for re inspection to withdraw her. “Although our vet said it’s a minor injury and that she might recover by tomorrow, we don’t want to take any chances”, Helgstrand explained. Instead of riding he will join his family that has arrived to have a good time in Las Vegas and to watch his fellow competitors. Isabell Werth, being the only competitor in the list of participants that has some World Cup™ titles under her belt, knows the feeling. She had to withdraw her Antony in 2005 in Las Vegas.

Formula

In the FEI World Cup™ formula the Grand Prix only is the qualifier round for the Final, where all competitors will start clean. Asked for their preference to have the Grand Prix counted again in the final score, Isabell Werth said she was most happy with the new formula with two different individual medals in the summer season and with only the Freestyle to decide for the win in he World Cup™.
With only four competitors the B-final is scheduled. Saturday the Freestyle to music will be the exciting climax of the 22nd World Cup™ Final in history.

Please also find all updated biographies on the riders of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final Las Vegas at www.horsesport.org

More on The Rolex FEI World Cup™ Finals in Las Vegas at www.worldcuplasvegas.com

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