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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
5
April 2004
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- FEI World Cup Dressage: Anky Van Grunsven wins the Duesseldorf
Final
- FEI Gandini World Jumping Riders Rankings
- FEI BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings
- More than 1 million km ridden in FEI Endurance competition in
2003
- In Memoriam: Alfons Lütke Westhues
FEI
WORLD CUP DRESSAGE
ANKY VAN GRUNSVEN IS THE NEW WORLD CUP CHAMPION
Anky van Grunsven won the FEI World Cup Final for a record breaking
sixth time in Duesseldorf last Sunday 4 April, with her new star
Gestion Salinero. The Dutch rider was the unanimous victor with
all five judges, and on 83.45 per cent, scored three per cent
higher then her pupil Edward Gal who took runner up position on
the Dutch stallion Gestion Lingh.
"I could not believe it could go so well", said van
Grunsven, who admitted to feeling nervous at the start of her
winning freestyle, which was the nine year-old Salinero's best
performance yet.
For Edward Gal, this was a thrilling result at the Dutch rider's
first ever FEI World Cup Final.
For third place, German rider Hubertus Schmidt produced a harmonious
performance with the mare Wansuela Suerte to narrowly beat his
compatriot Heike Kemmer and Bonaparte.
All the finalists scored over 70 per cent. Dr Volker Moritz, the
judge at C, commented: "It was a fascinating competition,
fantastic sport. Everyone went better than in the Grand Prix and
the winners produced both power and harmony."
Results
FEI World Cup Dressage Final 2004
Presented by Yorn
1, Gestion Salinero (Anky Van Grunsven NED) 83.45
2, Gestion Lingh (Edward Gal NED) 80.62
3, Wansuela Suerte (Hubertus Schmidt GER) 78.87
4, Bonaparte (Heike Kemmer GER) 78.65
5, Wahajama UNICEF (Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff GER) 77.27
6, Nikolaus (Guenter Seidel USA) 76.97
7, Blom's Idocus (Marlies van Baalen NED) 76.90
8, Artax Condor (Elena Sidneva RUS) 75.80
9, Apache (Isabell Werth GER) 74.70
10, Just Mickey (Tinne Wilhelmson SWE) 72.47
11, Wie Weltmeyer (Emma Hindle GBR) 72.45
12, Guinness (Louise Nathhorst SWE) 71.97
Highlights of The FEI World Cup Dressage Final are scheduled to
be broadcast on Eurosport in a prime time slot - Wednesday 14
April at 21.00 C.E.T.
Visit the website of the FEI World Cup Dressage Final: www.duesseldorf-masters.de
for complete results
FEI GANDINI WORLD JUMPING RIDERS RANKINGS
Ludger Beerbaum firmly in the lead
The winner of the FEI World Cup of 's-Hertogenbosch (NED) at the
end of March, Ludger Beerbaum (GER) is at the top of the FEI Gandini
World Jumping Riders Rankings with 2597 points. He scored 190
points during the month, at the Dutch qualifier of the FEI World
Cup but also in Vejer and Paris.
Marcus Ehning (GER) took the runner up spot over the Swiss Markus
Fuchs, who is back to competition since March. Ehning won 95 points
in Paris, while Fuchs earned 70 points in 's-Hertogenbosch, where
he finished 7th in the World Cup.
Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) won the FEI World Cup of Paris early March
and kept his 4th position.
The first Lady Rider of the rankings, Beezie Madden-Patton (USA)
was loosing 173 points from last year, but recuperated them all
and grabbed some more during her successful tour to the FEI World
Cups of the USA West Coast League. Aboard her new 9 years old
horse Silvio van de Zeept, she won the FEI World Cup of Tampa,
finished second in the World Cup of Wellington and collected some
more points in the Grand Prix and in the Nations Cup of Wellington,
which was opening the 2004 season of the Samsung Nations Cup Series.
Do you know that you can check on the exact number of points earned
by each rider listed in the FEI Gandini World Riders Rankings?
Simply go on the FEI
website www.horsesport.org, section Consult, Results, Jumping,
click on FEI GANDINI WORLD RIDERS RANKINGS, and select your favourite
rider to access his
or her detailed performance!
FEI BCM WORLD DRESSAGE RIDERS RANKINGS
Ulla Salzgeber still Number One, new World Cup Champion Anky van
Grunsven goes up to 6th place
Ulla Salzgeber (GER) leads the FEI BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings
with an unchanged score of 79.819. She is followed by Debbie McDonald
(USA) and Lisa Wilcox (USA).
The new World Cup Champion, Anky Van Grunsven, collected her 10th
score to count for the rankings at the World Cup qualifier of
's-Hertogenbosch and entered the Top Ten. She is now 6th with
76.071 points.
For complete rankings, visit the FEI website www.horsesport.org
section consult, results, Dressage.
ENDURANCE
MORE THAN 1 MILLION KM RIDDEN AT FEI EVENTS IN 2003
The total distance of all FEI Endurance competitions which were
organised in 2003 was 26,800 km. There were 251 competitions,
with an average of 45 participants. The total distance covered
by all horses in all FEI Endurance competitions of 2003 therefore
amounts to 1,197,270 km.
If all the distances ridden by all competitors in all of the 2003
FEI Endurance rides, world wide, were laid end to end, it would
cover the distance from the Earth to the Moon and back.and to
the moon AGAIN!
IN MEMORIAM
Alfons Lütke Westhues (GER), team Olympic Champion in 1956,
died on 8 March 2004, at the age of 73. His team mates at the
Olympic Games of Stockholm in 1956 were Günter Winkler on
Halla and the late Frits Thiedemann on Meteor. His brother August
won two Olympic Eventing medals at the same Olympic Games. In
1958, with his Olympic mare Ala, Lütke Westhues was a member
of the German Nations Cup Team at the three CSIOs of the North
American Fall Circuit of Harris Burg, New York and Toronto.
Alfons Lütke Westhues was born on a farm in West Bevern.
In 1953, he was invited together with his brother by Gustav Rau
to join the Eventing stables in Warendorf, but he preferred Jumping
and competed internationally until 1960, riding in 26 Nations
Cups. In following decades, he became course designer and international
judge.
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