FEDERATION EQUESTRE INTERNATIONALE NEWS FEI News 7 May 2001

FEI/GANDINI WORLD JUMPING RIDERS RANKINGS
Top Ten shaken up

Ludger Beerbaum is still in the lead of the FEI/Gandini World Jumping Riders Rankings, but his new contender is the Swiss Willi Melliger, who jumped from 5th to 2nd place. Rodrigo Pessoa, who dropped this month 405 points earned in 2000, goes down to 4th place. Olympic Champion Jeroen Dubbeldam walks up one step and takes 5th rank. Markus Fuchs, who dropped a considerable amount of 324 points from last year, continues to slide down to the 6th place. Michael Whitaker enters the Top 10 and jumps from 11th to 7th position

Placed 17th, Alexandra Lederman is still the Leading lady rider, followed by Jessica Kürten (19th). Leslie Howard goes up from 28th to 21st rank.

Complete rankings available this afternoon on FEI website www.horsesport.org section consult/results

FEI/BCM WORLD DRESSAGE RIDERS RANKINGS
Ulla Salzgeber conforts her leading position

The 2001 World Cup Champion Ulla Salzgeber comfortably leads the rankings since the end of February 2001. Thanks to her good results in Vilhelmsborg, Heike Kemmer goes up from 7th to 5th place. The Danish Anne Grethe Törnblad has now 10 results that can be included in the rankings calculation and jumps from 101st to 56th place, as does the American Tom Noone from 96 to 47 place.

Complete rankings available this afternoon on FEI website www.horsesport.org section consult/results

DRIVING NEWS

At the recent German national Driving event in Mannheim, two of the proposals of the FEI Driving Think Tank Group were tried out. In Dressage, three carriages were judged simultaneously by two judges standings in the center of the arena. A first ever Four-in-Hand obstacle driving relay was enthusiastically received by a crowd of 9000 spectators, and won by the Freund brothers, Michael and Fred.

14-18 November 2001 Stuttgart (GER)
13-16 December 2001 Amsterdam (NED)
26-30 December 2001 Mechelen (BEL)
30-Dec-02 January 01-02Stockholm (SWE)
21-24 February 2002 Bordeaux (FRA)
8-10 March 2002 Dortmund (GER)
21-24 March 2002 's-Hertogenbosch (NED)
4-7 April 2002 Göteborg (SWE)

IN MEMORIAM

Peter Kübele, who in 1976 in Apeldoorn, competed for Switzerland in the 3rd Four-in-Hand Driving World Championship, passed away at the end of April. He was 57 years old. Kübele was a glass-painter by profession, working in the 6th generation in a family-owned company near St-Gallen.

CANCELLATIONS

Oviedo (ESP) CSI-W 29 March - 01 April
Punchestown (IRL) CCIO***/**CCIY 17 - 20 May (postponed date TBA)
Lincolnshire (GBR) CIC* 18 - 19 March
Gatcombe (GBR) CIC**/* 24 - 25 March
Somerley Park (GBR) CIC**/* 28 - 29 March
Haywood Oaks (GBR) CEI-B 21 April
Exford (GBR) CEI-A 14 - 15 May
Hasselt (BEL) CSI-B 08 - 11 March
Grenoble (FRA) CSI-A 16 - 18 March
Badminton (GBR) CCI**** 03 - 06 May
Barcelona (ESP) CDIOYJ 11 - 15 April
Companhia das Lezirias (POR) CAI-B 29 March - 01 April
Vejer de la Frontera (ESP) CAI-B 1-2- 4 21 - 25 March
Six Fours les Plages (FRA) CSIJ-A/B/CSICh-B 14 - 16 April
Moorsele (BEL) CSI-A 30 March - 01 April
Qta da Marinha (POR) CSI-B 23 - 25 March (postponed)
Rio Frio (POR) CEI-B 06 April (to be confirmed)
Lyons (FRA) CSI-C 13 - 15 April
Windsor (GBR) CCI** 24 - 27 May
Wilmslow (GBR) CIC* 28 - 29 April
Chatsworth (GBR) CIC*/*** 12 - 13 May
Goring Heath (GBR) CIC* 07 - 08 April
Osberton (GBR) CIC** 06 - 07 May
Floors Castle (GBR) CIC*/** 19 - 20 May
Sansaw (GBR) CCI*/CCIP 31 May - 03 June
Royal Windsor (GBR) CAI-A 1-2-4/CAIP-A 1-2-4 10 - 13 May
's-Hertogenbosch (NED) CDI-W/CDI***/CSI-W/CSI-A 22 - 25 March
Bramham (GBR) CCI*** 7 - 10 June
Ashmount (IRL) CIC**/* 31 March - 01 April
Camphire (IRL) CIC* 21 - 22 April
Balmoral (IRL) CSI-C 16 - 18 May
Glen of Imal (IRL) CEI-B 20 May
Wiener Neustadt (AUT) CSIOJY 13 - 16 April
Stadl Paura (AUT) CVI**/* 25 - 27 May
Stadl Paura (AUT) CDI*** 12 - 16 April (to be postponed)
Emsdetten (GER) CAIP-B 1-2-4 03 - 06 May
Jozefin (POL) CDIO** 04 - 06 May
Compiègne (FRA) CCI** 10 - 13 May
Achselschwang (GER) CIC***/** 22 - 24 June
De Rodez (FRA) CSI-C 05 - 08 May
Nahrendorf (GER) CCI* 04 - 06 May
Barcelona (Botte d'Or) (ESP) CSIYJP-A 04 - 06 May:
Nitra (SVK) CVI** 27 - 29 April
Schenefel (GER) CIC** 28 - 29 April
Marbach (GER) CIC**/CICJ* 04 - 06 May
Aach (GER) CSI-A/CSIP 17 - 20 May
Freudenberg (GER) CSIOP/CDIOP 07 - 10 June
Mindelstetten (GER) CAI-A 2 06 - 08 July
Berlin (GER) CSI-A 10 - 13 May (to be postponed)
Wiesbaden (GER) CSI-A/CDI***/CIC** 01 - 04 June (to be postponed)
Weer (AUT) CSI-B 22 - 24 June
Weer (AUT) CAI-A 1-2-3/CAIP-A 2 28 June - 1 July
Burnham Market (GBR) CIC** 21 - 22 April
Sandringham (GBR) CH-EU-A-P 4 29 June - 1 July
Osmaston Park (GBR) CIC** 7 - 8 July
Huelgoat (FRA) CEI-B 15 April
Great Leighs (GBR) CSI-A 19 -22 July
Syde Park (GBR) CIC* 16 - 17 June
Breda (NED) CCI*/CCI**/CAIO-4/CAIP-4 6 - 9 July
Rolleston (GBR) CIC** 20 May
Treviso (ITA) CVI**/* 04 - 06 May
Barzago (ITA) CDI*** 18 - 20 May
Glen of Imal (IRL) CEI-B 20 May
Compiègne (FRA) CEI-B 25 August
Kilmington (GBR) CIC* 07 - 08 July
Deurne (NED) CAI-B 2/4 01 - 02 September
Peer (BEL) CEI-A/B 26 May
Vaassen (NED) CEI-A 07 July
Castletown (GBR) CIC* 07 - 08 July
Chantilly (FRA) CIC***/** 22 - 24 June
Gorla Minore (ITA) CSI-A 15 - 17 June

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