Equestrian FEI Dressage World Cup 2018 - 2019

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Wild cards have been announced:

 

Emmelie Scholtens

Tanya Seymour

Adrienne Lyle

 

Also, Dorothee Schneider withdrew, so she will be replaced with another German, Benjamin Werndl.

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Final Line-up

 

Defending Champion

Isabell Werth (Weihegold or Emilio)

 

Western European League

Helen Langehanenberg (Damsey)

Benjamin Werndl (Daily Mirror)

Daniel Bachmann Andersen (Blue Hors Zack)

Patrik Kittel (Delaunay)

Hans Peter Minderhoud (Glock's Dream Boy)

Maria Caetano (Coroado)

Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven (Don Auriello)

Judy Reynolds (Vancouver K)

Morgan Barbancon (Sir Donnerhall II)

 

North American League

Laura Graves (Verdades)

Kasey Perry-Glass (Goerklintgaards Dublet)

 

Central European League

Regina Isachkina (Sun of May Life)

Olga Safronova (Sandro d'Amour)

 

Non-League

Yvonne Losos de Muniz (Aquamarijn)

 

Wild Cards

Emmelie Scholtens (Apache)

Tanya Seymour (Ramoneur)

Adrienne Lyle (Salvino)

 

 

It promises to be a really exciting final.

 

Werth, Graves, Perry-Glass, Bachmann Andersen and Langehanenberg can hope for a win. Werndl, Kittel, Minderhoud, Vilhelmson-Silfven and Reynolds have a good chance for a podium. Caetano, Scholtens and Lyle could be interesting threats too. Among the remaining names, Barbancon will be competing at her second finals, Isachkina will be bringing a promising young horse, Safronova will be competing outside of Belarus/Russia for the first time in her career (), Losos is in great shape with Aquamarijn, while Seymour will become the first ever African finalist!

 

Additionally, World Cup Finals will offer as much as 20 bonus points for the Olympic rankings. European championships and the Pan Ams will be the only other qualifiers with such significant bonuses.

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Apparently the demand for tickets has been so high that the Gothenburg organizers have decided to install a big screen outside of the Scandinavium Arena.

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Draw is out for the first round. There were two pots overall. Athletes from pot 1 were drawn 1-9, while athletes from pot 2 were drawn 10-18. Controversially, two of the wild card athletes (Lyle and Scholtens) somehow ended up in the more desired pot 2. Scholtens was in fact so lucky that she will get to start last. 

 

https://inside.fei.org/news/all-systems-go-drawn-order-decided-fei-world-cup%E2%84%A2-finals

 

Meanwhile, here we have yet another newsletter about the fan favorite. @OlympicIRL 

 

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Big spook for JP in collected walk. I thought he outgrew that.

 

Just under 70% for Reynolds. Low score of the season.

Edited April 5, 2019 by dcro

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Cool, Belarusians are no longer embarassing themselves when they appear at the top competitions.

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Kasey Perry-Glass leads the way at the half way point with 77%.

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Grand Prix Results

Isabell Werth (Weihegold OLD) - 81.755%

Laura Graves (Verdades) - 80.109%

Daniel Bachmann Andersen (Blue Hors Zack) - 78.152%

 

Full results...

 

Looks like we may have yet another Werth vs Graves showdown for the title tomorrow. DBA is the best of the rest, with a personal best, but Perry-Glass, Langehanenberg and Kittel are pretty close. Podium for Denmark would be grand though.

 

Spoiler

My rankings (from Spectator Judging app...)

Laura Graves (Verdades) - 82.935%

Isabell Werth (Weihegold OLD) - 82.283%

Daniel Bachmann Andersen (Blue Hors Zack) - 78.043%

Kasey Perry-Glass (Goerklintgaards Dublet) - 77.717%

Patrik Kittel (Delaunay OLD) - 76.522%

...

 

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Some American hype about yesterday's scores. If it had been a team competition, USA would have defeated Germany.

 

https://dressage-news.com/2019/04/06/usa-vs-germany-if-world-cup-grand-prix-had-been-nations-cup/