The 2014 FEI World Cup Finals in Lyon was held between April 17 and April 21, 2014. It was the final of the Show jumping and Dressage World Cup series.[1][2] The finals were held in the Lyon Euroexpo. For the first time since 1987, the Show Jumping World Cup Final was held in France while the Dressage World Cup Final had not been held in France since 1991.

Dressage

Qualification

World Cup League Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final Qualified riders
Central European League2Belarus Katsiaryna Varchenia
Russia Tatiana Dorofeeva
Russia Inessa Merkulova*
Russia Elena Sidneva*
North American League2United States Tina Konyot
United States César Parra
1Denmark Lars Petersen*
Denmark Mikala Münter Gundersen***
Pacific League1Australia Mary Hanna
Western European League9Denmark Anna Kasprzak
Denmark Nanna Skodborg Merrald
Germany Jessica von Bredow-Werndl
Germany Isabell Werth
Netherlands Edward Gal
Netherlands Danielle Heijkoop
Netherlands Hans Peter Minderhoud
Sweden Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén
Switzerland Marcela Krinke-Susmelj
United Kingdom Charlotte Dujardin**
Competitors from Asia or South America1South Korea Dong-Seon Kim
Wild cards of the FEI1France Marc Boblet
Defending champion1Germany Helen Langehanenberg

* Extra competitor (a rider representing a country which is not affiliated to the World Cup League. The rider competes in qualifying rounds in their own country. At the end of the season the rider's score is deducted from the qualifying scores of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the lowest qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final)
** Qualified on reallocation
*** Qualified as an extra athlete after Anna Kasprzak withdrew

Agenda and results

Grand Prix

On April 19, 2014 (15:00) the Grand Prix was held. It was the first competition of the Dressage World Cup final, but it did not count for the final ranking. Every rider competing in the Grand Prix qualified for the Grand Prix Freestyle. Denmark's Nanna Skodborg Merrald was scheduled to compete, but had to withdraw after her horse failed to pass the veterinary test.[3]

Result:[4]

Rank Rider Horse Percentage
1United Kingdom Charlotte DujardinValegro87.129 %
2Germany Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW83.343 %
3Netherlands Edward GalGlock's Undercover79.957 %
4Sweden Tinne Vilhelmson-SilfvénDon Auriello75.086 %
5Germany Isabell WerthEl Santo NRW74.186 %
6Netherlands Hans Peter MinderhoudGlock's Johnson73.771 %
7Netherlands Danielle HeijkoopKingsley Siro72.857 %
8Germany Jessica von Bredow-WerndlUnee BB72.686 %
9France Marc BobletNoble Dream Concept Sol71.814 %
10Russia Inessa MerkulovaMister X71.057 %
11United States Tina KonyotCalecto V70.443 %
12Denmark Mikala Münter GundersenMy Lady69.429 %
13Australia Mary HannaSancette68.471 %
14Switzerland Marcela Krinke-SusmeljSmeyers Lazander67.743 %
15Russia Elena SidnevaRomeo-Star67.629 %
16United States César ParraVan The Man65.543 %
17South Korea Kim Dong-seonBukowski64.471 %

Grand Prix Freestyle

The second competition of the Dressage World Cup final was the Grand Prix Freestyle, held on the afternoon of Sunday, April 21. Charlotte Dujardin won her first World Cup title with Valegro. Dujardin also set the new highest winning score, becoming the first rider to score above 90% at the World Cup final. Result:[5]

Rider Horse Percentage
1United Kingdom Charlotte DujardinValegro92.176%
2Germany Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW87.339%
3Netherlands Edward GalGlock's Undercover83.696%
4Sweden Tinne Vilhelmson-SilfvenDon Auriello80.946%
5Germany Isabell WerthEl Santo NRW79.086%
6Netherlands Danielle HeijkoopSiro77.946%
7Germany Jessica von Bredow-WerndlUnee BB77.768%
8Netherlands Hans Peter MinderhoudGlock's Johnson77.625%
9France Marc BobletNoble Dream74.875%
10Russia Inessa MerkulovaMister X73.786%
11Netherlands Mikala Münter GundersenMy Lady72.250%
12United States Tina KonyotCalecto V71.929%
13Russia Elena SidnevaRomeo-Star71.018%
14Switzerland Marcela Krinke-SusmeljSmeyers Lazander69.857%
15Australia Mary HannaSancette69.821%
16United States César ParraVan The Man68.429%
17South Korea Kim Dong-seonBukowski68.089 %

Show jumping

Qualification

World Cup League Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final Competitors who took part in this World Cup Final
Arab League3Morocco Abdelkebir Ouaddar
Qatar Hamad Ali Mohamed Al Attiyah
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Waleed Sharbatly
Australian League2Australia Jamie Kermond
Australia Billy Raymont
Caucasian League1Azerbaijan Jamal Rahimov
Central American and Caribbean Islands League1Guatemala Alvaro Tejada
1Colombia Manuel Espinosa*
Central Asian League1Uzbekistan Umid Kamilov
Chinese League1China Liu Tongyan
Central European League3Czech Republic Ales Opatrny
Latvia Kristaps Neretnieks
Lithuania Andrius Petrovas
Russia Natalia Simonia**
Japan League1Japan Tae Sato
North American League2 Canadian competitorsCanada Chad Bretton
Canada Elizabeth Gingras
2 Mexican competitorsMexico Enrique Gonzalez
Mexico Patricio Pasquel
10 US-American competitorsUnited States Leslie Burr-Howard
United States Ashlee Clarke
United States Kirsten Coe
United States Saer Coulter
United States Katherine Dinan
United States Kent Farrington
United States Brianne Goutal
United States Charlie Jayne
United States Mandy Porter
United States McLain Ward
United States Charlie Jacobs**
United States Jenni Martin-McAllister**
5Egypt Nayel Nassar*
Republic of Ireland Richie Moloney*
Republic of Ireland Conor Swail*
Russia Ljubov Kochetova*
Venezuela Andres Rodriguez*
New Zealand League1New Zealand Samantha McIntosh
South African League1South Africa Jeanne Engela
South American North League1Colombia Juan Manuel Gallego
South American South League2Brazil Cesar Almeida
Brazil Yuri Mansur Guerios
South East Asia League1Indonesia Kurniadi Katompo
Western European League18Belgium Francois Jr. Mathy
Belgium Nicola Philippaerts
France Roger-Yves Bost
France Patrice Delaveau
France Kevin Staut
Germany Christian Ahlmann
Germany Daniel Deusser
Germany Marcus Ehning
Germany Lars Nieberg
United Kingdom Scott Brash
United Kingdom Joe Clee
United Kingdom Tim Gredley
United Kingdom Ben Maher
Republic of Ireland Billy Twomey
Netherlands Maikel van der Vleuten
Portugal Luciana Diniz
Switzerland Steve Guerdat
Switzerland Pius Schwizer
United Kingdom Michael Whitaker**
Sweden Malin Baryard-Johnsson**
France Simon Delestre**
Germany Ludger Beerbaum**
2Australia Edwina Tops-Alexander*
United States Lucy Davis*
Defending champion1United States Beezie Madden

* Extra competitor (a rider representing a country which is not affiliated to the World Cup League. The rider competes in qualifying rounds in their own country. At the end of the season the rider's score is deducted from the qualifying scores of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the lowest qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final)
** Qualified on reallocation

Agenda and results

World Cup

Final I

The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Friday evening (April 18, 2014). The results of this competition were converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.

Result:[6]

Rank Rider Horse Time World Cup Points
1Switzerland Pius SchwizerQuidam du Vivier63.37 s + 0 penalty s = 63.3741
2France Patrice DelaveauLacrimoso HDC63.67 s + 0 penalty s. = 63.6739
3Germany Ludger BeerbaumChaman65.54 s + 0 penalty s. = 65.5438
4Switzerland Steve GuerdatNino des Buissonnets66.06 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.0637
5Morocco Abdelkebir OuaddarQuickly de Kreisker62.40 s + 4 penalty s. = 66.4036
6Germany Daniel DeusserCornet D'Amour66.69 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.6935
7Netherlands Maikel van der VleutenVDL Groep Verdi NOP66.92 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.9234
8Republic of Ireland Billy TwomeyTinka's Serenade67.25 s + 0 penalty s. = 67.2533
9Germany Christian AhlmannAragon Z67.65 s + 4 penalty s. = 67.6532
10Germany Marcus EhningCornado NRW68.13 s + 8 penalty s. = 68.1331

(Top 10 of 40 competitors)

Last year final winner Beezie Madden had one obstacle fault in the speed and handiness competition, so she had a result of 68.55 seconds and was placed 12th after the first round.

Final II

On the April 19 evening the second competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final was held, a show jumping competition with one jump-off. After the second round, the World Cup Points were converted in Penalties for the Final Round.

Results:[7]

Rider Horse Round 1 Jump-off World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
PenaltiesTime
(s)
PenaltiesTime
(s)
1United States Kent FarringtonVoyeur0-039.6941
2Switzerland Steve GuerdatNino des Buissonnets0-040.2939
3United States Beezie MaddenSimon0-040.3538
4Germany Daniel DeusserCornet D'Amour0-040.6137
5France Patrice DelaveauLacrimoso HDC0-041.6636
6United Kingdom Scott BrashUrsula XII00-42.1635
7United States Charlie JayneChill R Z0-042.5234
8Germany Christian AhlmannAragon Z0-042.9333
9Germany Marcus EhningCornado NRW0-043.6632
10Netherlands Maikel van der VleutenOrnella Mail0-043.7431

(Top Ten of 38 competitors)

References

  1. "Dressage World Cup". Archived from the original on 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  2. Jumping World Cup
  3. "Denmark's Millibar Out of World Cup Final". dressage-news.com. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  4. Dressage World Cup Final, Grand Prix
  5. Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix Freestyle
  6. Show jumping World Cup Final, results Final I
  7. Show jumping World Cup Final, results Final II
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