The silver anniversary FEI World Cup™ Dressage final begins tomorrow at s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands and you can follow every moment of the exciting action with FEI TV’s live coverage from the Brabanthalle Arena.
Following the withdrawal of Hungary’s Acs Robert, the Austrian rider Peter Gmoser has taken his place amongst the 15 world-class competitors who will battle it out for the champion’s crown. The full list of starters is now as follows:
The Netherlands – Edward Gal, Adelinde Cornelissen and Imke Schellekens-Bartels
Germany – Isabell Werth, Matthias Alexander Rath and Carola Koppelmann
Sweden – Patrick Kittel and Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven
Poland – Michal Rapcewicz and Katarzyna Milczarek
Australia – Brett Parbery
Belgium – Jeroen Devroe
Austria – Peter Gmoser
Denmark – Nathalie Zu Sayn Wittgenstein
Brazil – Luiza Tavares de Almeida
The action begins at 19.30 CET tomorrow (Thursday) evening with the qualifying Grand Prix, and the title-holder will be decided by the Freestyle to Music on Saturday afternoon which will be televised from 13.55 local time.
Full BIOGRAPHIES for all the competitors can now be found at this link: http://www.feiworldcup.org/Dressage/Documents/final%20document%20bios%20dressage.pdf Details include current and historical results, major achievements, participation highlights including Olympic Games and World Equestrian Games and updated personal information – a MUST for all those closely following the closing stages of the 2009/2010 FEI World Cup™ Dressage series which is celebrating 25 years of wonderful sport.
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FEI World Cup™ Dressage, the only worldwide series in this discipline, has entered its 25th season. The series, created in 1985, comprises four leagues: Western European, Central European, North American (including Canada) and Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Asia). Each FEI World Cup™ Dressage qualifier consists of a Grand Prix test, which in turn is a qualification for the Freestyle to music competition, where league points are accumulated towards places in the Final. Judged on both technical and artistic merit, the FEI World Cup™ Dressage combines art, sport and partnership between horse and rider at the highest level and consistently proves a winning formula with audiences all over the world.