Den Bosch: dressage stops here before Las Vegas

‘s-Hertogenbosh, March 2015 – Last stop before Las Vegas for the dressage. This week the top riders will be competing in Den Bosch, for the last points in order to be on the flight to the final. Very last step of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup 2014-2015, the horseshow will also host a CDI4* and the traditional CSI5*. The Dutch rendez-vous with the Indoor Brabant is at the start from the 12th to the 15th March.

In the dressage riders’ list we have some big names, such as Jeroen Devroe, Nadine Capellmann, Fabienne Lütkemeier, Sönke Rothenberg, Isabell Werth, Adelinde Cornelissen, Edward Gal, Hans Peter Minderhoud and Marcela Krinke Susmelj.

In the last leg in Gothenburg, victory was for the German rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, already in the lead of the series’ provisional ranking. She won then the Grand Prix Freestyle aboard Unee BB with a final score of 81.650%, ahead of Isabell Werth on El Santo and the Dutch Edward Gal together with Glock’s Voice.

After the Swedish results, the German led ranking had von Bredow-Werndl still in the lead with 74 pts, followed by her compatriots, Lütkemeier, 64 pts, and Werth, 62 pts. Nothing so relevant as for in Las Vegas things will be different, with everybody starting from zero.

Looking at the schedule of this week, the dressage will be in the Dutch arena on Friday 13th March at 11.00 with the Grand Prix and on Saturday 14th March at 14.45 with the Freestyle.

As far as show jumping is concerned all the best european riders will be in: Scott Brash, Michael Whitaker, Ludger Beerbaum, Daniel Deusser, Christian Alhmann, Marcus Ehning, Marco Kutscher, Edwina Tops-Alexander, Pieter Devos, Jos Lansink, Olivier Philippaerts, Constant Van Paesschen, Marlon Zanotelli, Sergio Alvarez Moya, Roger Yves-Bost, Patrice Delaveau, Simon Delestre, Penelope Leprevost, Kevin Staut, Monika Martini, Bertram Allen, Denis Lynch, Abdullah Al Sharbatly, Leopold Van Asten, Stefani Brink, Gert Jan Cash Junior Bruggink, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Willem Greve, Marc Houtzager, Piet Raijmakers, Wout-Jan van der Schans, Gerco Schröder, Harrie Smolders, Maikel van der Vleuten, Jur Vrieling, Geir Gulliksen, Luciana Diniz, Steve Guerdat, Chantal Müller, Pius Schwizer, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Henrick von Eckermann.

10th March 2015