FEI World Cup™ Dressage Riders Announced
RELEASE: March 26, 2009
AUTHOR/ADMINISTRATOR: By Malina Gueorguiev
The FEI has taken some decisions on the Wild Cards considering the 24th FEI World Cup™ Final Dressage, taking place April 15-19 in Las Vegas. The wild cards are granted to Americans Leslie Morse on Kingston and Jan Ebeling on Rafalca .
This brings the complete list of 15 competitors to the following.
1. Title Defender
Anky van Grunsven IPS Painted Black (NED)
Western European League
2. Isabell Werth on Satchmo or Warum Nicht FRH (GER)
3. Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival (NED)
4. Hans Peter Minderhoud on Exquis Nadine (NED)
5. Monica Theodorescu on Whisper (GER)
6. Jan Brink on Briar (SWE)
7. Jeannette Haazen on Nartan (NED)
8. Minna Telde on Don Charly (SWE)
Central European League
9. Michael Rapcewicz on Randon (POL)
Pacific League
10. Heath Ryan Regardez on Moi (AUS)
North American League
11. Steffen Peters on Ravel (USA)
12. Ashley Holzer on Pop Art (CAN)
South American/Asia:
13. Marco Bernal on Diamore (COL)
Additional starting places or FEI Wild Card:
14. Leslie Morse on Kingson (USA)
15. Jan Ebeling on Rafalca (USA)
Please find additional info on the FEI World Cup™ Final in Las Vegas at
www.worldcuplasvegas.com.
FEI World Cup™ Dressage has entered its 24th season. The FEI World Cup™ Dressage is the only worldwide series in this discipline. The series, created in 1985, today comprises four leagues encompassing Western Europe, Central Europe, North America (including Canada) and the Pacific League (Australia, New Zealand, Asia). Each FEI World Cup™ Dressage qualifier comprises a grand prix test, which in turn is a qualification for the freestyle to music competitions, 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.
For further information on the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), visit
www.fei.org.