The
Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI),
founded in 1921, is the international body governing
equestrian sport recognized by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) and includes 133 National Federations.
Equestrian sport has been on the Olympic program since
1912 with three disciplines - Jumping, Dressage and
Eventing. It is one of the very few sports in which men
and women compete on equal terms. It is also the only
sport which involves two athletes - horse and rider. The
FEI has relentlessly concerned itself with the welfare
of the horse, which is paramount and must never be subordinated
to competitive or commercial influences.
www.FEI.org
FEI World Cup™ Dressage
is the only
worldwide series in the discipline of Dressage. 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.
THE COMPLETE SET OF RULES
CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM
www.feiworldcup.org
www.FEITV.org
broadcasts live coverage of all the World Cup Dressage
Competitions.
2011/2012
REEM ACRA/FEI WORLD CUP DRESSAGE
Facts &
Figures
This is the
27th season of FEI World Cup™ Dressage. New
York fashion designer, Reem Acra, took up the title
sponsorship of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Western
European League sseries in 2010.
There are four leagues in the FEI World Cup™ Dressage
series - Western European, Central European, North
American and Pacific. A maximum of 18
horse-and-rider combinations are permitted to compete at
the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage final which, in
2012, will take place at 's-Hertogenbosch, The
Netherlands from 18-22 April. 's-Hertogenbosch
staged the inaugural final of the FEI World Cup™
Dressage series in 1986.
The defending Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage champion
is Adelinde Cornelissen who rode Jerich Parzival to
victory at the final in Leipzig, Germany last April.
This was the 11th Dutch victory in the history of the
series, and, as defending champion, Cornelissen is
entitled to compete at the 2011/2012 final provided she
has competed in the Freestyle competition at least twice
during the forthcoming season.
The breakdown of winning nations shows single victories
for Denmark, France, Finland and Sweden,
double-victories for Switzerland and USA, seven
successes for Germany and 11 for The Netherlands.
The rider with most wins in the series is The
Netherlands' Anky van Grunsven who claimed the coveted
trophy nine times. Van Grunsven also holds
the record as the only rider to secure a hat-trick of
back-to-back wins, and all on the same horse, the
legendary Bonfire, between 1995 and 1997.
