2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

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. 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 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.

Placing	Rider	Horse	Percentage
1	Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro	87.129 %
2	Helen Langehanenberg	Damon Hill NRW	83.343 %
3	Edward Gal	Glock's Undercover	79.957 %
4	Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén	Don Auriello	75.086 %
5	Isabell Werth	El Santo NRW	74.186 %
6	Hans Peter Minderhoud	Glock's Johnson	73.771 %
7	Danielle Heijkoop	Kingsley Siro	72.857 %
8	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	72.686 %
9	Marc Boblet	Noble Dream Concept Sol	71.814 %
10	Inessa Merkulova	Mister X	71.057 %
11	Tina Konyot	Calecto V	70.443 %
12	Mikala Münter Gundersen	My Lady	69.429 %
13	Mary Hanna	Sancette	68.471 %
14	Marcela Krinke-Susmelj	Smeyers Lazander	67.743 %
15	Elena Sidneva	Romeo-Star	67.629 %
16	César Parra	Van The Man	65.543 %
17	Kim Dong-seon	Bukowski	64.471 %

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.

Placing	Rider	Horse	Percentage
1	Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro	92.176%
2	Helen Langehanenberg	Damon Hill NRW	87.339%
3	Edward Gal	Glock's Undercover	83.696%
4	Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven	Don Auriello	80.946%
5	Isabell Werth	El Santo NRW	79.086%
6	Danielle Heijkoop	Siro	77.946%
7	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	Unee BB	77.768%
8	Hans Peter Minderhoud	Glock's Johnson	77.625%
9	Marc Boblet	Noble Dream	74.875%
10	Inessa Merkulova	Mister X	73.786%
11	Mikala Münter Gundersen	My Lady	72.250%
12	Tina Konyot	Calecto V	71.929%
13	Elena Sidneva	Romeo-Star	71.018%
14	Marcela Krinke-Susmelj	Smeyers Lazander	69.857%
15	Mary Hanna	Sancette	69.821%
16	César Parra	Van The Man	68.429%
17	Kim Dong-seon	Bukowski	68.089 %

Show jumping results

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.

Placing	Rider	Horse	Time	World Cup Points
1	Pius Schwizer	Quidam du Vivier	63.37 s + 0 penalty s = 63.37	41
2	Patrice Delaveau	Lacrimoso HDC	63.67 s + 0 penalty s. = 63.67	39
3	Ludger Beerbaum	Chaman	65.54 s + 0 penalty s. = 65.54	38
4	Steve Guerdat	Nino des Buissonnets	66.06 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.06	37
5	Abdelkebir Ouaddar	Quickly de Kreisker	62.40 s + 4 penalty s. = 66.40	36
6	Daniel Deusser	Cornet D'Amour	66.69 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.69	35
7	Maikel van der Vleuten	VDL Groep Verdi NOP	66.92 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.92	34
8	Billy Twomey	Tinka's Serenade	67.25 s + 0 penalty s. = 67.25	33
9	Christian Ahlmann	Aragon Z	67.65 s + 4 penalty s. = 67.65	32
10	Marcus Ehning	Cornado NRW	68.13 s + 8 penalty s. = 68.13	31

(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.

Placing	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Jump-off		World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final)
			Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Kent Farrington	Voyeur	0	-	0	39.69	41
2	Steve Guerdat	Nino des Buissonnets	0	-	0	40.29	39
3	Beezie Madden	Simon	0	-	0	40.35	38
4	Daniel Deusser	Cornet D'Amour	0	-	0	40.61	37
5	Patrice Delaveau	Lacrimoso HDC	0	-	0	41.66	36
6	Scott Brash	Ursula XII	0	0	-	42.16	35
7	Charlie Jayne	Chill R Z	0	-	0	42.52	34
8	Christian Ahlmann	Aragon Z	0	-	0	42.93	33
9	Marcus Ehning	Cornado NRW	0	-	0	43.66	32
10	Maikel van der Vleuten	Ornella Mail	0	-	0	43.74	31

(Top Ten of 38 competitors)

External links

• Website of the 2014 FEI World Cup Finals (French / English)