The warm Christmas atmosphere no Indoor Nekkerhal in Mechelen Belgium was the environment for the sexta qualificativa da FEI Taça do Mundo.
Once again it was won by Dutch Adelinde Cornelissen aboard Parzival who after Stockholm and London scored a hattrick by winning her third. “It was my third, but not my easiest”, Adelinde reacted. “The Nekkerhal is quite something with distractions all around. Parzival had his eyes not only focused on me but also on the audience. I was constantly planning other lines in my choreography to avoid bringing him and myself into difficulties.”
Runner up Anky van Grunsven aboard IPS Painted Black had other difficulties to cope with. As IPS Painted Black had some mistakes in yesterday’s Grand Prix. However at the start of her Freestyle she witnessed a wrong musical CD when a practice-tango-Freestyle was played, not the special and real show edition for IPS Painted Black. “It’s all me to blame, I feel like a beginner”, Anky said. “There were two a serious mistakes. It started off with not packing my cd’s at home myself and not bringing my official reserve cd to the organiser myself. ” disse Anky.
The third Dutch in the row of prize winners was Olympian Hans Peter Minderhoud aboard Exquis Nadine. He easily could have been the third man to grab the prize. The mare Nadine had wonderful extensions and expressed her easiness for instance in the half passes and transitions to the extreme.
However only Isabelle Judet agreed on the win. Wim Ernes felt a bit surprised not to have given Nadine and Hans Peter Minderhoud the highest points. The pirouettes that were performed too big and the piaffe that is a bit out of balance sometimes might have prevented a higher score. “I feel sorry as I had a great feeling, both yesterday and today. I hoped the judges would have given me more advantage of the simplicity and easiness”, Hans Peter said, who also won the two Intermediate classes with his stallion Tango.
Immediately after Minderhoud Jeannette Haazen went for the fourth position. The wonderful and fitting music all mixed and done by Jeannette herself was very cheerful. A higher position was prevented by the missing of the halt in the end and today Nartan did not show the piaffe to his advantage.
Results (28.12.08)
CDI3*-W Mechelen – Bélgica
Class 1 – S. Georges
1º Hans Peter Minderhoud (Hol) – I P S Tango – 71,833 %
2º Julie De Deken (Bel) – Fazzino – 68,666
3º Anky van Grunsven (Hol) – Nelson – 68,083
4º Sophie van Lent-Baetens (Be) – Rubens – 67,416
5º Fie Skarsö (Din) – Doreen – 67
6º Dominique Rombouts (Bel) – Space Van De Kwikaard – 65,75
6º Larissa Paulius (Bel) – Scorpio Vd Zuuthoeve – 65,75
8º Hannelore Volders (Bel) – Real Magic 3 – 65,666
9º Wim Verwimp (Bel) – Ravel – 64,75
10º Veronika Marthaler (Sui) – Viva Danza – 64,583
Class 2 – Grand Prix
1º Adelinde Cornelissen (Hol) – Parzival – 76,291
2º Anky van Grunsven (Hol) – IPS Painted Black – 72,25
3º Hans Peter Minderhoud (Hol) – Exquis Nadine – 72,041
4º Jeannette Haazen (Hol) – Nartan – 70,291
5º Stefan van Ingelgem (Bel) – Withney Vh Genthof – 69,5
6º Heike Kemmer (Ale) – Royal Rubin – 69,458
7º Michal Rapcewicz (Pol) – Randon – 67,958
8º Katarzyna Milczarek (Pol) – Ekwador 6- 7,291
9º Anne van Olst (Din) – Exquis Clearwater – 66,916
10º Jeroen Devroe (Bel) – Apollo Van Het Vijvershof – 66,791
Class 3 – Freestyle
1º Hans Peter Minderhoud (Hol) – I P S Tango – 77,583
2º Julie De Deken (Bel) – Fazzino – 74,25
3º Anky van Grunsven (Hol) – Nelson – 73,083
4º Sophie van Lent-Baetens (Bel) – Rubens – 70,666
5º Larissa Paulius (Bel) – Scorpio Vd Zuuthoeve – 68,333
6º Dominique Rombouts (Bel) – Space Van De Kwikaard – 67,916
7º Fie Skarso (Din) – Doreen – 66,416
Class 4 – Grand Prix Freestyle
1º Adelinde Cornelissen (Hol) – Parzival – 79,65
2º Anky van Grunsven (Hol) – IPS Painted Black – 78,4
3º Hans Peter Minderhoud (Hol) – Exquis Nadine – 77,9
4º Jeannette Haazen (Hol) – Nartan – 75,15
5º Stefan van Ingelgem (Bel) – Withney Vh Genthof – 73,8
6º Jeroen Devroe (Bel) – Apollo Van Het Vijvershof – 71,3
7º Michal Rapcewicz (Pol) – Randon – 70,9
8º Anne van Olst (Din) – Exquis Clearwater – 70,9
9º Catherine Haddad (USA) – Maximus Jss – 70,8
10º Katarzyna Milczarek (Pol) – Ekwador – 70,25
Western European League
Standings following 5 competitions in WEL + 6 CEL
1 Hans Peter MINDERHOUD (NED) – 62 points
2. Adelinde CORNELISSEN (NED) – 60
3. Monica THEODORESCU (GER) – 42
3. Christa LAARAKKERS (NED) – 42
5. Jeannette HAAZEN (NED) – 41
6. Isabell WERTH (GER) – 40
7. Stefan VAN INGELGEM (BEL) – 39
8. Catherine HADDAD (USA) – 34
9. Heike KEMMER (GER) – 31
10. Anke TER BEEK (NED) – 30
10. Anne VAN OLST(DEN) – 30
12. Evi STRASSER * (CAN) – 29