{"id":8614,"date":"2016-10-19T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpingamsterdam.nl\/en\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2016-10-19T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:56:54","slug":"fei-world-cup-dressage-twohearts-put-on-their-dancing-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jumpingamsterdam.nl\/en\/fei-world-cup-dressage-twohearts-put-on-their-dancing-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"FEI World Cup\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Dressage: #TwoHearts put on their dancing shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the FEI\u00e2\u0080\u0099s successful #TwoHearts campaign was launched in the countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the concept of horse and rider as a single athletic entity has captivated and inspired competitors and fans and, in the discipline of Dressage, that singularity of body and mind is particularly evident. \u00a0So there is great anticipation ahead of the first leg of the FEI World Cup\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Dressage Western European League 2016\/2017, which gets underway at \u00a0Odense Horse Show \u00a0<\/a>in Denmark this weekend.<\/p>\n

Few have captured the #TwoHearts symbolism as perfectly as the multiple record-breaking partnership of Great Britain\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Charlotte Dujardin and her wonderful gelding Valegro, who have dominated the sport in recent years. Together, they have demonstrated that freedom of movement, lightness, self-carriage and the most pleasing harmony are all achievable through good training and sympathetic horsemanship, but having raised the bar to a whole new level after securing back-to-back Olympic titles in Rio they will retire at London\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Olympia Horse Show<\/a> \u00a0in December.<\/p>\n

The question now is who is going to step into those dancing horse shoes? \u00a0Each leg of the FEI World Cup\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Dressage series sees riders compete in a preliminary Grand Prix before performing a Freestyle to music, and it is this crowd-pleasing competition that decides the qualifying points that lead riders to the Final.<\/p>\n

Dutchwoman Anky van Grunsven played a major role in bringing the popularity of Freestyle to where it is today, with her nine FEI World Cup\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Dressage titles over a 13-year period between 1995 and 2008 seeing her become the sport\u00e2\u0080\u0099s first real super-star. The Dutch record in this series is highly impressive, and when Hans Peter Minderhoud steered Glock\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Flirt to victory in Gothenburg (SWE) at the 2016 Final he moved the Dutch tally onto an impressive 13 titles.<\/p>\n

FEI World Cup\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Dressage 2016\/2017, Western European League
\nOdense (DEN), 20 – 23 October
\nLyon (FRA), 26 – 30 October
\nStuttgart (GER), 16 – 20 November
\nSalzburg Arena Messezentrum (AUT), \u00a08 – 11 December
\nLondon Olympia (GBR), 13 – 14 December
\nAmsterdam (NED), 26 – 29 January<\/strong>
\nNeum\u00c3\u00bcnster (GER), 16 – 19 February
\nG\u00c3\u00b6teborg (SWE), 22 – 26 February
\n‘s Hertogenbosch (NED), 9 – 12 March<\/p>\n

Final Omaha (USA), 27 March – 2 April<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t miss a hoofbeat! Watch it all LIVE on www.feitv.org<\/a>.<\/u> More info: www.fei.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: FEI (by Louise Parkes)<\/p>\n

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