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One year later the first Dressage World Cup was held. Each qualifier to the World Cup Final, who is held at the end of each season, consist of two competitions (Grand Prix de Dressage and Grand Prix Freestyle). From 1985 to 2001 both competitions counts for the qualifier result, which are part of the world cup ranking of this season. Since 2002 only the Grand Prix Freestyle counts for the world cup ranking.
From 1985 to 2004 Joep Bartels was the director of the Dressage World Cup.
Reem Acra is starting with the season 2010/2011 for three years the sponsor of the Dressage World Cup.
The first option is, to qualify oneself by one World Cup league. There are four Dressage World Cup leagues:
{| border="3" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" ! style="background:#FFDAB9;" | League ! style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Geographical location ! style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Number of participants who qualify for the World Cup final (according the 2010/2011 rules) ! style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Number of participants who have the chance to move up in the final (if other qualified riders did not start) |----- bgcolor=#F5F5F5 | Western European League || European nations west of the line Finland – Baltic Sea – Germany – Austria – Italy – Adriatic Sea (including the nations referred) || 9 || up to the 14th rank |----- bgcolor=#F5F5F5 | Central European League || European nations east of the line called by the Western European League || 2 || up to the 3rd rank |----- bgcolor=#F5F5F5 | North American League || United States of America, Canada, Mexico || 2 || up to the 3rd rank |----- bgcolor=#F5F5F5 | Pacific Liga || Australia, New Zealand || 1 || up to the 2nd rank |}Generally, only three participants per nation allowed to participate in the World Cup final.
In addition, the FEI awarded by two wild cards entry at riders who have not qualified for the World Cup finals. Unused starting places can be allocated by the FEI as wildcard.
To participate with a horse in the World Cup final, a rider (which start in one of the leagues) have to start with this horse in two World Cup qualifiers. In this competitions the rider have to complete the competition with at least 68.000 %.
The title holder is automatically qualified for the World Cup final, but he must also qualify his horse in the above called way. If he start in a qualifier, he did not considered in the scoring (scoring points) of this event.
If the 15th rank awarded several times, all riders of this rank will get 2 scoring points.
In the Central European League also a League final is held. The two best placed riders of this event qualify for the World Cup final.
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| Caption | Reem Acra in her spring 2009 collectionPhoto: Ed Kavishe, Fashion Wire Press |
|---|---|
| Name | Reem Acra |
| Nationality | Lebanese-American |
| Birth place | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Education | Fashion Institute of Technology |
| Label name | Reem Acra Inc. |
| Significant design | wedding dress |
The Reem Acra flagship store is on East 60th Street in New York City.
As a wedding gown designer, Reem Acra began her career as an embroidery artist in New York. She launched her own bridal gown company in 1995 and has shot to the top in the bridal business. The luxurious silk satin and intricate beadwork has made Acra bridal gowns some of the most beautiful on the market.
Reem Acra’s exquisite gowns exude her own innate sense of style and love of fashion. Acra’s gowns are a direct reflection of her design philosophy that poetically combines her appreciation for the traditional and classic with the modern fashion needs of today’s stylish woman. The designer’s gowns particularly appeal to women of individual style who are looking for glamour and sophistication on the most important day of their life.
Painting a picture of a garden tea party one by one, the 40 ensembles literally seemed to spring up like blooms from a fresh cut arrangement. The use of bright hues, especially the juxtaposition of bold colors was a very strong trend on the runways this season. The sumptuous fabrics employed helped convey a heightened sense of ease and luxury from confetti lace, jacquard, and organza to charmeuse, taffeta, and chiffon. The handwork for which Acra is celebrated only further enhanced the silhouette and movement of her garments with lovely design details such as laser-cutting, three-dimension appliqués, and flocked discs.
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She also received a gold medal with the German team in 2004.
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| Name | Megan Jones |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | November 06, 1976 |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Equestrian |
| Event | Eventing |
| Show-medals | yes |
Megan Jones (born 6 November 1976) is one of Australia's top event riders, a Silver Medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Jones began riding at the age of 5, continued through her early years in Pony Club before hitting the international scene in 2003 at the World Cup Final. In 2005 she won Melbourne International Three Day Event riding three star on Kirby Park Irish Jester, then later in the same year won the four star at the 2005 Adelaide Horse Trials on the same mount and a second in the two star competition on another. Chosen to compete in the 2006 World Equestrian Games, she was on the bronze medal winning Australian Event Team, and finished 16th individually.
Jones won a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 riding Kirby Park Irish Jester in the team event, alongside countrymen Clayton Fredericks, his wife Lucinda Fredericks, Shane Rose and Sonja Johnson.
Jones owns Kirby Park Stud, in Hahndorf in the Adelaide hills. Along with Kirby Park Irish Jester and Kirby Park Irish Hallmark her top horses have included Kirby Park Allofasudden, which was selected as a reserve in Beijing.
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}} Isabell Werth (born July 21, 1969 in Rheinberg) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.
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As a junior Cornelissen won three national Dutch titles; twice with Ayesha and once with Mr. Pride. In 2004 she won her first senior title at national level when she won the Z2-class with Parzival. That same year she became national champion in the Reserve Championships in the ZZ-light-class with, followed by the same title in the ZZ-heavy-class title in 2005, both times on Parzival. In 2007 she and Parzival became Dutch national champion in the heavy-class and she won two silver medals at International Grand Prix meetings in Falsterbo and Herentals. In Falsterbo she finished second in the Grand Prix Spécial, while in she won the GPS in Herentals. During the Grand Prix in Rotterdam she and her team mates won the gold medal in the Nations competition, she became third in the Grand Prix Spécial. She won another GPS bronze medal in Arnhem.
In 2008 she became the champion in the Reserve Championships again, this time in the ZZ-heavy-class. She also became national champion at the Dutch Championships that year. Cornelissen and Parzival went on to win the International Grand Prix of Indoor Brabant, while they became second in the Grand Prix Spécial. At the Grand Prix meeting in Aachen they became second in both the Grand Prix as well as the GPS.
Cornelissen was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a reserve. The original team exists of Anky van Grunsven, Imke Bartels and Hans Peter Minderhoud.
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