Dressage World Cup

In 1984 Joep Bartels (former rider, husband of Tineke Bartels and father of Imke Schellekens-Bartels) saw Reiner Klimke and Ahlerich perform the one tempi changes to John Williams' Olympic Fanfare at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

From 1985 to 2001 both competitions counted for the qualifier results, which were part of the world cup ranking for this season.

[1][2] Reem Acra was the World Cup Dressage Final title sponsor from the season 2010/2011 to 2015.

Riders, who will be part of the World Cup Dressage Final, have two options to qualify for this event.

In addition, the FEI awards two extra starting places to riders that have not qualified for the World Cup finals.

The best two Grand Prix Freestyle results of each rider by World Cup qualifiers are added and then divided by two.

The first competition of the final is the Grand Prix de Dressage, the winner of the second competition of the final (the Grand Prix Freestyle) is the winner of this World Cup season.

Marlies van Baalen on Kigali at the 2007 FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Las Vegas