Australia’s Serena Ireland and Royalty R will be the tenth combination down the centreline, and the second to go following the mid-competition break. The duo will follow American hopes Christian Simonson and Indian Rock.
Start times:
FEI Grand Prix
Starts 7pm CDT, Thursday 9 April (10am AEST Friday, 10 April)
Serena Ireland and Royalty R: 8.37pm CDT Thursday, 9 April (11.37am AEST Friday, 10 April)
FEI Grand Prix Freestyle
7pm CDT Saturday, 11 April (10am AEST Sunday, 12 April)
All combinations who complete the FEI Grand Prix with at least 60% will continue to the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, where the draw will be in reverse order of the placing of the FEI Grand Prix – with three in the first group (the lowest placed in the FEI Grand Prix) and five for the remaining groups.
Full startlist:
1. Jewel’s Goldstrike and Julio Mendoza Loor (7.01pm Thursday CDT, 10.01am Friday AEST)
2. Sir Donnerhall II OLD and Morgan Barbançon (7.10pm Thursday CDT, 10.10am Friday AEST)
3. Duenensee and Kevin Kohmann (7.19pm Thursday CDT, 10.19am Friday AEST)
4. Bellena and Benjamin Ebeling (7.28pm Thursday CDT, 10.28am Friday AEST)
5. Nabab and Justina Vanagaite-Samuile (7.37pm Thursday CDT, 10.37am Friday AEST)
6. Broadmoars Don Alfredo AWO and Bettina Kendlbacher (7.46pm Thursday CDT, 10.46am Friday AEST)
7. Fairplay and Alexa Fairchild (7.55pm Thursday CDT, 10.55am Friday AEST)
8. Fiderdance and Moritz Treffinger (8.04pm Thursday CDT, 11.04am Friday AEST)
Break
9. Indian Rock and Christian Simonson (8.28pm Thursday CDT, 11.28am Friday AEST)
10. Royalty R and Serena Ireland (8.37pm Thursday CDT, 11.37am Friday AEST)
11. Maxima Bella and Sandra Sysojeva (8.46pm Thursday CDT, 11.46am Friday AEST)
12. Kind of Magic and Yessin Rahmouni (8.55pm Thursday CDT, 11.55am Friday AEST)
13. Touchdown and Patrik Kittel (9.04pm Thursday CDT, 12.04pm Friday AEST)
14. Jagerbomb and Becky Moody (9.13pm Thursday CDT, 12.13pm Friday AEST)
15. Kingsdale and Thamar Zweistra (9.22pm Thursday CDT, 12.22pm Friday AEST)
16. DSP Dieudonne and Raphael Netz (9.31pm Thursday CDT, 12.31pm Friday AEST)
View the official startlist here.
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Combinations to watch
Alongside our Australian representatives, there are plenty more combinations to watch in the 16-horse field.
Sweden’s Patrik Kittel and the 14-year-old gelding Touchdown will look to capture their second Zen Elite FEI Dressage World Cup Final victory after taking the title at Riyadh in 2024. The experienced Touchdown will be competing in his fourth global championship, having also contested the 2024 Paris Olympics and 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark. He will trot down centerline 13th in the order in Thursday’s FEI Grand Prix test.
Becky Moody of Great Britian and Jagerbomb also boast championship experience, having brought home a team bronze medal from the Paris Olympics, but the pair will make their first World Cup Finals appearance in Fort Worth. They drew the 14th position in the order.
The American contingent received mostly early draws, with Kevin Kohmann and Ben Ebeling set to come forward third and fourth with Duenensee and Ballena, respectively. This will mark Kohmann and Duenensee’s third consecutive appearance at these Finals.
But it’s 23-year-old Christian Simonson that may hold the greatest hope for the home nation. He and the 13-year-old stallion Indian Rock were victorious in three qualifiers on the North American League and have won six straight events leading up to their Fort Worth venture; the partnership drew ninth in the order in their championship debut.
Mendoza Loor will complete the first test of the evening with Jewel’s Goldstrike after earning a place at the Finals based off his FEI Dressage World Ranking, while Raphael Netz of Germany and DSP Dieudonne will finalise the standings as the final and 18th combination to compete.
Source: FEI press release by Catie Staszak
