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Close call Cornelissen when chased by Gal

Mar 17, 2013

Defending double-champions, Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival, won the last leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Western European League 2012/2013 on home ground at the Brabanthallen in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands this afternoon. But Dutch colleague, Edward Gal, put them under intense pressure with a brilliant performance from Glock's Undercover that brought the crowd to their feet.

Gal and the 12-year-old gelding were 1.362 percentage points off Cornelissen's winning score in the Grand Prix. But Ground Jury members Katrina Wüst (GER), Hans Christian Matthiesen (DEN), Francis Verbeek van Rooij (NED), Jacques van Daele (BEL) and Adriaan Hamoen (NED) saw an even closer margin today , with just 0.8 separating the two. Things could now hardly be more exciting ahead of next month's Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, as Gal is quickly closing in on his team-mate with increasingly impressive performances, while Germany's Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill have already proven that they are a force to be reckoned with in the battle for the prestigious title.
With another test full of fighting spirit from Don Johnson FRH, Germany's Isabell Werth slotted into third ahead of Denmark's Anna Kasprzak and the expressive Donnperignon while Sweden's Patrik Kittel and Watermill Scandic claimed fifth place.

1 Adelinde Cornelissen Jerich Parzival NED 85.90%
2 Edward Gal Glock's Undercover NED 85.10%
3 Isabell Werth Don Johnson GER 79.48%
4 Anna Kasprzak Donnperignon DEN 78.65%
5 Patrik Kittel Watermill Scandic H.B.C. SWE 77.78%
6 Laurens van Lieren Hexagon's Welnetta NED 75.58%
7 Marlies Van Baalen BMC Miciano NED 75.10%
8 Sidsel Johansen Schianto DEN 74.95%
9 Marcela Krinke-Susmelj Smeyers Molberg SUI 73.85%
10 Stephanie Peters Unlimited NED 72.78%

Source Louise Parkes FEI