After more than four months and three quizzes, Eurodressage has found out who the ultimate freestyle-brainiacs are. Hundreds and thousands of people have viewed and participated in the World Dressage Masters "Test Your Freestyle Knowledge" quizzes but there can only be four winners.
- Quiz 1 was won by the Dortmund based Salih Aallaoui. View Quiz 1 here, the results here
- Quiz 2 was won by the Ontario based Aileen McCall. View Quiz 2 here, the results here
- Quiz 3 was won by Canadian Grand Prix rider Jacqueline Brooks, who submitted all the correct answers first. View Quiz 3 here
Out of the huge amount of submissions we received for the third quiz, only three people were able to fill out the form with 10 questions correctly!
The Grand winner of the 2 VIP Tickets to a World Dressage Masters competition of his of her choice is:
- VIP Ticket winner: Polly Novak
The Answers to Quiz 3 are:
1. The Grand Prix Freestyle, or Kur to Music, first became introduced as part of a championship format at which event?:
1990 World Equestrian Games in Stockholm
2. With which freestyles did Anky van Grunsven ride herself into the medals at the Olympic Games?:
1996 - 2000- 2004- 2008: Bonfire’s Symphony, Something Old-Something New, L'Esprit Chanson, Dance of Devotion
3. Anky van Grunsven is the undisputed record holder winning the World Cup Finals nine times. Four riders won the World Cup Finals twice. Who are they?:
Christine Stuckelberger, Monica Theodorescu, Ulla Salzgeber, Isabell Werth
4. What happened to Ulla Salzgeber at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney during the Kur to Music:
She couldn’t finish the kur because her CD got stuck halfway through and was forced to re-ride her test
5. Which rider rode to a show version of her freestyle at the 2008 CDI-W Mechelen breaking the allowed time limit without the judges noticing it?
Anky van Grunsven
6. The presence of vocals in a kur was initially frowned upon by the judges. Isabell Werth was pressured to change her 2007 Montserrat Cabbalé opera kur. Strange, which other rider never got told off for the massive vocals in her kur:
Ulla Salzgeber - Rusty - Carmina Burana
7. Anky van Grunsven was known for riding all her freestyles first to live orchestrated music before using them in competition. Anky, however, was not the pioneer in this extraordinary feat of showmanship. Which rider was the first to perform to live free:
Dominique d'Esme
8. In which year did the FEI decide that only the Freestyle, and not the Grand Prix and Kur to Music score combined, become the decisive class for the World Cup Finals’ title?
2002
9. Which rider was the first to break the 80% barrier in the Kur to Music at a World Cup Finals:
Monica Theodorescu – Ganimedes
10. Which British top rider features the original voice of renowned BBC and Top of the Pops DJ Bob Harris in his/her freestyle?
Laura Bechtolsheimer
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