The 4-year old Fine Time, the 5-year old El Capone, and the 6-year old Seymour were the winners of the 2014 Cup of Belgium for Young Dressage Horses, a national young horse circuit in which combinations can gain points at a series of qualifiers followed by a final Cup of Belgium Finals, held last weekend in Meerdonk on 26 - 28 September 2014.
The Cup of Belgium does not count as the Belgian Young Horse Championships but it is a series used at the beginning of the season to determine the qualified horses for the World Young Horse Championships in Verden and later on serves for the Cup of Belgium Finals.
The 4-year old Final was won by Julie Dossin on the Dutch bred mare First Lady (by Sir Donnerhall I x Johnson) even though Kevin Laevens won both Finals classes in Meerdonk aboard the Belgian warmblood stallion Kozinsky van den Dries (by Quaterback x Clavecimbel). Laevens landed bronze in the overall ranking and had to see Veronique Swagemakers on the Oldenburg stallion Sixth Sense (by Sir Donnerhall I x Florencio) move into silver medal position.
Tom Heylen and the Dutch stallion El Capone (by Tuschinski x Camus) were the winners in the preliminary round with 83,600 but placed third in the final round with 79,200. Still his scores throughout sufficed for the overall title in the 5-year old division. Dominique Mohimont and the Dutch gelding El Corona Texel (by Wynton x Goodtimes) were the runners-up after a second place in the preliminary round (79,000) and a sixth place in the final (75,600). Cindy Schuurmans and Jef van Looveren's chestnut mare Sambuca Tategoi (by Sir Donnerhall I x Donnerhall) were third overall after scoring 78,600 and 77.200 in Meerdonk.
Rob van Puijenbroek and the Oldenburg gelding Seymour (by San Amour x Friendensfurst) claimed the overal victory in the 6-year old division of the Cup of Belgium. He was third in the preliminary round (74.80) and won the final round (87.80). Tom Franckx and the Dutch mare Dolores van de Kwikaard (by Zucchero x Royal Diamond) were the reserve champions with a fourth (73,200) and second (83.00) place. Laurens Vanderbeeken and the Rhinelander gelding All Inclusive (by Abanos x Sir Lui) were third overall with 79.40 and 76.20.
The 2014 Belgian Young Horse Championships take place in Gesves on 10 - 12 October 2014.
Results - 2014 Cup of Belgium for Young Horses - Overall End Ranking
4-year olds
- 1. Dossin Julie - First lady
- 2. Swagemakers Veronique - Sixth Sense
- 3. Laevens Kevin - Kozinsky Vd Dries
- 4. Van Orshaegen Mario - San Amour II
- 5. Franckx Tom - showdancer
- 6. Bosman Kara - katharina
- 7. Franckx Tom - Fiona
- 8. Clermont Anemone - Future'S Pride
- 9. an Hoey Wim - Figo
- 10. Vanpottalsberghe Maya - Berreaux
5-year olds
- 1. Heylen Tom - El Capone
- 2. Mohimont Dominique - El Corona Texel
- 3. Schuurmans Cindy - Sambuca Tategoi
- 4. Heylen Tom - Jar of Ballmore
- 5. Van Laer Nick - Entertainer Win T
- 6. Vermeire Pieter - Ewald
- 7. Hegemann Hannelore - Dolce 'N'
- 8. Meisch Linda - Jane Toja
- 9. Van Laer Nick - Just A Little Bit Krack V/h Klaverhof
- 10. Franckx Tom - evento d
6-year olds
- 1. Van Puyenbroek Rob - Seymour
- 2. Franckx Tom - Dolores van de Kwikaard
- 3. Vanderbeeken Laurens - All Inclusive
- 4. De Cock Isabelle - Dinka
- 5. D'Hoore Brecht - Darcy
- 6. Borghys Maarten - Isaura Ter Dolen
- 7. Borrey De Coninck Eline - Davinci
- 8. Hassani Naoufal -Ariane's Wadest
- 9. Borghys Maarten - Dalia Van Hazenhoek
- 10. Van Oekel Daphne - Faraon Alegria