2011 CSIO Schweiz

The 2011 CSIO Schweiz (English: CSIO Switzerland) was the 2011 edition of the CSIO Schweiz, the Swiss official show jumping horse show, at Gründenmoos in St. Gallen. It was held as CSIO 5*.

The first horse show were held 1884 at St. Gallen. Up to the 1970s the CSIO Schweiz was held on year in Geneva and the next year in Lucerne. In the next years, up to 2006, the CSIO Schweiz was held one year in St. Gallen and in the outer year in Lucerne. Since 2007 each year the CSIO Schweiz are held in St. Gallen.[1]

The 2011 edition of the CSIO Schweiz was held between June 2, 2011 and June 5, 2011.

FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland

The 2011 FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland was part of the 2011 CSIO Schweiz. It was the third competition of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup and was held at Friday, June 3, 2011 at 1:30 pm. The competing teams were: the United States of America, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, France and Great Britain. Also a Swiss team as host nation had the chance to start in the competition.[2]

The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds and optionally one jump-off. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. All teams were allowed to start in the second round. The competition is endowed with 200,000 €.

	Team	Rider	Horse	Round A	Round B	Total penalties	Jump-off		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalties	Penalties		Penalties	Time (s)
1	Netherlands	Eric van der Vleuten	Utascha SFN	0	0
		Piet Raijmakers junior	Rascin	9	4
		Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	0	0
		Jur Vrieling	Bubalu	1	did not start
				1	4	5			64.000 €	10
2	Great Britain	Tim Stockdale	Kalico Bay	4	15
		Robert Smith	Talan	5	0
		Scott Brash	Intertoy Z	0	0
		Nick Skelton	Carlo	4	0
				8	0	8			36.000 €	7
	Switzerland	Steve Guerdat	Jalisca Solier	0	0
		Werner Muff	Kiamon	4	0
		Janika Sprunger	Uptown Boy	5	8
		Pius Schwizer	Carlina	0	4
				4	4	8			36.000 €	-
4	United States	Charlie Jayne	Athena	4	12
		Christine McCrea	Take One	0	0
		Rich Fellers	Flexible	0	4
		Margie Engle	Indigo	4	8
				4	12	16			23.000 €	6
5	France	Kevin Staut	Kraque Boom	12	eliminated
		Simon Delestre	Napoli du Ry	8	4
		Pénélope Leprevost	Topinambour	0	4
		Olivier Guillon	Lord de Theize	0	4
				8	12	20			15.000 €	5
6	Belgium	Philippe Le Jeune	Vigo d’Arsouilles	0	4
		Dirk Demeersman	Bufero van het Panishof	12	12
		Rik Hemeryck	Challenge van de Begijnakker	5	4
		Jos Lansink	Valentina van't Heike	8	1
				13	9	22			10.000 €	4
7	Ireland	Alexander Butler	Amaretto D'Arco	4	23
		Jennifer Crooks	Uryadi	8	4
		Jessica Kürten	Largo	8	13
		Shane Sweetnam	Amaretto D'Arco	5	1
				17	18	35			7.000 €	3
8	Denmark	Andreas Schou	Uno's Safier	9	13
		Emilie Martinsen	Caballero	21	0
		Charlotte Lund	Cartani	13	9
		Thomas Sandgaard	Amarone	5	9
				27	18	45			5.000 €	2
9	Germany	Jörg Oppermann	Che Guevara	5	28
		Jan Sprehe	Paolini	5	eliminated
		Eva Bitter	Stakkato	4	did not start
		Holger Wulschner	Cefalo	4	did not start
				13	withdrawn				4.000 €	1

(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)[3]

Grosses Jagdspringen

The “Grosses Wegelin Jagdspringen” was the biggest competition on Saturday at the 2011 CSIO Schweiz. The sponsor of this competition is the Swiss bank company Wegelin & Co.. It was held at Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 1:00 pm.

The competition was a speed and handiness show jumping competition (faults at fences will be converted into seconds; this seconds will be added to the time of the competitor). The height of the fences was up to 1.45 meters. It is endowed with 80,000 CHF.[4]

	Rider	Horse	Time (s)	Penalties	Result	prize money
1	Ben Maher	Oscar IX	71.28	(0)	71.28 (71.28 + 0.00)	20,000 CHF
2	Rich Fellers	Mc Guinness	72.48	(0)	72.48 (72.48 + 0.00)	16,000 CHF
3	Janika Sprunger	Komparse	73.35	(0)	73.35 (73.35 + 0.00)	12,000 CHF
4	Steve Guerdat	Urgent	70.32	(4)	74.32 (70.32 + 4.00)	8,000 CHF
5	Pius Schwizer	Ulysse	71.29	(4)	75.29 (71.29 + 4.00)	5,500 CHF

Longines Grand Prix

The Longines Grand Prix was the mayor competition of the 2011 CSIO Schweiz. The sponsor of this competition is Longines. It was held at Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 1:40 pm.

The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds, the height of the fences was up to 1.60 meters. It is endowed with 300,000 CHF. [5] Because of a hailstorm the competition had to be interrupted for 45 minutes, much riders did not start. Ten riders had no fauls in the first round, winner of the Grand Prix is a second time after 2006 Nick Skelton.[6]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1	Round 2		prize money
			Penalties	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Nick Skelton	Carlo	0	0	43.58	75,000 CHF
2	Rich Fellers	Flexible	0	0	44.83	60,000 CHF
3	Christine McCrea	Take One	0	0	46.93	45,000 CHF
4	Pénélope Leprevost	Mylord Carthago	0	0	48.53	30,000 CHF
5	Jessica Kürten	Lector	0	0	52.33	22,000 CHF

External links

• Official website
• 2011 results

References

1. "history". Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
2. "Starting List 2011 FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland, Round A" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
3. "result 2011 FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
4. "result 2011 Grosses Jagdspringen CSIO Schweiz" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
5. "result 2011 Longines Grand Prix St. Gallen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
6. Mit 54 Jahren siegreich: Nick Skeltons zweiter GP-Streich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June 5, 2011 (German)