2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final

The 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final was the 30th final of the FEI World Cup Jumping show jumping series. It was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 24 to April 27, 2008 for the twelfth time during the 2008 Göteborg Horse Show. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany won the event riding Shutterfly.

Results

Round 1

Thirty-nine riders competed in the Table C €110,000 opening round of the 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final. Michael Whitaker opened the round, and quickly set the pace by completing a clear round in 75.05 seconds. However, his time was quickly surpassed two riders later when Malin Baryard-Johnsson took nearly four seconds off of Whitaker's time while representing the host nation of Sweden. Shortly after Peter Wylde narrowly took the lead from Baryard-Johnsson, Heinrich Hermann Engemann cleared the course in under seventy seconds to set a new standard. Although Steve Guerdat was also able to clear the seventy second mark, Engemann's time held up as he took the €25,300 first place prize. Two-time champion Marcus Ehning was eliminated after his horse refused twice at the eleventh jump.^[1]

	Rider	Horse	Time (s)	Penalties	Points
1	Heinrich Hermann Engemann	Aboyeur W	68.73	0	40
2	Steve Guerdat	Tresov V	69.88	0	38
3	Jessica Kürten	Castle Forbes Libertina	70.31	0	37
4	Rich Fellers	Flexible	70.40	0	36
5	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	70.49	0	35
6	Beat Mändli	Ideo du Thot	70.99	0	34
7	Peter Wylde	Esplanade 7	71.31	0	33
8	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Butterfly Flip	71.33	0	32
9	Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive	71.51	0	31
10	Mandy Porter	Summer	72.46	0	30
11	Eugénie Angot	Ilostra Dark	72.96	0	29
12	Harrie Smolders	Exquis Oliver Q	73.75	0	28
13	Gerco Schröder	Eurocommerce Milano	74.78	4	27
14	Michael Whitaker	Suncal Portofino	75.05	0	26
15	Todd Minikus	Olinda	75.15	4	25
16	Brianne Goutal	Onira	75.48	4	24
17	Kent Farrington	Up Chiqui	77.65	8	23
18	Rutherford Latham	Guarana Champeix	77.84	0	22
19	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja La Silla	78.02	4	21
20	Helena Lundbäck	Madick	78.08	4	20
21	Royne Zetterman	Isaac	79.08	4	19
22	Lauren Hough	Quick Study	79.13	8	18
23	Patrick McEntee	Ever Mury Marais Z	79.54	4	17
24	Albert Zoer	Oki Doki	79.78	8	16
25	Mikael Forsten	Isaac du Jonquet	79.84	4	15
26	Richard Spooner	Ace	80.40	4	14
27	Judy-Ann Melchior	Levisto Z	80.72	4	13
28	Jill Henselwood	Black Ice	81.49	4	12
29	Guy Thomas	Carino	84.03	8	11
30	Lukasz Jonczyk	Ritus	85.07	8	10
31	Mikhail Safronov	Common Sense	85.58	4	9
32	Margie Engle	Hidden Creek's Quervo Gold	86.00	12	8
33	Danielle Torano	Vancouver D'Auvrey	86.86	8	7
34	Takamichi Mashiyama	Top Gear I	87.26	8	6
35	Hanno Ellermann	Poncorde	88.78	8	5
36	Darrin Dlin	Catwalk	91.69	12	4
37	Abdullah Mohd Al Marri	Arielle	93.57	16	3
38	Shaun Neill	Clarence	101.05	16	2
39	Marcus Ehning	Sandro Boy	Eliminated

Round 2

Thirty-eight riders returned for the Table A €110,000 second round of the 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, with Marcus Ehning being the lone exception following his opening round elimination.

	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Points
1	Jessica Kürten	Castle Forbes Libertina	0	Jump-off
	Peter Wylde	Esplanade 7	0
	Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive	0
	Rich Fellers	Flexible	0
	Michael Whitaker	Suncal Portofino	0
6	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	1	34
	Beat Mändli	Ideo du Thot	1	34
8	Royne Zetterman	Isaac	4	32
	Lauren Hough	Quick Study	4	32
10	Danielle Torano	Vancouver D'Auvrey	5	30
11	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja La Silla	8	26
	Kent Farrington	Up Chiqui	8	26
	Albert Zoer	Oki Doki	8	26
	Helena Lundbäck	Madick	8	26
	Heinrich Hermann Engemann	Aboyeur W	8	26
	Richard Spooner	Ace	8	26
	Eugénie Angot	Ilostra Dark	8	26
18	Judy-Ann Melchior	Levisto Z	9	19
	Harrie Smolders	Exquis Oliver Q	9	19
	Rutherford Latham	Guarana Champeix	9	19
	Jill Henselwood	Black Ice	9	19
	Patrick McEntee	Ever Mury Marais Z	9	19
	Steve Guerdat	Tresov V	9	19
	Gerco Schröder	Eurocommerce Milano	9	19
25	Brianne Goutal	Onira	12	15
26	Mikael Forsten	Isaac du Jonquet	13	13
	Takamichi Mashiyama	Top Gear I	13	13
	Margie Engle	Hidden Creek's Quervo Gold	13	13
29	Mandy Porter	Summer	17	11
30	Todd Minikus	Olinda	20	10
31	Lukasz Jonczyk	Ritus	21	9
32	Hanno Ellermann	Poncorde	23	8
33	Darrin Dlin	Catwalk	24	7
34	Abdullah Mohd Al Marri	Arielle	Eliminated
	Guy Thomas	Carino	Eliminated
36	Mikhail Safronov	Common Sense	Retired
	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Butterfly Flip	Retired
	Shaun Neill	Clarence	Retired

Jump-off

	Rider	Horse	Time (s)	Penalties	Points
1	Jessica Kürten	Castle Forbes Libertina	36.91	0	40
2	Peter Wylde	Esplanade 7	37.21	0	38
3	Ludger Beerbaum	All Inclusive	40.25	0	37
4	Rich Fellers	Flexible	36.28	4	36
5	Michael Whitaker	Suncal Portofino	42.46	8	35

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