2008 World Cup Finals

Jane Hannigan and Courtney King Make it to the 2008 World Cup Finals

March 3, 2008

Jane Hannigan and Courtney King won a ticket to the 2008 World Cup Finals in 's Hertogenbosch, March 27-30, 2008, by becoming the two highest placed U.S. riders at the North American League World Cup Finals at the 2008 Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W on Sunday March 2, 2008.

Though they were not the winners of the Grand Prix kur class, Hannigan and King completed the top three winning an entry to the 2008 World Cup Finals. Hannigan and her Dutch warmblood gelding Maksymilian (by Elcaro x Allegro) scored a 72.85 percent putting them on the U.S. World Cup team. King and Christine McCarthy's 18-year old Dutch stallion Idocus (by Equador) placed third with 72.55%

This was the first season that a North American League finals was held with Canada and the U.S. battling for berths in the Finals. The riders needed three qualifying scores from CDI-W competitions of which their top three scores counted. Canada had no rider declared for the Finals this year, so the U.S. got the opportunity to send two riders to the Finals. King ranked first in the North American League Finals, Hannigan second.

Photo copyrighted: Mary Phelps/Phelpsphotos.com

Related Links
Coverage of the 2008 Palm Beach Dressage Derby at Dressagedaily.com
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