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Danube Cup 2014
International jumping event
CSI 2*: 14. – 17. 8. 2014
CSI 3*: 21. – 24. 8. 2014
Hippo Arena Šamorín, Elements Resort, Čilistov
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Organized by Slovak Equestrian Club NAPOLI.
Foreword
by the FEI President
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to
the Hippo Arena Šamorín where you will have
the opportunity to witness some great sport
in a stunning location on the banks of the
Danube River.
With over thirty-five nations signed up to
compete at the CSI 2* and CSI 3*, this is a very
international line up for this new and bustling
Equestrian Center.
So much thought and vision has gone into
the conception and creation of this venue,
I can only commend the Organisers and in
particular Mario Hoffmann for providing such
a quality, multi-purpose facility that will undoubtedly have an impact on the development
of equestrian sport in Eastern Europe.
I am a true believer in turning your dreams
into reality and that is exactly what has been
achieved here.
To all the athletes competing over the next
few days, I hope you go at least some of the
way towards achieving the goals you have set
for yourselves and your equine partners. May
horsemanship and sportsmanship provide
you with many memorable moments, and may
shared experience and comradeship prove rewarding and inspirational.
To the organisers, officials and volunteers
I send my deepest appreciation for all your efforts in making this event happen. Your dedication and your determination will ensure the
athletes, their horses and horse-owners, supporters and spectators all enjoy a weekend of
sport at its very best.
On behalf of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), I wish all of you a wonderful
event and look forward to many more…
HRH Princess Haya
FEI President
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Dear equestrian friends,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Elements Resort, our brand new equestrian centre
which is located alongside the largest European river, the Danube. This project was built and
designed for the purpose of organizing worldclass events in all seven disciplines under the
Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI).
The Elements Resort is a sports complex
with the capacity to host more than 18 Olympic
sports at the European or World level competition. This new complex will provide both accommodation and training facilities for recreational and professional athletes from around
the world.
Additionally, the Elements Resort offers leisure activities for children and their families by
offering the biggest educational playground in
Slovakia, including a cinema and water park. It
is our intention that this will encourage a family-oriented recreational facility that the entire
family will enjoy. I believe that with the combination of professional and recreational sport,
supported by a high capacity for accommodation and leisure activities, Slovakia will become
a leader for notable regional and international
sporting events.
and show-jumping events. These two weekend-long competitions will be the first demonstration of our ability to realize our vision. The
Danube Cup is an important and longstanding
part of our regional history and tradition, having been organized here for more than 30 years.
Over the course of two weeks, you will be able
to watch over 800 horses and riders from more
than 30 nations achieve great sporting results
in a modern venue surrounded by a friendly and
relaxed atmosphere. It is our hope that your
pleasant memories from these weekends will
encourage you to return to the Elements Resort
for future events in the upcoming months. On
September 21, 2014 we will collaborate with the
State racetrack to revive another long-standing
tradition, the flat race. In 2015 and beyond, we
have planned several other events across many
disciplines in the other facilities of the Elements
Resort.
I wish all riders and their horses good
health and the achievement of their sporting
goals, and that the spectators have a memorable experience and pleasant stay.
On behalf of the Hippo Arena Šamorín, I
would like to welcome you to the Danube Cup
Mario Hoffmann
Author of idea
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Year: 1. I Date: 14. – 17. 8. 2014 I 21. – 24. 8. 2014
Category: CSI 2*, CSI 3* I Organizer: Equestrian Club NAPOLI, Ltd.
Address: Elements Resort, Hippo Arena I Dubová 33 Šamorín-Čilistov
Honorary President:
Mario Hoffmann
President of the Event:
Alexander Nálepka
Show Secretary:
Liana Šándorová
Executive Committee:
Mario Hoffmann
Alexander Nálepka
prof. Dr. Arno Gego
Christa Heibach
Dušan Sabo
Juraj Bača
Martina Šebová
Katarína Schwarzová
Event Director:
Christa Heibach
Discipline Manager:
Dušan Sabo
Technical Delegate:
prof. Dr. Arno Gego
Ground Jury CSI 2*
President:
Caesar von Walzel
Ground Jury CSI 3*
President:
Jon Doney
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Foreign Judge CSI 2*:
Dr. Hanfried Haring
Foreign Judge CSI 3*:
Wilfried Herkommer
Members:
Ines Bejdl
Robert Fekar
Khalil I. Murad Hassan
Elaine Zander
Jean-Michel Turlot
Melinda Schlezák
Radovan Šálek
Tatyana Kholodniakova
Vladimir Platov
Inga Holdt-Mencke
Course Designers:
Frédéric Cottier
Luc Musette
Vladimir Platov
Quintin Maertens
Christa Jung
Ali Mohajer
Assistant Course Designer:
Javier Ibarra
Magdolna Erdélyi
Andreas Bamberger
Lászlo Káradi
Mehves Trak
Vladimir Hura
Jozef Spes
Bökehan Böke
Chief Stewards:
Bohumil Rejnek
Armin Holdt
Stewards:
Jozefína Mocková
Karl Preihs
Jan Metelka
Mladen Brezič
Ivana Babyová
Ivana Dedinská
Linda Katona
Show Office:
Alexandra Skatullová
Press: Inge van der Net,
Csilla Pal
FEI Veterinarian:
Dr. Eva Cykritová
Veterinarian:
MVDr. Petra Vojačková
Stable Manager:
Kees van Veldhuizen
Martin Ravenshorst
Farrier: Zolty Liszkai
Schedule 21. 8. – 24. 8. 2014
Schedule 14. 8. – 17. 8. 2014
Date
Time
Thursday
10.00
14. 8. 2014
11.00
Horse Shoe Stadium
14.00
15. 8. 2014
9.00
Thursday
8.30
21. 8. 2014
Main Stadium
Poštová banka Arena
Farrier‘s Arena
Bronze Tour
9.00
YH 7 years
12.00
Silver Tour
Young Horses 7 Y
12.30
Amateur small
13.30
YH 5/6 years
Diamond Tour
15.00
Derby Tour
Little Tour
17.00
Diamond Tour
Bronze Tour
Friday
8.30
22. 8. 2014
9.00
11.00
Silver Tour
Bronze Tour
YH 7 years
Ladies Tour
12.00
Young Horses 7 Y
13.00
Silver Tour
14.30
Ladies Tour
12.30
Amateur small
15.00
Derby Tour
13.30
YH 5/6 years
16.00
16. 8. 2014
Bronze Tour
Young Horses 5/6 Y
12.00
Saturday
Time
Young Horses 5/6 Y
9.30
10.30
Date
Derby Tour
17.00
Friday
Farrier‘s Arena
Silver Tour
12.00
15.00
Poštová banka Arena
15.00
Small Tour
16.00
Juniors
16.00
17.00
Diamond Tour
17.00
10.00
Little Tour
10.00
Ladies Tour
10.30
11.30
Saturday
10.00
23. 8. 2014
12.00
13.00
Bronze Tour
11.45
Juniors
13.00
Last Chance
17.00
14.00
Sunday
10.00
17. 8. 2014
10.30
Juniors
Diamond Tour
YH 5/6 years
Bronze Tour
Ladies Tour
14.00
Young Horses 5/6 Y
16.00
16.30
Derby Tour
Young Horses 7 Y
Little Tour
Sunday
8.30
24. 8. 2014
10.00
11.00
11.00
Ladies Tour
12.00
12.00
Silver Tour
13.00
12.00
Small Tour
13.30
Juniors
15.00
Grand Prix
Juniors
Derby
20.00
Small Tour
Derby
Last Chance
15.00
Six Bar
YH 7 years
Juniors
Ladies Tour
Silver Tour
Amateur small
Grand Prix
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Course Design by prof. Dr. Ing. Arno Gego
23. 8. 2014, Danube Cup, Main Stadium
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Photographers
For 10 Euro deposit, photographers will get
a reflective vest, entitling them to ask the
organizer’s authorized personnel to enter
any show jumping arena for the purpose of
shooting.
Slovak Jumping Cup – SSP
www.slovenskyskokovypohar.sk
The junior and young riders finals of the
Concorde Cup Slovak jumping competition
will take place as part of the international
CSI** competition in the Hippo Arena
Šamorín. The Silver Tour competitions will
be counted in on Thursday and on Friday. The
awards ceremony will take place on Sunday
before the Grand Prix.
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The organizer’s responsible person has the
right to admit or refuse entry for objective
reasons as well as to determine the location
where the photographer is permitted to take
pictures.
Organizer’s responsible person:
Dušan Sabo – +421 903 923 303.
A VIP table for 4-6 persons can be
purchased throughout the event. In case of
interest, please visit the show office located
in the back of Farrier’s restaurant.
The tradition of the Danube Cup
and Šamorín indeed belong together
Horse breeding and the equestrians sport certainly resonate in the historical
background of the town of Šamorín
It all began in 1961 when
news about Nitra’s stud farm
clearance began to spread
along with information
regarding the displacement
of racehorses from the village
of Hubice. Horses from
these areas were brought
to Šamorín and housed on
the premises of abandoned
military barracks. It was
exactly that same year when
the Breeding enterprise was
established. Its importance
was based on the fact that
it belonged among the five
national breeding institutions
which focused on breeding
stallions, contributing to
the overall national stud in
Czechoslovakia. In addition
to corporate responsibilities
associated with breeding and
trading horses, the idea to
found a new equestrian club
arose. Enthusiasm from the
horse lovers led to the creation of the Equestrian Sports
Unit DYNAMO.
It didn’t take long and the
tradition of the Danube Cup
came into existence. It was in
1964 that the first year of this
prestigious event was organ-
ized. Although the equestrian complex did not belong
amongst the world’s biggest,
even with an area of 20 hectares and only one jumping
arena, the famous brand was
built all the same. Between
1964 and 1994, as many as
26 successful editions were
organized.
Of course, the main
organizer was the Breeding
Enterprise Šamorín, together
with the Equestrian Sports
Unit DYNAMO. The Organizing
Committee consisted of five
members including personalities such as Jozef Košťál,
Margita Firbasova and even
Ladislav Gonos, known as
one of the best Slovak riders
thanks to his great success
with horses Rytmus and Rip
Korby, who was at the same
time a course designer.
The Danube Cup was a
reputable international event
attracting participants from
Hungary, Poland, Austria,
Germany, Russia and, of
course, Czechoslovakia. Back
then, Šamorín would welcome more than 70 horses
every year during one particular weekend, which were
taking part in several different
competitions on Saturday and
Sunday. This lovely event not
only caught the attention of
horse lovers, but the general
public from Šamorín and its
surroundings grew fond of
it as well. The organizers’
efforts were to ensure that
everyone felt great and each
and every event would remain
in the memories of the riders,
officials, visitors and everyone involved. It is no wonder
that since 1994, the citizens
of Šamorín have felt sad at
heart to see the tradition no
longer being kept alive. Today,
a much greater pleasure is
shared by the main organizer,
Equestrian Club NAPOLI in
cooperation with the Elements Resort, to announce
that the unique tradition of
the Danube Cup is - after
twenty long years - BACK!
It is a great pleasure
to welcome more than 30
nationalities at such a special
venue in the Hippo Arena
Šamorín.
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Pavol Dúbravský, horse Fortier
Winners of the famous Danube Cup
1964 Vojtech Žofčík – LUNA (PÚ Motešice)
1965 Pavol Gregor – RYTMUS (PP Šamorín)
1966 MVDr. Juraj Hanulay – LUNA (PÚ Motešice)
1967 Anton Gazdík – TENOR (TJ Slovan BA)
1970 MVDr. Juraj Hanulay – LUNA (PÚ Motešice)
1971 Andrej Glatz – LETKISS (TJ Slávia BA)
1974 Tibor Vrba – ANTONKA (TJ Slávia Šurany)
1975 Ákos Ájtony – BÁLVÁNY (Honvéd Budapest)
1976 Milan Alakša – PARMEZÁN (PP Topoľčianky)
1977 Michael Göbel – THORBELL (Austria)
1978 József Balogh – IHAJ CSUHAJ (Honvéd Budapest)
1979 Monika Leitenbergerová – NEVER BEAT (Austria)
1980 Heinz Berlin – MARSCHAL (Austria)
1981 Ákos Ájtony – URMÖS (Honvéd Budapest)
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1982 Zupán Péter – ANTONIUS (Honvéd Budapest)
1984 Jan ter Halle – MAKASSAR (SRN)
1985 Norbert Spörer – MAKASSAR (SRN)
1986 Ing. Andrej Glatz – BORGO VAL (TJ Slávia BA)
1987 Markus Keil – SAMANTA (SRN)
1988 Ing. Juraj Hanulay – HURIKÁN (TJ Slávia BA)
1989 Ing. Juraj Hanulay – LÁVA (TJ Slávia BA JZD
Netrebice)
1990 Szász Attila – KAROLA (Budapest)
1991 Jan Šmid – ALBA (PP Albertovec)
1992 MVDr. Viliam Naštický – HERALDIK (SOUP Šaľa)
1993 Barnabas Hevesy – LENDULET (HUN) 1994 Rastislav Noskovič – GAZREJČIK (SVK)
Elements Resort and Hippo Arena
Elements Resort is a
sports complex which has
been growing from 2012 and
has a total area of almost
100 hectares. Based on its
uniqueness and complexity,
it will be amongst the largest
sports resorts of its kind and
with its endless possibilities
and services. Its uniqueness
will be achieved primarily
with sports being offered at a
high professional level. It will
provide comfort and quality
services for professional and
amateur athletes.
For its visitors, it will offer
the opportunity to discover a
sport spirit within themselves.
An athletic stadium will consist of a sprint runway, football
field and multifunctional
outdoor playgrounds. A professional hall will be utilized
for artistic gymnastics and a
multifunctional sports hall for
basketball, volleyball, handball, floor ball and hockey will
be used at the international
level. Training will take place
in a high capacity fitness centre with modern equipment.
This gradually fulfilled
vision will create a unique
Olympic sports destination. Its
aim is to fully exploit the multi
functionality of sport facilities with an emphasis on the
synergistic effect especially
useful for events needing ac-
commodation. A high capacity
hotel, restaurants, congress
center and cinema will offer
affordable services with high
standards. Another part
of the complex is the Aqua
Arena, a place for all water
sports. It will consist of a 50
m outdoor Olympic swimming
pool, internal 25 m swimming pool and a Wellness
center offering a wide variety
of saunas. Spa rehabilitation
with a healing thermal spring
will be ideal for athletes
dealing with post-traumatic
conditions. The Aqua Arena
will create a background for
swimming, water polo, and
synchronized swimming at
domestic and international
levels.
The Hippo arena is the
most extensive part of the
resort and has become the
place for several major events
since May 2014. With an area
of more than 40 hectares, it
is one of the most advanced
and complex riding arenas in
Central Europe. This title is
the law. It boasts three grass
arenas, three sand arenas,
each with a unique shape
and dimension, and a race
track measuring 1,656 m
and a width 18 m. All surfaces guarantee the safety of
the horses and riders in any
weather condition. The arena
was built in collaboration with
the most famous german
designer, Arno Gego of the
German town Aachen, which
is currently the European
mecca of equestrian sport.The
complex includes 40 private
stables, 440 summer stables,
198 winter stables, two indoor
equestrian halls and a modern
veterinary section. Equestrian
enthusiasts will enjoy show
jumping, endurance racing,
dressage, horse racing, horse
pairs and the military in the
future.
The main goal of the Hippo
Arena is to host the most
prestigious equestrian events
organized by the FEI.
The ultimate challenge is
the organization of the World
Equestrian Games - WEG
(eventing, show jumping,
dressage, reining, driving,
endurance, vaulting).
Elements Resort is the
home of the Slovak Equestrian
Club NAPOLI.
A public forest park with
an area of 30 hectares will be
possible to use year-long as
part of the Elements Resort.
The opening of the full resort is scheduled for autumn
2015.
For more information visit
www.elementsresort.sk
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Design: prof. Arno Gego from Aachen (Germany) Total area of:
Race track:
1,656
m long,
18
379,167
m²
m wide
Jumping arenas are of different sizes and unique shapes along with fixed and natural obstacles,
3
sand arenas,
3
grass arenas, total area of all jumping arenas is
Equestrian halls, smaller, training hall an area of
races with an area of
678
3,720
52,929
3,200
2,500
m²
m², bigger hall for
m² Tribune: for more than
persons
stables, Highest surface level. During these two weekends in August, you
will see almost
900
horses and 240
professional riders from 30
different countries.
The organization‘s main goal is to host the most prestigious equestrian events
organized by the FEI.
The challenge is the organization of the World Equestrian Games - WEG (eventing,
show jumping, dressage, reining, driving, endurance, vaulting).
Elements Resort is the home of the Slovak Equestrian Club NAPOLI.
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