The HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing for 2010 climaxes at Schenefeld in Germany this weekend (August 27-29) as riders bid to boost their rankings in this valuable US$180,000 series.

The world-beating German squad will be at Schenefeld in their entirety, as it is a compulsory selection trial before they head to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky to defend their Eventing team gold medal won at the 2006 Games in Aachen.Michael Jung (GER), who heads the HSBC FEI World Cup™ leaderboard with two victories, at Marbach (GER) and Strzegom (POL), is a definite starter, as are compatriots Andreas Dibowski, Kai Rüder and Kai-Steffen Meier, all of whom are in the current top 10 of the rankings, plus Ingrid Klimke, Frank Ostholt, Dirk Schrade, Simone Deitermann and Anna Warnecke.Six other nations are represented – Belarus, Brazil, Finland, Japan, Spain and Sweden – and riders such as Viachaslau Poita (BLR) and Aliaksandr Faminou (BLR), first and third at Minsk (BLR), have a good chance of enhancing their status in the HSBC rankings.

Germany’s team manager, Hans Melzer, comments: “I am expecting a positive three-star class that offers serious challenges, yet does not ask the utmost. Hinni Groth (Organiser) and I share a similar philosophy, so I am sure the Cross-Country course will be the best possible.”Follow the competition on www.schenefeld-eventing.deFEI TV: Highlights of Schenefeld will be shown on www.feitv.orgCalendar of events1. Tallahassee (USA), 5-7 March2. Kihikihi (NZL), 2-4 April3. Sydney (AUS), 7-9 May4. Marbach (GER), 7-9 May5. Chatsworth (GBR), 15-16 May6. Tattersalls (IRL), 27-30 May7. Strzegom (POL), 24-27 June8. Minsk (BLR), 21-25 July9. Rebecca Farm, Kalispell (USA), 22-25 July10. Malmö (SWE), 13-15 August11. Haras du Pin (FRA), 18-22 August12. Schenefeld (GER), 26-29 August Standings (after 11 of 12 events)1 Michael Jung (GER) 142 points2 Megan Jones (AUS) 1383 Phillip Dutton (USA) 1314= Clarke Johnston (NZL) 1284= Lucy Wiegersma (GBR) 1286 Alexey Korshunov (RUS) 1257= Kai Rüder (GER) 1227= Andreas Dibowski (GER) 1229= Sonja Johnson (AUS) 1199= Kai-Steffen Meier (GER) 11911 Ruth Edge (GBR) 11012 Andrew Downes (GBR) 104For the full rankings, see www.feiworldcup.org