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The Swedes and the Americans ended up with most riders in Sunday's two last rounds. The Swedes had four, and the Americans six. Here's Rolf, Charlie, McLain and Henrik out walking one of this weekend's courses. Photos by Jenny Abrahamsson.

With one fence down in the second round Beezie Madden and Simon tied for a lead with Steve Guerdat, and there was a jump-off for the World Cup title. Photos by Jenny Abrahamsson. 

A very happy Karl Cook leaving the ring after a super first round on Jonkheer Z. Karl did great on the last day, and ended 11th overall. Photos by Jenny Abrahamsson. 

“I can safely say that this has been fantastic," Beezie said at the press conference after the final. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson. John Madden, boardmember of the FEI and Beezie Madden's husband; “I personally happen to think it was a fantastic event. As well as being the boardmember of the jumping committee I am the proud husband of the winner Beezie Madden. I am very proud to be Beezie’s husband, but also very proud of my involvement with the FEI. We have had a unique, excellent, fantastic event here in Gothenburg this week. We had great sport here this week. Not just Beezie, but all the riders.”

Beezie Madden and Simon won the Rolex FEI World Cup Final on Sunday evening. All photos by Jenny Abrahamsson. 

Beezie Madden took home the World Cup title in Gothenburg. All photos by Jenny Abrahamsson.Yesterday Simon’s former rider Jeroen Dubbeldam showed up in Scandinavium and stated; ”I’ve come to Gothenburg to see Simon win” – well, he got what he came for as Beezie Madden rode the 14 year old Dutch gelding all the way to the top in today’s Rolex FEI World Cup Final. Beezie and Simon have been extremely consistent throughout the final; they were in the lead after Thursday’s first round, and in runner-up position after Friday’s second part of the competition. Today Beezie took the lead after the first round, and after being tied with Olympic Champions Steve Guerdat and Nino des Buissonnets (Kannan x Narcos II) following round two she came in as last to go in a heart-racing jump-off to land the win for America – making sure to follow up on compatriot Rich Fellers’ win last year.

Rob Ehrens gives us the comments on the final in Gothenburg. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson. On the last day of the World Cup Final WoSJ brings you more expert comments on the sport from Dutch chef d’Equipe Rob Ehrens.

On today’s courses; "Today it was a completely different world. Today you really needed a good jumping horse. I don’t think it was too much because the horses jumped well and the first two days were not over-done so the horses were still in a good shape. The first round was tough and needed a good plan. It had difficult lines, high fences and wide oxers. You saw today in the second round compared to the first round that the horses gave up a little and then you could see the real top athletes."

Kevin and Silvana - a combination to look out for in tomorrow's final rounds in Gothenburg. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.These are the riders that will compete in tomorrow's last part of the Rolex FEI World Cup Final;

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Rob Ehrens delivers the WoSJ Expert Comment! On the second day of the Rolex FEI World Cup Final WoSJ brings you Dutch Chef d'Equipe Rob Ehren's expert comment on the final.

On the course and the class; “It’s always a wrong thing to say that the class was easy, but the class was not really technical. It was a class where the course went really well; it was an easy going class. It was not some tricky things anywhere, when we walked it the course was massive and big – the verticals were high enough – but it was not technical. The time was not a critical thing either. You saw all this in the end – because we have good riders here – and we had fifteen clear rounds. But I think it’s good for the sport, and it was a good jump-off. After yesterday I expected something more technical today, something more difficult – and maybe seven to eight clears instead of fifteen. For the audience it was great though!